12 Ways to Use Google Classroom 1. Set the class theme. 2. Use the “About” page to provide information and important links for/about your class. 3. Attach YouTube videos, Google Drive files and links to announcements 4. Choose how to deliver files to students in assignments. 5. Start a conversation/backchannel in announcements. 6. E-mail students from within Classroom. 7. Provide an example of the work you’d like them to do. 8. Provide a collaborative space for students to work. 9. Track student progress with submission history 10. Revisit previous work in your class folder. 11. Toggle your e-mail notifications on and off. 12. Give Google your feedback.
Google Docs is an online word processor that lets you create and format text documents and collaborate with other people in real time. Here's what you can do with Google Docs:
Upload a Word document and convert it to a Google document
Add flair and formatting to your documents by adjusting margins, spacing, fonts, and colors
Invite other people to collaborate on a document with you, giving them edit, comment or view access
Collaborate online in real time and chat with other collaborators — right from inside the document
View your document's revision history and roll back to any previous version
Download a Google document to your desktop as a Word, OpenOffice, RTF, PDF, HTML or zip file
Translate a document to a different language
Email your documents to other people as attachments