Students have suddenly had to adapt to a new digital learning environment and it can be overwhelming even for the most organized student. If the student has one teacher and is in one Google Classroom, figuring out what needs to be done does not require much more than a quick check-in on the stream or classwork page. If the student has more than one teacher or is in more than one Google Classroom, figuring out what work needs to be completed can be time-consuming as students navigate to each of their classes and view the stream or classwork page for assignments.
There is a feature in Google Classroom that few people seem to be aware of, but can be an amazing lifesaver for students (and teachers)! It is the To-Do List.
If you are looking at your Google Classroom homepage, click on the three lines to reveal the link for the To-Do List.
Once you click on that To-do heading, all activities that have been assigned will appear in order of due date. If there is no due date attached, the assignment will be at the bottom of the list. As you can see, my student has some serious work to do.
Each class has a sidebar color that matches the heading color of the classroom the work came from, but you can also see which class the assignment is from if you look under the title of the assignment. To access the assignment, simply click on the title of the assignment and it will take the student right to the directions and attachments for said assignment.
Students can also click on the “Done” tab and see all assignments that have been turned in along with any digital grades that have been given.
So, my fabulous teacher friends, let your students know about this amazing feature in Google Classroom. I guarantee that you will be helping at least one of your students get a better handle on how to manage their workload. And teachers, did you know that you also have a to-do list? It helps you know what you need to grade and return to your students. (Remember to return graded work to your students so that it doesn’t live in your Google Drive for the rest of your life!)
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This is very helpful, thank you! Is there a way to assign “weight” or priority to assignments with no due date? Or, if we click “submit” to get rid of things, is there a way to flag them so we can come back to them? Thank you!
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Back in the settings, you can establish grading categories in your Classroom gradebook, and then once you do this, you can change the “overall grade” settings to weight by category. Unfortunately, I don’t see any way to flag a submission for later review.
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so good
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hello, thank you so much! I love those! ! ! Appreciate Much! 🎶
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omg this is so helpful will show my son tomorrow-it’s such a pain going through all the classrooms to check for assignments! Hope this works, and wondering why school doesn’t show kids how to do this!
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