You will make a scorching mess of your Google Drive when you copy your Google Classroom courses. As you begin up the brand new college yr please do NOT copy your complete class. Here are 3 options to copying your complete Google Classroom Class:

Copy Your Class in Google Classroom

When on the house web page of Google Classroom you might have a tile for every of your courses. Clicking on the three dots icon has the choice to “Copy” a category. DO NOT COPY. This makes a large number of your Google Drive.

Paradigm Shift – Files in Google Classroom

Unlike different LMS’s your recordsdata in Google Classroom are NOT in Google Classroom. They are in Google Drive.

In different merchandise making a replica of a Word doc isn’t an issue as a result of the unique and the copy are saved within the LMS. Probably you cannot make edits to these recordsdata as a result of they’re “attached” to the project. However, Google Classroom is completely different.

Google Classroom Files Live in Google Drive

When you copy an project 99% of the time you do NOT want to repeat the attachments. The hyperlink to the unique file is what you need. You do NOT need a number of recordsdata in your Google Drive with the identical title. You do NOT want copies of screenshots, movies, PDF’s… EVER!

WORSE… when you educate a number of sections and also you copy a category for every part you might have copies of copies of copies all making a large mess in your Google Drive.

Copies of Google Forms

MAYBE MAYBE you need a copy of a Google Form. But actually… not even then. You need to REFRESH your Form from final yr, not copy it. Use the SAME Google Form however delete the responses from final yr. If you might have a spreadsheet hooked up to the Form you’ll be able to unlink the Form and relink to the identical spreadsheet or a brand new one.

Fresh Form Tab Does This For You

For every Google Form use the puzzle piece icon to make use of the Add-on Fresh Form Tab. Run this Add-on to shortly refresh your Form and replace the hyperlink to the spreadsheet. Ready to go and no copies in your Google Drive.

New Students – Last Years Assignments

Teach the scholars you have, not the scholars you had. Good educating is constructing relationships with college students and adapting the assignments for the wants of the present college students. Copying all the pieces makes it troublesome to be versatile to the present college students. I’ve been there, with each intention to replace the assignments but when we might be sincere, educating is tough. You run out of time. It’s simpler to only go away it because it was.

3 Alternatives to “Copy” the Entire Google Classroom Class

Instead of copying your entire class (and the attachments) listed below are 4 options.

1. Reuse Post

You can reuse posts from final years class separately. What I really like about that is after I choose to reuse an project it pops as much as EDIT and UPDATE the project. This encourages me to maintain my assignments contemporary.

⚠️ What I don’t like about Reuse put up is you need to scroll by all of assignments to get to the one you need to reuse.

What is on the prime of the Stream of the outdated class is what will probably be first provided to you to reuse. It is quicker to maneuver a piece of assignments to the highest of the Stream of the outdated class so that you’re able to reuse them.

#001 Number Your Assignments

My greatest tip is so as to add a hashtag and a 3 digit quantity in entrance of your project titles. This has SOOOOOOO many benefits. One of the benefits is when you reuse #012 then the subsequent one you need to reuse is #013. This helps with among the confusion when reusing a put up.

No Copies of Attachments

When reusing a put up there’s a checkbox to “Create new copies of all attachments.” Always go away this unchecked. Do not copy the attachments!! They are NOT attachments, they’re hyperlinks to recordsdata in your Google Drive.

Schedule to Multiple Classes

When reusing a single put up you’ll be able to schedule that put up to a number of courses so that you solely should reuse the put up one time.

2. Reuse GC

I’ve an unofficial Add-on that lets you handle your Google Classroom. This is my HUB for utilizing Google Classroom. Make a replica of the spreadsheet. You might want to authorize the Add-on. You are authorizing YOURSELF to entry YOUR OWN recordsdata. It is completely protected.

1. Make a replica of the spreadsheet.
2. Use the Extensions menu to arrange your Google Classroom class
3. Use the sidebar for Reuse GC to import assignments from final years class
4. Checkbox as many assignments at a time that you simply need to reuse.
   Tip: You can edit the titles and descriptions within the spreadsheet if you’d like.
5. Use the sidebar to push assignments to this years class.
   The “attachments” are NOT copied however preserve their hyperlinks.
6. Edit the assignments in your Google Classroom. Click on the “attachment” hyperlinks and edit/modify so they’re up to date for this yr.

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Copy Your Class

Don’t do it! Reuse posts and have a extra versatile digital classroom that’s attentive to the present college students and present occasions.