Google Classroom: Keep Materials in the Class Folder

From Alice Keeler at Teacher Tech

Place Class Materials in Class Folder

I am co-teaching a class using Google Classroom. We have several planning documents that we are collaborating on. A good place to keep these files is in the class folder in Google Drive created by Google Classroom.

About Tab

The About tab in Google Classroom allows you to add a co-teacher, upload course materials, set a course description, view the class calendar and link to the class folder in Google Drive.

Google Drive Folder

After creating a Google Classroom class a folder in Google Drive is created for that class within the Classroom folder. You can easily access the class folder in Google Drive by linking to it from the About tab in Google Classroom.

Click on the About tab and then click on the folder icon under the course description to launch Google Drive.

New Button

Once in the class Google Drive folder, click on the “New” button to create files in that folder. The class folder is automatically shared with all of the teachers of the class. Any files created in the class folder are automatically shared with the co-teachers.

Google Classroom Files

This makes it easy for co-teachers to locate course materials. They can simply go to the About tab and click on the class folder icon. No additional effort needs to be made to ensure co-teachers can view and edit the documents.