Set up Classroom for your school

Classroom helps students and teachers organize assignments, boost collaboration, and foster better communication. If you have a Google Workspace administrator account, you can set up Classroom for your institution in your Admin console.

1. Turn on Classroom

Classroom is turned on by default. If Classroom was turned off, you can turn it back on.

  1. In your Admin console, click Appsand thenGoogle Workspaceand thenClassroom.
    • If you don’t see this option, click Additional Appsand thenGoogle Workspaceand thenClassroom.
  2. Click Edit Serviceand thenOn for everyone.

2. Give access to teachers and students

When users sign in to Classroom for the first time, they identify as teachers or students. Users who identify as teachers are automatically added to your organization’s Classroom Teachers group. As a Google Workspace administrator, you verify that the correct users identified as teachers, and give them access to the Classroom features they need. Also, you set the teacher permissions for your domain.

  1. In a browser window, open your organization’s Classroom Teachers group.
  2. On the left, click Membersand thenJoin requests.
  3. Next to a user’s name, check the boxand thenclick Approve applicant or Reject applicant.

Warning: To ensure that teachers can continue using Classroom, don't remove the Classroom Teachers group. If you remove it, an empty group is recreated, users have to reidentify, and you have to reverify teachers.

For more details, go to Verify teachers and set permissions.

3. Turn on video meetings and other features

You can turn on additional features, such as class video meetings, email notifications, and guardian summaries, so teachers can use them in their classes. To prevent student misuse, we recommend you turn on video meeting creation privileges for teachers and staff only.

Train teachers to use Classroom

Google for Education provides teachers with the knowledge they need to be successful. Resources include:

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