Classwork The most obvious change to Classroom is the way the tabs are set up within a class. What used to be Stream, Students, and About is now Stream, Classwork, and People. Classwork is a great addition, in that it lets you post assignments and questions and organize them by topic. Instead of students losing assignments as they get pushed down the stream, all of their assignments for a particular topic (think unit) are organized nicely together. Drawbacks One downfall to the update is that we have lost the About page. Many teachers (including myself) would use the About page to post resources for students that they could use throughout the year. A workaround for this is to create a topic for this instead. Another downfall is that the Announcement function lives solely on the Stream tab. I like to post links and handouts using Announcements because it doesn't give students a Turn In option, but now you can't tag them with topics. It would be great if you could also post announcements in the Classwork section. If you also think this should be a feature, click on the question mark at the bottom left of your class page and select Send Feedback. Google does look at these and often makes changes based on what we tell them! Grading Another great addition to Google Classroom is the updated grading feature. Now when students turn something in, you can use a comment bank to provide feedback, type in individualized comments, and give a grade all while on the students' assignments. This should help those people who haven't liked grading things electronically (me!). It creates a better workflow for increased efficiency. There are a few other small changes within Google Classroom, but these are the main changes. As with everything Google, I am sure they will refine the new update as they receive feedback, so make sure you send them your ideas!
**If you are new to Google Classroom, I recommend going to Google's First Day of Classroom site. It provides a ton of resources to get you started!
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