Tech Tuesday-Google Drive Assignment App

Welcome to week two of Schoology November here on the blog. Be sure to check out last week's post about Discussions. 

Google Drive Assignment App

At the elementary level the way we use digital tools is not the same as middle and high schools, for obvious reasons. Often a teacher will tell me, "I don’t need an LMS because I’m not grading papers online or requiring students to turn things in electronically."    While we may not be giving students “grades” or closely monitoring due dates, the Google Drive Assignment app within Schoology is worth exploring. If you ever have your students work on a doc, slides, drawing, or sheet, and you want to be able to see and/or comment on their progress, then I highly recommend using this tool! 

Teachers can push out a template of any Google Drive product (doc, slides, drawing, or sheet) and this app will make a copy for each student. Gone are the days of sharing with students, having them make a copy, and share it back to you. You can also avoid the flood of emails you get when you ask students to create and share a document with you. Even if you just push out a blank document, I think this process is worth it. Using the Google Drive Assignment App creates a folder of all the student assignments in the teacher’s Google Drive. This alone can save you hours of searching for student documents. 

You can also differentiate by individually assigning your templates to select students or groups. 

Check out the video below where I demonstrate how to set up a google drive assignment, and the second video to see the student's view.

Setting Up Google Drive Assignment

Student View of Google Drive Assignment