Instructions for Parents - How to Use Google Classroom

Dear parents/carers,

Please follow these steps so that your child can continue to complete home learning activities and hand them in whilst they are studying from home.

Your child’s ‘G-Suite for Education’ account login details will be sent home. If they are lost please contact your child’s tutor. 

Smartphones and tablets: Download the free Google Classroom app

Android devices

 

iOS devices (iPhones, iPods and iPads)

Open the Play Store app

 

Open the App Store app

Search for ‘Google Classroom’

 

Search for ‘Google Classroom’ 

Tap ‘Google Classroom’

 

Tap ‘Google Classroom’

Tap ‘Install’

 

Tap ‘Get’

Wait for app to install

 

Wait for app to install

Open the app and log into your child’s ‘G-Suite for Education’ account using their login details

 

Open the app and log into your child’s ‘G-Suite for Education’ account using their login details

Tap the ‘+’ icon in the bottom-right corner then ‘Join class’

 

Tap the ‘+’ icon in the top-right corner then ‘Join class’

 

How to hand in work (mobile devices - Android or iOS)

  • Open the Google Classroom app

  • Tap on your child’s class, then ‘Classwork’ (at the bottom)

  • Tap on an assignment

  • Tap ‘Add attachment’. Depending on the type of work the teacher has set: 

           You can take photos of your child’s completed work and then upload the photos in Google
           Classroom - click ‘File’, then ‘Select files from your device’, then ‘Upload’.

           Or, your child can type up their answers in a Google Doc - click ‘Docs’ to load a new Google
            Doc

  • Once your child has finished their work and you have added all the photos and documents for the assignment, click ‘Hand in’ again to confirm 

  • If you have made a mistake, you can click ‘Unsubmit’ to return the work to you, then follow the previous steps to resubmit work.

 

Computers and laptops: Log in to Google Classroom

  • Go to www.classroom.google.com 

  • Log in with your child’s ‘G Suite for Education’ account

  • Click the ‘+’ icon (in the top-right corner), then ‘Join class’

  • Enter the class code that the tutor or subject teacher has sent, then click ‘Join’.

 

How to get and hand in work (computers and laptops)

  • Go to Google Classroom

  • Click ‘Classwork’

  • Click on an assignment, then ‘View assignment’

  • On the right-hand side of the page, click ‘Add and create’. Depending on the type of work the teacher has set: 

You can take photos of your child’s completed work, upload them to your computer and then upload the photos in Google Classroom - click ‘File’, then ‘Select files from your device’, then ‘Upload’.

Or, your child can type up their answers in a Google Doc - click ‘Docs’ to load a new Google Doc

  • Once your child has finished their work and you have added all the photos and documents for the assignment, click ‘Hand in’ again to confirm 

  • If you have made a mistake, you can click ‘Unsubmit’ to return the work to you, then follow the previous steps to resubmit work.

 

If you have any problems with access or use, please contact the School and we will respond as soon as we are able.