Teachers can assign Studies Weekly Online content to students collectively or individually using Google Classroom. This content includes individual Weeks, Articles, Assessments, Customized Content, or other media like images and videos.
Teachers and students will need to accept Google permissions to allow Studies Weekly Online access to Google Classroom.
Teachers that assign a Studies Weekly Online Assessment, Activity, or Customized Content in Google Classroom, will be able to use the Google Passback feature to see student scores in the Grade tab for Google Classroom.
To use these features, teachers must import their students from Google Classroom to Studies Weekly Online. Learn more in the How to Connect Google Classroom with Studies Weekly article.
In the Table of Contents, select the three dots / action menu to the right of the week that needs to be assigned and select Share LINK with Google Classroom. Then follow the Google Classroom steps to complete the process.
The assignment will now appear in your students’ Google Classroom.
Navigate to the content (e.g., an individual article, assessment, or Customized Content) in the publication, then click the Teacher Actions dropdown in the top right corner.
Select the Google Classroom you want to assign the content to.
Add a Title, Due Date, Due Time then select Assign.
The assignment will now appear in your students’ Google Classroom.
Teachers can also share media from Explore More at the end of an article. After you have opened the Explore More content, click the Google Classroom icon in the top right corner. Then follow the Google Classroom steps to complete the process.
The assignment will now appear in your students’ Google Classroom.
Important
To log in from Google Classroom, you will need to change browser settings to allow pop-ups. If you need support to allow pop-ups, check out the "Allow pop-ups for a specific site" section in this article from Google. The pop-up window will open to your Google Classroom account.
After a student selects an assignment to open in Google Classroom, there will be a pop-up window to select their Google Account to log in to Studies Weekly Online.
Google Passback allows users to view student scores from Studies Weekly Online Unit and Weekly Assessments, Activities, and Customized Content in Google Classroom. The link shared in Google Classroom must point directly to the intended Assessment or Customized Content. Following this direct access method is crucial for the integration between the two platforms to correctly record and transfer the scores.
Direct access includes following the steps found in this article (under the Assign Content tab) to create an assignment in Google Classroom. Students must access the content through Google Classroom for the pass back to be successful.
To utilize this feature, navigate to the Profile Menu (found in the upper right corner) and select Account Settings. Enable Google Grade Passback with the toggle.
Teacher grading may be required for some question types in Studies Weekly Online before the pass back is complete. If you need a refresher on grading student submissions, visit the How to Navigate the Grade Section article.
Teachers can then view submitted scores in the Grades section of Google Classroom. Grades will remain in Draft until a teacher selects the three dots menu and chooses to Return student grades.
Important
To utilize the Google Classroom Grade Passback feature, a premium Google Classroom license is required.