CREATING

FOR YOUR GOOGLE APPS CLASSROOM

CONTACTGROUPS

created by SEAN JUNKINSGOOGLE CERTIFIED TEACHER

STEP

COLLECT STUDENT INFORMATIONWITHGOOGLE

FORMS

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NAVIGATE TO: www.google.com

LOG IN TO YOUR GOOGLE APPS FOR EDUCATION ACCOUNT: username@g.horrycountyschools.net

OPEN UP YOUR GOOGLE DRIVE

CHOOSE “CREATE”

THEN “FORM”

IF YOU CHECK THE TOP TWO BOXES IN “FORM SETTINGS”, THE FORM WILL FORCE STUDENTS TO LOG IN TO THEIR GOOGLE APPS ACCOUNT AND AUTOMATICALLY COLLECT THEIR EMAIL ADDRESS.

HAVE YOUR STUDENTS COMPLETE THE FORM

THEIR RESPONSES WILL AUTOMATICALLY POPULATE A SPREADSHEET FOR YOU AS THE TEACHER

IF YOU ARE NOT SURE HOW TO FIND YOUR SPREADSHEET, GO TO YOUR FORM AND CLICK “VIEW RESPONSES”.

STEP

CREATE A CONTACT GROUPINGMAIL

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NAVIGATE TO: www.google.com

LOG IN TO YOUR GOOGLE APPS FOR EDUCATION ACCOUNT: username@g.horrycountyschools.net

OPEN UP YOUR GMAIL

CHOOSE “MAIL”

THEN “CONTACTS”

FROM THE CONTACTS MENU, SELECT “NEW GROUP”

GIVE YOUR GROUP A UNIQUE NAME

THEN CLICK “OK”

YOUR NEW GROUP WILL NOW APPEAR UNDER “MY CONTACTS”

CLICK ON YOUR GROUPTHEN SELECT THE “ADD MEMBERS” ICON

PASTE THE EMAIL ADDRESSES YOU COLLECTED ON YOUR GOOGLE FORM

THIS NUMBER TELLS YOU HOW MANY STUDENTS ARE IN YOUR GROUP

ANY TIME YOU CLICK ON YOUR GROUP, YOU WILL SEE ALL YOUR

GROUPS MEMBERS.

STEP

SEND EMAILS AND SHARE ITEMSUSINGCONTACT

GROUPS

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NOW WHEN SENDING AN EMAIL VIA GMAIL, JUST TYPE THE NAME OF YOUR GROUP AND IT WILL SEND THE MESSAGE TO ALL THE GROUP MEMBERS

OR WHEN SHARING ITEMS IN YOUR GOOGLE DRIVE, INSTEAD OF SHARING WITH INDIVIDUALS ONE-BY-ONE…. SHARE WITH THE CONTACT GROUP AT ONCE.