There are some new tools and features on Google for Education that are available NOW!
Google Classroom/Google Meet
- Students can't join if the host isn't on the meeting
- Only students in Google Classroom can join the meeting
- Anyone outside the class roster has to ask to join
- Co-teachers in Google Classroom are automatically made co-hosts of the meeting
- Pin or unpin presentation or other tiles for display
- Turn off all videos at once
Google Docs
- Checklist with clickable checkboxes
- Smart Chips
- Use the @ button to tag a person, attach a file, a calendar event or a date
- If you add a calendar event with the smart chips, it will give you the option to create a meeting note template and also add the note template document to the calendar event!
Tasks
- To-Do Lists
- Show on the side of Gmail
- Add a date to show in Google Calendar - make sure the Tasks calendar is enabled
Hopefully these amazing features will help save you time and effort!
