How to use Google classroom with JAWS, step by step guide for teachers

Today we are going to discuss Google classroom’s accessibility for teachers. You may also like How to use Google classroom with JAWS, step by step guide for students.

Google classroom is an online educational platform to create, distribute and grade assignments in a paperless way. Various Google products are incorporated in Google classroom to easily arrange different educational activities such as Google drive, Google calendar, Google docks and Gmail etc.

Students can submit their assignments online to be graded by the teachers. Likewise, teacher can share materials, monitor students' progress, review their assignments and return to them along with comments and instructions.

As you know Corona pandemic caused regular school activities to be shut like many others, Google classroom provides a great solution in this situation. In this post, we are going to provide a step by step guide of how to use Google classroom with JAWS for students with no vision and their trainers and teachers.

Login for Google classroom

Use your Gmail account to login for Google classroom or if you are already login, press insert+f5 to bring a list of available form fields on this page and hit enter on continue button. You will land on Google classroom's main page.

Classroom main menu

Press b to move to the classroom main menu button, space to activate the menu and then press up and down arrow keys to choose from different available options and press enter.

Here you can switch between your different classes, see your class calendar and modify main settings.

Creating your first class

1.      Press B to move to the create or join a class button menu, press space to expand this menu and choose create class.

2.      Press tab to move to the checkbox (If you are using Google classroom at a school with students, your school must be signed in, otherwise check the checkbox in the create a class dialogue box.) press tab again and hit enter on continue button.

3.      Your focus will be on Class name edit box, type your class name, press tab and type your class section, press tab again and type subject and then room number.

4.      Press tab until you here create button, press spacebar to activate this button.

Class settings

1.      Press class settings button on the newly created class page.

2.      Press JAWS key+f5 to bring the list of available form fields.

3.      Choose the field you want to change and press space to activate.

4.      Type important information like class name, description, section, room number etc or press up and down arrow keys to choose from different available options.

5.      Press save button.

Note: Don't press escape until you want to leave these settings.

Stream

Here you can communicate with your class, create and schedule announcements and respond to students' posts.

1.      Press JAWS key+f7 on newly created class page to bring the list of available links and hit enter on stream.

2.      Press b to move to the share something button and press space to activate.

3.      Type what you want to share.

4.      Press tab to move to the add button menu if you want to attached something to your announcement such as a link, YouTube video, document or a file.

5.      Press enter on post button.

Class work

Here you can view calendar and class drive folder, assign class work to the students, create/schedule assignments and organize class work in different units and modules.

1.      Press JAWS key+f7 and press enter on class work.

2.      Press enter on create button menu.

3.      Choose what you want to create: assignment, quiz assignment, topic or material.

People

Here you can invite new teachers and students to join your class. Also you can Email, mute or remove any student/teacher.

1.      Press JAWS key+f7 and then press enter on people.

2.      Press enter on invite teachers/student button.

3.      Type teachers/student name or Email.

4.      Click invite button.

Note: you can also provide class private code to your students to join your class.

How to arrange students

1.      Press t to move to the table containing students' names.

2.      Check the checkbox attached to the student's name.

3.      Press enter on option for student button.

4.      Choose email, remove or mute.

Grades

Here you can view, grade and return students' work.

1.      Press f7 and then enter on grades.

2.      Press enter on no grade below the student name you want to grade.

3.      Type obtain marks and hit enter.

4.      Click action button menu below the obtain marks.

5.      A dialogue box will appear, type your comments about the student's work and press return button.

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