{"id":2040,"date":"2020-03-28T15:44:11","date_gmt":"2020-03-28T15:44:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/virginiaschool.ae\/en\/?page_id=2040"},"modified":"2020-04-09T09:40:51","modified_gmt":"2020-04-09T09:40:51","slug":"google-classroom-parent-guide","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.virginiaschool.ae\/en\/distance-learning\/google-classroom-parent-guide\/","title":{"rendered":"Google Classroom Parent Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Google Classroom Explained<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Google Classroom is accessible from any computer with internet access. Your child will sign in using his or her school email address and password.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0In Google Classroom, teachers assign work to the students digitally, without paper. They can do it from school (or home, if they don\u2019t quite finish something). They can submit it to the teacher online, and can be returned to your student with comments, edits, suggestions, and\/or grades.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Google Classroom allows for more feedback, and for teachers to know a lot more about exactly what each child accomplished each day.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0In addition, teachers can set up reminders for the students of upcoming events\/ projects. You can see those too.\u00a0 Be sure to accept the email invite to receive the email summaries of your child\u2019s progress.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0As a parent, you can log in and see what assignments have been sent to your child, whether your child has completed them, and how they did. You will be able to see and get a sense of what\u2019s happening in the classroom.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Teachers will assist students with the process of joining their classes.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is an example of a student\u2019s view upon joining a class:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2041\" src=\"https:\/\/virginiaschool.ae\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/google-class-room1-300x77.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"77\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.virginiaschool.ae\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/google-class-room1-300x77.png 300w, https:\/\/www.virginiaschool.ae\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/google-class-room1.png 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><b>Guardian Email Summaries &#8211; Staying Informed<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Parents and guardians are instrumental to student success at school. It\u2019s important\u00a0 to keep guardians updated with what\u2019s happening in the classroom.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Guardians will be able to sign-up to receive daily or weekly email digests of their student\u2019s progress, upcoming work and class announcements. Teachers will invite guardians directly.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As a guardian, you can receive email summaries showing your student\u2019s progress in classroom. You can choose the frequency of the emails, such as daily or weekly. You can unsubscribe or remove yourself from Classroom at any time.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Guardian email summaries include:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Missing work<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2014Work that\u2019s late at the time the email was sent<\/span><\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Upcoming work<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2014Work that\u2019s due today and tomorrow (for daily emails) or work that\u2019s due in the upcoming week (for weekly emails)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Class activity<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2014Announcements, assignments, and questions recently posted by teachers<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong>Example of Guardian Email Summary:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2042\" src=\"https:\/\/virginiaschool.ae\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/google-class-room2-300x266.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"266\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.virginiaschool.ae\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/google-class-room2-300x266.png 300w, https:\/\/www.virginiaschool.ae\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/google-class-room2.png 705w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><b>Frequently Asked Questions\u00a0\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2043\" src=\"https:\/\/virginiaschool.ae\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/faq-247x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"247\" height=\"300\" \/><\/b><\/h2>\n<p><b>How do I receive email summaries of my student\u2019s classroom work?<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Your student\u2019s teacher will send you an email invitation. After you accept the invitation, you\u2019ll receive regular email summaries of your student\u2019s work.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Why haven\u2019t I received an email invitation?<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You won\u2019t receive an email invitation if you\u2019re not listed as the guardian of the student. If you haven\u2019t received the invitation, check your spam folder. Otherwise, contact your student\u2019s teacher and ask him or her to send another.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Do I need a Gmail address to be invited?<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">No. You can use your current email address to receive an invitation.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Do I need Gmail or a Google Account to receive email summaries?<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">No. When you click Accept in the email invitation, you receive weekly summaries to that email address.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, with a free Google account, you can make changes to your email summaries\u2014for example, how often you receive them. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>How do I manage my guardian email settings?<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To manage email summary settings, you need a free Google Account. A Google Account allows you to:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">-Set the frequency of your emails<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">-Update your locale<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">-View all students connected to your account<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You don\u2019t need a Gmail address to create the account. You can <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/accounts.google.com\/SignUpWithoutGmail?service=classroom&amp;continue=https%3A%2F%2Fclassroom.google.com%2F%3Femr%3D0#\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">create a Google Account<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with your current email address.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>What if I delete the email invitation?<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Contact your student\u2019s teacher and ask him or her to send another invitation.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>I\u2019ve accepted the invitation for guardian notifications. Where will the emails be sent?<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you don\u2019t have a Google Account, guardian email summaries are sent to the email address you signed up with. This is the same email address where the invitation was sent.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you have a Google Account, sign in to the Classroom email settings page to check the email address where summaries are sent.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>I want guardian summaries sent to a different email address. Can I change the email address?<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To change the email address where you receive summaries, contact your student\u2019s teacher.\u00a0 Ask him or her to delete your current information and send an invitation to your new email address.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Can I sign in to Classroom and view my student\u2019s work and classes? Can I sign in to the Classroom mobile app?<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Guardians can\u2019t sign in to Classroom, either on a computer or on a mobile device. To see a summary of your student\u2019s work, you must receive an email invitation from your student\u2019s teacher or the school administrator. <\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>Recommended Resource for Guardians<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/support.google.com\/edu\/classroom\/?hl=en#topic=6020277\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Google Classroom Help Center<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2044\" src=\"https:\/\/virginiaschool.ae\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/google-help-300x125.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"125\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.virginiaschool.ae\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/google-help-300x125.png 300w, https:\/\/www.virginiaschool.ae\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/google-help-768x320.png 768w, https:\/\/www.virginiaschool.ae\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/google-help.png 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Google Classroom Explained Google Classroom is accessible from any computer with internet access. Your child will sign in using his or her school email address and password. \u00a0In Google Classroom, &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.virginiaschool.ae\/en\/distance-learning\/google-classroom-parent-guide\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Google Classroom Parent Guide&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":2023,"menu_order":5,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-2040","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.virginiaschool.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2040","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.virginiaschool.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.virginiaschool.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.virginiaschool.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.virginiaschool.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2040"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.virginiaschool.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2040\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2202,"href":"https:\/\/www.virginiaschool.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2040\/revisions\/2202"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.virginiaschool.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2023"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.virginiaschool.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2040"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}