Parents on Our Team Google Classroom helps families know what's happening before they need to email us. Better information → more student independence → fewer “What is this assignment?” emails. The Most Important Thing Big, simple slide: Going in Aeries? → Put it in Classroom. Same title. Accurate due date. That's the minimum. Why the Due Date Matters Due dates make assignments useful in students' Classroom workflow and allow guardian summaries to identify upcoming work and missing work. Google Help This is much more important than writing detailed directions. Don't Create More Work for Yourself A Classroom post does NOT need to be a lesson plan. Example: CC2 3.1.2 Practice Due Thursday That's okay. TIME-SAVING TIPS — I'd make this one of the biggest slides. - Reuse Post instead of recreating assignments. - Post to multiple periods at once. - Schedule assignments ahead. - Batch your posts for the week. - Don't retype directions that are already on the assignment. - Don't upload a paper just for the sake of uploading it. - Use the same assignment title in Classroom and Aeries so you aren't answering questions about which assignment is which. - If your district has the Aeries/Google Classroom integration enabled, Aeries can import Google Classroom assignments and scores, which could eliminate even more duplicate entry. That's worth asking your district tech people about. Aeries supports nightly assignment imports and score imports when configured. Aeries Software Parents on Our Team: Guardian Summaries This is where I'd explain what parents can receive: missing work, upcoming work, and recent Classroom activity. Google Help Don't Manually Invite 150 Parents! I looked into this specifically, and yes, Google supports bulk guardian invitations — but it's an administrator-level process, not something teachers should have to do individually. A Google Workspace administrator can bulk invite guardians using a CSV through GAM or use the Classroom API.
Parents on Our Team Google Classroom helps families know what's happening before they need to email us. Better information → more student independence → fewer “What is this assignment?” emails. The Most Important Thing Big, simple slide: Going in Aeries? → Put it in Classroom. Same title. Accurate due date. That's the minimum. Why the Due Date Matters Due dates make assignments useful in students' Classroom workflow and allow guardian summaries to identify upcoming work and missing work. Google Help This is much more important than writing detailed directions. Don't Create More Work for Yourself A Classroom post does NOT need to be a lesson plan. Example: CC2 3.1.2 Practice Due Thursday That's okay. TIME-SAVING TIPS — I'd make this one of the biggest slides. - Reuse Post instead of recreating assignments. - Post to multiple periods at once. - Schedule assignments ahead. - Batch your posts for the week. - Don't retype directions that are already on the assignment. - Don't upload a paper just for the sake of uploading it. - Use the same assignment title in Classroom and Aeries so you aren't answering questions about which assignment is which. - If your district has the Aeries/Google Classroom integration enabled, Aeries can import Google Classroom assignments and scores, which could eliminate even more duplicate entry. That's worth asking your district tech people about. Aeries supports nightly assignment imports and score imports when configured. Aeries Software Parents on Our Team: Guardian Summaries This is where I'd explain what parents can receive: missing work, upcoming work, and recent Classroom activity. Google Help Don't Manually Invite 150 Parents! I looked into this specifically, and yes, Google supports bulk guardian invitations — but it's an administrator-level process, not something teachers should have to do individually. A Google Workspace administrator can bulk invite guardians using a CSV through GAM or use the Classroom API.
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Enhance classroom communication by prioritizing updates in Classroom, ensuring assignments are clearly posted with accurate due dates to foster student independence and reduce email clutter. Simplify postings by including only essential task details, utilizing scheduling and batching to streamline the process while avoiding redundancy. Activate Guardian Summaries to keep families informed about their child's progress, and consider bulk invitations and Aeries imports to minimize duplicate data...