Using Google Classroom for Teaching and Learning
(Grades K-12) / Flex Course
PDI Course Number: 85T03 / UCSD Course Number: EDUC40105
Course Description
Do you have Google Classroom and want to fully understand how to maximize its potential? This online course for teachers of grades K-12 will help educators discover how to use all the features of Google Classroom to enhance your teaching. Strategies for using the announcement, question, and assignment options to enhance the learning process will be emphasized as teachers move toward a paperless classroom. Teachers will also learn how to effectively use all of the quiz options. Strategies for differentiating instruction using the features of Google Classroom will be explored. Specific instructions for integrating Google Classroom with other Google products such as Google Calendar and Google Docs, as well as popular educational extensions and apps will be shared. Additionally, instructions for using the Google Classroom mobile app will be provided. Finally, using Google Classroom for assessment through the use of rubrics as well as the gradebook function are also shared. By the end of this continuing education course, teachers will confident using Google Classroom and all its tools and features. This online professional development course for teachers is worth 3 ⅓ semester units/5 quarter units (50 hours of training) from University of California San Diego (UCSD) Division of Extended Studies. For detailed information on receiving university credit for your PDI professional development course, visit our credit page.
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Note: You need access to Google Classroom to participate in this course. Google Classroom is not part of the standard Google Apps package. Please be sure you have access to Google Classroom before registering for this course.
"I really enjoyed the course material. I loved the content that I learned in the course. I already began implementing some of the skills in my class, and my students are excited too." - Ronda Fox
This course is worth 3 ⅓ semester units or 5 quarter units of graduate-level credit from UCSD.
You have up to one year from the date you are enrolled to complete a flex course.
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TOPICAL OUTLINE
UCSD Course Number: EDUC40105
Unit One
- Introduction to G Suite for Education
- What is Google Classroom?
- Why use Google Classroom?
- Assignment #1: Write an autobiography
- Test #1
Unit Two
- Getting Started - Setting Up and Signing In
- Navigating the Dashboard and Creating Your First Class
- Inviting Students to Join Your Class
- Assignment #2: Article reflection
- Test #2
Unit Three
- Creating and Posting Questions, Announcements, and Assignments
- Google Calendar Integration
- Paperless Grading
- Assignment #3: Share your expertise
- Test #3
Unit Four
- Student View
- Digital Differentiation
- Monitoring and Sharing Student Work
- Test #4
Unit Five
- Introduction to the Google Classroom Mobile App
- Assessment Using the Mobile App
- Google Classroom as a Platform for Blended Learning and Flipped Classrooms
- Test #5
Unit Six
- Ending One Year and Planning for the Next
- Using Extensions and Apps
- Resources for Staying Current with Google Classroom
- Assignment #4: Create posts, add an assignment, and review an app
- Assignment #5: Course Reflection
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