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We’ll show you how to Use Seesaw to Google Classroom in this post. There are two online journals for classrooms: Seesaw and Google Classroom. You can use a range of tools designed to help students and teachers do a good job in less time. On both platforms, it’s easy to join remotely and boost your productivity. They fight, but they also help each other.
Some of the most famous online classroom platforms are Seesaw and Google Classroom. The first one is great for keeping track of classes, marks, and homework. It’s also great for getting comments from students and parents. Seesaw, on the other hand, is more about comments from teachers, students, and parents.
Seesaw, also called Seesaw for Schools, is an app that lets teachers, students, and parents share and work together on school projects. The online version of Seesaw is easy to use, and the Seesaw Parent & Family app is available for both Android and iPhone. You can also go to the official Seesaw support site to know more information.
Ways to Use Seesaw to Google Classroom
Assigning Seesaw Activities in Google Classroom
- Assign a Seesaw activity to your Seesaw class.
- Tap the […] button > ‘Get Student Link‘ on any activity
- Copy the activity link.
- Paste that activity link into Google Classroom.
- This link will take students straight to the activity on web, iOS or Android app. Students must be signed in to Seesaw and a member of your Seesaw class to access the activity.
Rostering students in Seesaw with Google Classroom
- When you create a new class, tap the ‘Import from Google Classroom’ option.
- If you’re already logged in with your Google account then you’ll be asked to grant Seesaw access. Otherwise, you’ll be prompted to log in and grant Seesaw access to your Google account.
- Select your Google Classroom from the list to create the class in Seesaw and roster your students!
- If new students are added to your Google Classroom, you can update your Seesaw Roster and have them added to your Seesaw class by tapping the wrench icon (in Seesaw) > scroll down and select Import from Google Classroom.
Sharing student posts or Activity responses from Seesaw into Google Classroom
- Tap the […] button on any post, then tap ‘Share Post‘ for the post that you would like to share to your Google Classroom.
- Copy the share link and go to your Google Classroom.
- Tap the “link” tool when adding a post to your Google Classroom and paste the Seesaw link.
Adding Google files into Seesaw
If you want students to make notes on top of Google Docs, Google Slides, Google Sheets, or Google Drawings, you can upload those files to a post, activity example, template, or message.
- In the Creative Tools screen, tap Upload > Browse.
- Navigate to Google Drive using the system File picker.
- Select the file you want to upload.
- Seesaw will convert your file into a series of annotatable pages. Students will also able to access a link back to the original file as a PDF and in Google.