January 17, 2017

Google Classroom....now with Differential Learning and Better Teacher Notification.

Recently, Google released some new updates to Google Classroom that teachers all over are celebrating. The changes were:

• Individual assignments—Teachers can post work and announcements to individual students in a class.
  
• New teacher notifications—Teachers receive email and mobile notifications when a student submits late work or resubmits work.
  
• Classroom user metrics— Administrators can view Classroom usage reports in the Admin console.
  
• Coursework improvements for third- party developers—Third-party applications can programmatically create questions, modify coursework, and add materials to coursework.
  
• New Android feature: Teachers can edit the class description and add materials to the About tab.
  
  One of the new updates teachers are raving about is the new ability to differentiate classroom instruction right within the same class by utilizing individual assignments. For more information on this new feature, please watch this very short video: https://youtu.be/PsdnF6-gJyk
  
  Another update to make life easier for teachers is the email notifications for when students submit late work or resubmits work. No longer will teachers have to constantly check past assignments. YEAH!