Setting Up A Google Classroom

This book is designed to help teachers set up Google Apps for use in the classroom. 

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This book will be broken up into several sections:

• The initial set-up: This is a model of setting up Google collections before students even start with class.

• Techniques and ideas of use:  This will give you some ideas of how you can use this model in your classroom. 

The inicial set-up:

Each Classroom set up a Class Edit, Class View, and Dropboxcollection .  Make sure to include both the name of the student and the class so that multiple classrooms are not using the same naming convention.

Class Edit ~ These will be files that are editable by everyone in the class
Example: Group Assignments

Class View ~ These will be files that are only viewable by everyone in the class
Example: Syllabus, worksheet template’s

Student Dropbox ~ This is only between the teacher and the particular student.
Example: Handing in homework

How to create a collection.

1. Open your doc list
2. Click create and choose "Collection"
3. If you want to create a collection under the first
   1. Move your mouse over a collection
   2. To the right you will see a down arrow, click it
   3. Choose New => Collection
4. Hint: you can also move collections after they have been created.

Class Edit Collection ~ These will be files that are editable by everyone in the class
Examples:

• Group Assignments
• Class Notes

Class View ~ These will be files that are only viewable by everyone in the class

Example:

• Syllabus 
• Worksheet template

Student Dropbox ~ This is only between the teacher and the particular student.

Example:

• Handing in homework