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Google Classroom for Parents

October 7, 2020 by John R. Sowash

Google Classroom was NOT created for parents…but they can still use it!

It is important that teachers explain how parents can use Google classroom to support their student during the school year. 

Helping parents understand Google Classroom and showing them how to stay informed on their student’s classwork is a simple thing that you can do to foster a positive relationship with the parents in your classroom. 

While Classroom wasn’t designed for parents, it does contain some helpful features that parents and guardians can use to support their students during the school year. 

Here are two free resources you can use to help parents understand Classroom. 

Video overview of Google Classroom

This video guide to Google Classroom provides parents with an overview of Classroom and introduces them to tools they can use to support their student. 

Video contents: 

0:36 Parent’s overview of Google Classroom

3:39 Requesting and configuring guardian summary

5:17 What’s inside a guardian summary?

6:47 Helping students with late and missing work

9:16 End

PDF guide for parents

This PDF guide to Google Classroom provides parents with an overview of the core features of Google Classroom as well as instructions on how they can begin receiving guardian summary emails.

This guide can be sent to parents via email, Remind, or posted to your class web page. 

When combined together, the guide and video provide guardians with a comprehensive overview of Google Classroom and suggestions for how they can use this information to support their student. 

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Comments

  1. Sheila du Plessis says

    November 3, 2020 at 1:04 pm

    I am an author of books for parents and young people. Am interested in the new technology. This is a great idea. I live in South Africa and the parents in this country did not always receive a proper education. The parents are vital to the success of children/teenagers and I hope to assist in my way.

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  2. Tara Piccione says

    August 30, 2021 at 12:38 pm

    Hi John,
    It seems like the graphics aren’t showing up when I download. Specifically Pages 4, 5, 7 and 8. Even in the preview there are blocks of white space.

    Reply
  3. Lynda says

    October 25, 2023 at 10:37 am

    How do i add a second childs account and have each child in the right class/teacher

    Reply

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