213 Ict activity

Lady Willingdon Institute of Advanced study in Education E-MODULE ON GOOGLE CLASSROOM Name : M.MEENA Register no : 2021BED213 Subject : Enriching learning through ICT Batch : 5th Batch Activity : 1

CONTENT • Introduction • Application Software – Definition • Name of Application Software : Google Classroom • Google Classroom a. Concept b. Features • How to use – Step by step explanation 1. Download the Application 2. Change your profile photo 3. Create a Class 4. Join a Class 5. Invite the Students to a Class 6. Create an Assignment • Benefits (Educational implications) • Conclusion • Reference

Introduction:- An application is any program, or group of programs, that is designed for the end user. Application software programs are created to facilitate a variety of functions, including managing information, manipulating data, constructing visuals, coordinating resources, and calculating figures. One of the best Educational Application Software is Google Classroom. In the field of Education technology, Google Classroom is very essential. So, we are examine the Application of Google Classroom.

Application software:- Definition Application software is a type of computer program that performs a specific personal, educational, and business function. Each application is designed to assist end-users in accomplishing a variety of tasks, which may be related to productivity, creativity, or communication.

Application software, or app for short, is software that performs specific tasks for an end-user. Effectively, if the user is interacting directly with a piece of software it is application software. For example, Microsoft Word or Excel are application software, as are common web browsers such as Firefox or Google Chrome.

Name of the Application Software:- Google Classroom Google Classroom is your all-in-one place for teaching and learning. Our easy-to-use and secure tool helps educators manage, measure, and enrich learning experiences.

Concept:- Google Classroom is a free blended learning platform developed by Google for educational institutions that aims to simplify creating, distributing, and grading assignments. The primary purpose of Google Classroom is to streamline the process of sharing files between teachers and students. As of 2021, approximately 150 million users use Google Classroom. Google Classroom integrates a variety of other Google Applications for Education, such as Google Docs, Google Sheets, Google Slides, Gmail, and Google Calendar into a cohesive platform to manage student and teacher communication. Students can be invited to join a class through a private “class code” or be imported automatically from a school domain. Teachers can create distribute and mark assignments all within the Google domain.

Features:- Assignments Assignments are stored and graded on Google’s suite of productivity applications that allow collaboration between the teacher and the student or between students. Instead of sharing documents that reside on the student’s Google Drive with the teacher, files are hosted on the student’s Drive and then submitted for grading. Teachers on Google Classroom have the option of creating Assignments in various templates and formats with different accessibility options: “student can view file,” “student can edit file,” or “make a copy for each student”. Grading Google Classroom supports many different grading schemes. Teachers have the option to attach files to the assignment which students can view, edit, or get an individual copy. Students can create files and then attach them to the assignment if a copy of a file wasn’t created by the teacher. Teachers have the option to monitor the progress of each student on the assignment where they can make comments and edit.

Communication Announcements can be posted by teachers to the class stream which can be commented on by students allowing for two-way communication between the teacher and students. Students can also post to the class stream but won’t be as high a priority as an announcement by a teacher and can be moderated. Originality Report Originality report was introduced in January 2020. It allows educators and students to see the parts and sections of the submitted work which contains the exact or similar wording to that of another source. For students, it highlights source materials and flags missing citation to assist the student in improving their writing. Teachers can also view the originality report, allowing them to verify the academic integrity of the student’s submitted work. Archive Courses Classroom allows instructors to archive courses at the end of a term or year. When a course is archived, it is removed from the homepage and placed in the Archived Classes area to help teachers keep their current classes organized. When a course is archived, teachers and

students can view it, but won’t be able to make any changes to it until it is restored. Mobile Applications Google Classroom mobile apps, introduced in January 2015, are available for iOS and Android devices. The applications let users take photos and attach them to their assignments, share files from other apps, and support offline access, easing accessibility for users. How to use:- 1.Download the Application ▪ Open your phone’s respective app store. This may be the google play store or the apple store. ▪ In the search toolbar of your app store, type in the following search query: “Google Classroom” and press enter. ▪ Download the Google classroom application. ▪ Click the Get Started button in the middle of the page. ▪ If you have an Google Account, skip steps 6 and onwards and simply sign in using your Username and password. ▪ If you do not have an account, click the create account prompt.

