Copy a Direct Link to an Assignment

The three dots are magical!  

Anytime you see 3 dots you know that awesome options are just a click away!

The 3 dots on Google Classroom posts lead you to a menu with the option to 

Copy link.

When could this assignment url be useful for teachers and students? 

1. Remind - For teachers who push out communication reminders you can add the direct link to the assignment in your post! 

2. Email - Keep the message clear. Include the url of the missing work right in the message to take them directly to the assignment! 

3. eSD - Use the description textbox to insert the link to the assignment.

4. SeeSaw - Have an awesome Googley assignment that you need collaboration or a copy for each student?   Make it in Google Classroom, but post it in SeeSaw! (tip: post the link in the instructions - not under multimedia)

4. Hyperdocs - Yes! This one is brilliant.  Hyperdocs offer a variety of learning activities for students, but as a teacher it can be hard to keep track of where all these great assignments are, designate sharing permissions and make each student a copy of files.   Hyperlink each activity and ta-da kids have the pedagogical benefits of the Hyperdoc and the organization Google Classroom simultaneously.

I have a worksheet.... now what? Update 2020

 It is now one and a half years after our first "I have a worksheet... now what?" post.   

Back in May of 2019 we spoke of formatting Google Docs with textboxes for responses, using Google Forms as well as leveraging Add-Ons Such as Alice Keeler's Pull Table for digital worksheet completion.

Earlier that year we also looked into ClassKick  which provided a way for students to draw on top of PDFs and access a toolbar with text, scribble and audio recording features. 

Wizer.me made its debut to the TechSpot in 2017 creating a more interactive experience for the student, but with perhaps more upfront work for the teacher. 

Remote learning heightened our awareness and increased the need for taking our paper tasks and enabling their access digitally.  Previous mentioned methods became more popular, and Google Slides allowed us to create backgrounds with our activities and have students respond on top. 

But then, here last month TeacherMade came out with a web application that is exactly what teachers had been looking for.  A quick and easy way to upload a worksheet and have students write on top with little to no prep. 

Here in today's TechTuesday, instead of just introducing TeacherMade, I decided to take a paper worksheet that I had given my students this week as a pre-reading activity and put it to the test of 4 top digital worksheet tools. 

You can view the Google Slides presentation alone to see some screenshots of my results and/or follow along with me as I test each one in the Loom recording: 

Intro: 0:02   TeacherMade: 1:03   Google Slides: 7:00   ClassKick: 12:22  Google Forms: 16:58

Elementary teachers now have SeeSaw which enables them to push out a PDF for students to complete.  The above applications may have some features that could further enhance some of  your activities and certainly be assigned through your SeeSaw platform as well.   Is there anything that stands out to you? Let us know in the comments below! 

Have you been able to try any of these applications yet?

How did it go? 

Would you mind sharing a sample with us? 

As always I would love to hear how I can help you brainstorm new ways that technology can enhance and amplify what you do in the classroom! jtamburlin.youcanbook.me