STAYING ON TOP OF THINGS

 STAYING ON TOP OF THINGS

As we get more into the flow of the school year, it is super helpful for students to manage all of their work for all of their classes.  In elementary school, everything comes from a single teacher, but at middle school, you have different teachers at different times of the day with different expectations for how you should complete your assignments and how you should turn things in.

In particular, in my classes, my students struggle at first with the concept of turning files in via Google Classroom.  For example if you are working on a Google Slides presentation, but don't attach the file to that assignment within Google Classroom, then I can't see if you completed the assignment or even started working on it.  However, if you attach the file, I can see your work as you make progress on it... Even if you haven't TURNED IN the assignment yet...

Word to the wise, for my classes, or any classes that use Google Classroom, make sure you attach your files to the assignment in question.

I've attached some photos below showing you what it looks like in Google Classroom when you have attached a file and what it looks like in Google Classroom when you haven't attached a file.


This picture shows that I have NOT attached any file to the assignment.  Notice how there is nothing attached to the "YOUR WORK" section of the assignment.




This picture shows that I have attached a file to the assignment.  Notice how there is a Google Slides presentation attached to the "YOUR WORK" section of the assignment.

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