Coronavirus in the UAE: Distance learning- How Google Classroom works for teachers and students

Digital classrooms are the way to go and extraordinary situation like the outbreak of coronavirus has brought the relevance of distance learning tools to the focus. Google Classroom is one of the most popular platforms in this field. Let us explore how it works for teachers and students

Go to classroom.google.com and click Go to Classroom. It is a free web service developed by Google that aims to simplify creating, distributing, and grading assignments.

Sign in with your username and click Next.

Enter your password and click Next.

If there is a welcome message, read it and click Accept.

If you’re using a G Suite for Education account, click I’m A Student or I’m A Teacher. | Note: Users with personal Google Accounts won’t see this option.

Click Get Started.

Ready to start using Google Classroom? Teachers - See Create class, Students - See join class.

Students can join classes with a Unique code.

Ask the teacher for the class code, then enter it on the designated field.

All Classes that you have joined will be displayed on the platform.

Connect with teachers and interact with other students in the Stream.

Create and organize content on the Classwork page.

Teachers can give feedback with the grading tool.

The primary purpose of Google Classroom is to streamline the process of sharing files between teachers and students.

Distance learning is becoming popular since the outbreak of the new coronavirus.