Google Classroom Bootcamp Duo Demo: Student and Teacher Views

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As so many of us schools are having to move quickly to Google Classroom, Alice Keeler sat down with me recently to do what we’re calling a “duo demo.” She played the role of the teacher and I played the role of the student as we shared what various actions look like on both sides of the dynamic relationship between students and teachers in Google Classroom. (The original live stream is here.)

We screen shared for about 2 1/2 hours but I clipped this down to smaller bites and separated it by topic so that educators around the world can use these for onboarding students and teachers.

The Purpose of Duo Demos and Background

How to Add a Background to Zoom

Benefits of Onboarding Students Ahead of Time (if Possible)

How to Share Google Classroom Files Between Teachers

How a Student Joins a Google Classroom (Student and Teacher Duo Demo)

How to Set Classroom Settings in Google Classroom [Teacher]

How to Remove Someone from the Class

How to Organize Your Class, Take Attendance, and Clearly Communicate [Duo Version]

This is a longer video but definitely a basic that everyone getting started should watch. It teaches how to organize your topics so that students can find their files, how to take attendance (and connect with students while you do), a discussion about due dates, and how to teach students to find files and respond. This is a must-watch.

* How to organize your topics
* Assignments for the Day
* How to take attendance
* A quick tip about how to connect with students
* Some notes about the time an assignment is due.
* What the stream is for
* Why the classwork tab is so important
* How a student turns in the assignment
* Handing back work with comments
* Why you should grade as you go (and not wait)

How to Mark Yourself Present [Student Version Only]

9 – How to Move Around in Google Classroom and Communicate through Private Comments [Duo]

9b – How to Find Things in Google Classroom [Student]

10 How to Upload YourZoom Videos to Google Classroom

more soon…

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Vicki Davis

Vicki Davis has been an educator and IT director in Georgia since 2002. Today, she also works as an instructional technology coach, staying side-by-side with active teachers and students so her work stays grounded in real classrooms.

She's a mom of three, wife of one, and loves talking about the wise, transformational use of technology for teaching and doing good in the world.

She has blogged at the Cool Cat Teacher Blog since 2005 and hosts the 10 Minute Teacher Podcast and Cool Cat Teacher Talk (radio, public access TV, YouTube, and all major podcast platforms), interviewing remarkable educators around the world. Vicki focuses on what unites us — a quest for truly remarkable, life-changing teaching and learning. The goal of her work is to provide actionable, encouraging, relevant ideas for teachers, grounded in truth and shared with love.

If you talk to Vicki for long, she'll encourage you to "Relate to Educate," to "innovate like a turtle," or to be "a remarkable teacher." She loves homemade sourdough bread and cinnamon rolls and runs half marathons with her sisters. You can usually find her laughing with her students or digging into a book.

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2 comments

Tammy Miller April 19, 2020 - 11:13 pm

I am doing all I can to try to figure out how to do the online instruction. I have trouble trying to remember all the steps because I have a learning disability much like our kids. I refuse to give up, so please trust that I will eventually catch on, only at a slower pace.

Vicki Davis May 27, 2020 - 7:51 pm

Keep on keeping on.