Today, under the current circumstances due to the Corona virus, many countries have been forced to switch to distance education, or e-learning .. which has placed a huge burden not only on students but also on teachers, and it may be easier for teachers who work in countries that have An online learning platform is ready, but for other teachers they are less fortunate.
But GOOGLE presented the solution on a plate, with the Google Сlassroom platform that many teachers around the world have already started using to communicate with their students as it can be accessed via a website, a computer program, an application on Android and IOS, and it will definitely make it easier for you!
We'll also make it easy for you with a few tips that will make the remote study experience not only easy, but also fun.
Tips for teachers
If you want to share a science or homework assignment with your students, create your own copies and copies for students, and put them in a separate folder.
Do not forget to modify who is allowed to see and amend the article or document that you have shared so you do not want students to mess with all the materials.
Do not publish scholarly materials and assignments until after the prescribed lecture or lesson is given. You can write and prepare the scholarly material and keep it as a draft until you need to publish it.
For example, try arranging these materials in numerical order, or by date or titles to make it easier for students to study and follow the rest of the subjects, and to facilitate the search for you.
If the subject you are teaching is large, it is best that you divide each subject separately, or you want to share part of a scientific source with your students, this video explains the division of the pdf file.
https://youtu.be/_E-XtJRZJfQ
When the number of resources you have shared becomes large, you can use the search button or the Ctrl + f shortcut to search for the scientific subject you have shared with students.
An explanatory video of the process of adding and editing scientific material and how to change the sharing settings:
https://www.loom.com/share/003a9eb0e73945e2839cebe6bba9a2a7
Publishing time planning: If you want your students to see a scientific subject and then answer the questions that relate to it, you can schedule the time to publish the material first and then publish the questions according to the time you want.
There is nothing wrong with creating more than one class when needed: If you teach more than one subject, it would be better to create a class for each subject individually, this will help you to organize topics and it will be easier for you.
Notification Control: If the number of students is large and your students are active and they are distracting, why not try the option to hide or reduce notifications? This increases your concentration and reduces chaos.
Adding external sources: You may need other external sources to explain the material or increase its understanding. You can send links and videos in two ways, either by sharing the link directly or by placing it in the "About the row" field to facilitate access to it if the source is important and will be used more than once.
Chat feature: The application provides chat service for students, we strongly advise you to use this feature with caution so that the class does not develop into Facebook chat, you can turn this feature off when you do not need it and return it when it is needed so as if there is a joint project or a collective duty.
Learn keyboard shortcuts: Your total dependence on the mouse will consume a lot of time, learning control panel shortcuts such as the copy shortcut Ctrl + c and pasting Ctrl + v will save you a lot of time and you will feel comfortable because you are not cutting your work on the control panel to search for the mouse as for the shortcut to undo Ctrl + z will help you a lot with recovering items that you deleted or made a wrong move and want to undo it.
We advise you to watch these videos and start dealing with the application, to get used to it before you start working with it with your students ..
https://youtu.be/N5UQ2V3nRp4
https://youtu.be/qOUEP29MX58
Finally, we know very much that this experience will not be difficult for students and teachers alike, but the only thing that should not stop in light of this crisis and each of the crises is the process of education ... And thank God that made us in a time that can be done in a way other than the traditional way.
Author: Rikimaru