{"id":29898,"date":"2017-05-02T20:01:09","date_gmt":"2017-05-02T12:01:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/?p=29898"},"modified":"2017-12-09T05:03:53","modified_gmt":"2017-12-08T21:03:53","slug":"google-classroom-for-all","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/google-classroom-for-all\/","title":{"rendered":"Google Classroom is Now Available For All"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you\u2019ve <strong>never heard of Google Classroom before<\/strong>, we can\u2019t fault you for it. After all, the feature has only been made available for Google accounts that are a <strong>part of the G Suite for Education subscription<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>However, this is no longer the case as Google is making Classroom available for everyone to use. Yes, this includes the standard <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/tricks-for-google-users\/\">Google account users<\/a> as well. With Google Classroom, anyone can choose to either <strong>start their own lessons or join one that is already in progress<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"recommended_top\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<strong>Read Also:<\/strong>\u00a0\n\t\t\t\t\t<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/gsuite-automatic-citation-generator\/\">How to Create Citations with Google\u2019s G Suite Auto-Generator<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>For those <strong>looking to start their own class<\/strong>, all you need to do is to click on the <span class=\"key\">+<\/span> button located at the top right corner of the screen and select <strong>Create Class<\/strong>. From there, fill in the required sections and click on the <strong>Create<\/strong> button.<\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/google-classroom-for-all\/00-create-class.jpg\" width=\"378\" height=\"252\" alt=\"create class\"><\/figure>\n<p>Once a class has been created, you\u2019ll be brought to the main Classroom dashboard. From here, <strong>you\u2019ll be able to set up your class according to your needs<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/google-classroom-for-all\/01-stream.jpg\" width=\"1075\" height=\"603\" alt=\"stream\"><\/figure>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/google-classroom-for-all\/02-student.jpg\" width=\"1097\" height=\"579\" alt=\"student\"><\/figure>\n<p>Google has pretty much <strong>streamlined the process of setting up a class<\/strong>, ranging from adding new material to the class, to bringing in new students, all the way to <strong>adding additional teachers to the class itself<\/strong>.\n<\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/google-classroom-for-all\/03-about.jpg\" width=\"1075\" height=\"621\" alt=\"about\"><\/figure>\n<p>As Classroom operates on the G Suite platform, some of the features in <strong>Classroom can be synced up to your own Google Account<\/strong>. Some examples includes Classroom calendars being synced to your own personal Google Calendar, or <strong>files being synced across Google Drives<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/google-classroom-for-all\/04-schedule.jpg\" width=\"1257\" height=\"811\" alt=\"calendar\"><\/figure>\n<p>As for the student side of things, joining a classroom can be done by<strong> keying in the class code<\/strong>, or getting invited to a class. As of the time of writing, it appears that <strong>Google Classroom does not support publicly available classes<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/google-classroom-for-all\/05-join-class.jpg\" width=\"657\" height=\"493\" alt=\"join a class\"><\/figure>\n<p class=\"recommended_top\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<strong>Read Also:<\/strong>\u00a0\n\t\t\t\t\t<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/google-services-tools\/\">100+ Must-Know Google Services and Tools to Boost Your Productivity<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you\u2019ve never heard of Google Classroom before, we can\u2019t fault you for it. After all, the feature has only been made available for Google accounts that are a part of the G Suite for Education subscription. However, this is no longer the case as Google is making Classroom available for everyone to use. 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