There are a number of settings teachers can manage in order to give them more control over how students use and access a Class. You can also add more teachers to your class to assist with co-ordinating class activities and support continuity if you are not available. If you are leaving the school or no longer need to be the owner of the class you have created you can transfer ownership to another teacher.
Students invited to join a class can share thoughts, information, and questions with their teachers and other students in the class stream using posts and comments. The default setting is for everyone in the class can see all posts and comments. To invite students to join your class you can add them within the Classroom or issue them with a join code. Join codes should only be shared with those they are intended for.
As a teacher you can control students’ posts in the class stream by setting permissions for individual students or the whole class.
You can delete student posts and be able to see any comments and posts that a student made and then deleted.
Set post and sharing permissions
Posting permissions
Click on Settings . There are are 3 options beside the Stream heading under Students can post and comment:
Muting and unmuting students
If you mute a student, they will:
To mute a student:
You will need to delete the comment separately.
Alternatively, you can mute a student directly from the comment:
To allow students to comment and post again:
or, if you have not deleted the post, reply or comment:
Delete a post or comment
To remove a post or comment from a student without muting them click on the More icon and select Delete from the drop down menu.
See deleted posts or comments
Teachers can also view any previously deleted posts or comments. To do so:
External co-teachers in Google Classroom
Overview:
- Google Classroom will no longer support adding external users as co-teachers to Google classes. This change has been implemented to improve the security within organisations.
Key changes:
- This change affects external users, meaning those who are not a part of your domain or a trusted domain. This includes all personal Google account users (i.e. @gmail.com users).
What will this look like?:
- If a user in your organisation attempts to send an invitation to an external user account, they will receive the following error message:
- Can only email trusted domains
Emails must be within your domain or an admin-approved domain
- Can only email trusted domains
Who can I invite as a co-teacher?:
- You can continue to add co-teachers from your own domain or an existing, trusted domain. Please note that for trusted domains, both the sender’s and recipient’s domains must trust each other. To learn more, please refer to our documentation on enabling sharing with trusted domains.
More information:
- For more information about this change, please refer to Google’s documentation on inviting co-teachers to your class.
Archive or Delete a class
To delete a class, you must first archive it. Once it is archived you can restore it if you wish to use it again in the future or permanently delete it. Only teachers and co-teachers can archive a class.
To archive a class in your Classroom folder:
For more information, see Google Classroom Help.