2.Change Your Profile Photo • At the top, click Menu. • Scroll down and click Settings • Under Account Setting, click Update Photo then Set Profile Photo.

3. Create a Class Step 1: Click the + (Add) button, which is located in top-right on the home page of the Google Classroom. Step 2: Select and click the ‘Create Class’ button. Step 3: Now, select the checkbox button, and click on the Continue button. Step 4: After clicking, you have to enter the four fields as shown in the following screenshot.

Step 5: We enter the class name. The Class name field is required. You have to give the name of the class which is meaningful to you and your class students. Step 6: After filling the class name, we fill the section. To fill the section field, click on the Section, and enter the details. This field is optional. Step 7: Now, we fill the subject, by clicking on the Subject. This field is also optional, you may be or may not enter the value in this field. Step 8: Now, we enter the number of room number in which the class students are taught. This field is also optional. Step 9: And at last, click on the Create button. After clicking, your class is created automatically by the Google Classroom,

4. Join a Class • Open the Google Classroom app. • Click the + on the top right of the page then Join Class. • Enter the Class Code given to you by your teacher, and click Join.

5. Invite the students to a Class Step 1: Firstly, sign in the Google Classroom wit5h your Google classroom id. Step 2: Then, click on the Classes tab in the classroom menu, which is located at the top right corner in the Google Classroom screen. Step 3: Now, click on that class in which you want to add the students or group of students. Step 4: Now, click on the People tab, which is present at the top of the screen.

Step 5: Then, click on the Invite Students button. Step 6: Now, enter or type the email address of a student or a group. And, then click on the search result. After it, click the Invite button. Step 7: After the invitation sent to the students, then the invited students are shown in the Students list.

6. Create an Assignment • Click on the Classes tab in the classroom menu, which is located at the top right corner in the Google Classroom screen. • click on that class in which you want to create the assignments or post the Assignments to the students. • After that, click on the Classwork tab, which is present next to the Stream tab at the top of the screen. • Now, click on the Create button, and then click on the Assignment option in the drop-down list. • After clicking, we will move to the following screen, in which we have to enter the title of an assignment, by clicking on the Title. And, if you want to give the instructions on how to do the assignment, then enter the instructions by clicking on Instructions (optional).



Benefits (Educational implications):- 1.This tool is easy to use and understand for both teachers and students. 2.The teachers can easily set up the class on this platform. After the setting up of a Class, they can also invite the students, and other co-teachers. 3.This tool allows the teachers for tracking the progress of each student in the Class. 4.Through this tool, teachers and students can also access to the other products of Google. 5.Google Classroom allows students to interact with the teachers and other students at any time and any place. 6.It is free of cost. The teachers and students can easily access it with the help of an internet connection. For accessing it, the teachers and students do not need any platform. 7.This tool is completely paperless; hence it reduces the paperwork for students and teachers. 8.The work done by the teacher and students in the Google Classroom is saved automatically in the Google Cloud, and it can be easily accessed from any device at any time.

9.The teachers and the students also use this tool on mobile devices. When any Assignment or announcement is posted by the teachers in this tool, students receive the notification on their mobiles. 10.Teachers can also create a question for the students.

Conclusion:- Google Classroom is probably best described as a good start. It’s intuitive, with plenty of genuinely useful features for teachers and students, and could actually help to cut down on paper used in schools. But it’s also not a robust tool to replace a full-featured learning management system. It doesn’t have automated quizzes or tests, can’t automatically add students, and supports much more of a blended learning model than an asynchronous/completely online one. In this pandemic period, Google Classroom is one of the best Application Software for the field of Education.

Reference:- • https://ditchthattextbook.com • https://www-webopedia-com • https://edu.google.com • http://www.du.ac.in • https://en.m.wikipedia.org • https://support.google.com