Google Workspace for Education Updates Google Classroom Part 2

Google Classroom  has added many new features to its list of updates for the 2021 year. You can read the full article on the Google Blog here.

Add-Ons:  Classroom will have Add-Ons will be added to an assignment and when students open the assignment they will be able to use the add-on without opening any other tools. 

Rich Text: When entering in instructions for assignments you will now be able to add some of these rich text features.  This means you will be able to Bold, Italic, Underline, etc.. 

Unlimited Originality Reports:  This rolled out earlier this year, but deserves another look. As a Google Workspace Plus district, we have access to unlimited originality reports which is a great way for students to check their work for potential plagiarism and will roll out in 15 languages in 2021. 

Student Engagement Tracking:

Teachers will have engagement tracking inside of classroom.  This will allow teachers to see which students are interacting with Google Classroom each day, and submitted assignments.  I’m looking forward to seeing how this one works. 

Classroom Mobile App:  Offline capabilities are going to be available with IOS and Android apps.  Students will be able to start work offline, open drive attachments, review assignments, create assignments in Google Docs all without an internet connection. Submissions will have to be done online. 

Attach/Take Picture Submissions:  Classroom is making it much easier to take/attach a photo to submit for an assignment. The photo app will be built into the Add part of Google Classroom.

Roster Sync:  Setup Classroom for teachers ahead of time, so they don’t have to send out an email or generate a code for students to join.

As with all updates, some will hit our domain earlier then others, but many of these will roll out later in 2021. For an easy to use guide take a look at the graphic created by John R. Sowash of Chrmbook.com.

Did you miss Part 1? Google Workspace for Education Updates Part 1