How To Start Using Google Add-Ons: Step By Step
- By Kristal Kuykendall
- 08/01/22
To start using Google add-ons, district admins will need to set up add-ons and can then enable access for educators; admins need to have the Google Workspace for Education Plus edition or Teaching & Learning Upgrade assigned to each educator that they want to have access to add-ons, Google wrote on its blog announcing the launch.
Admins will be able to choose which add-ons they enable for their schools.
Once admins set up individual add-ons for their district, a trainer in the school can use Google Classroom’s professional development kit to show educators how to get started using add-ons. Google said it also worked with add-ons partner Genially to create an interactive version of the professional development training.
Educators can find an “add-ons” module within the Assignment and Stream screens, after the district admin has set up the add-ons feature and individual add-ons, Google said. From there, they will see the list of available add-ons for their district.
More help can be found on the Google support page for Classroom add-ons.
Requirements To Use Add-Ons in Classroom
- You must be using Google Workspace for Education Plus or the Teaching and Learning upgrade.
- Your admin must have pre-installed or allowlisted add-ons for your school or district.
- Add-ons can only be created and assigned on the web version of Classroom.
- Add-ons can be viewed, completed, and graded on both the web and mobile versions of Classroom.
How to Attach Add-Ons to an Assignment, Quiz Assignment, Question, or Material
- Go to classroom.google.com.
- Click the class Classwork.
- At the top, click Create and choose what you want to create.
- Enter the title and instructions.
- Under Add-ons, choose the add-on you want to use.
- Update the rest of the settings.
- Click Assign.
How To Attach Add-Ons to an Announcement
- Go to classroom.google.com.
- Click the class.
- On the Stream page, click Announce something to your class.
- Enter your announcement.
- Under Add-ons, choose the add-on you want to use.
- Click Post.
About the Author
Kristal Kuykendall is editor, 1105 Media Education Group. She can
be reached at [email protected].