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

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

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.

Joining 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 join class.

2.      Type class code provided by your teacher.

3.      Click join class button.

Stream

Here you can communicate with your class, see your class' announcements and respond to teacher's posts.

1.      Press JAWS key+f7 on newly joined 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 your class work, calendar, class drive folder and list of your completed assignments and class works.

How to submit your assignments

1.      Press b to move to the classroom main menu button, press space to expand menu.

2.      Choose to-do and press enter. You will see a list of your uncompleted assignments and class works.

3.      Press enter on the assignment you want to work on. You will find complete details of selected assignment along with your teacher’s instructions.

4.      Press b to move to the add or create button menu and press space.

5.      Use up and down arrow keys to choose what you want to create or attached with your assignment such as links, files, Docs, Sheets, or drawings etc.

6.      Press enter on turn-in button after attaching all the files to your assignment.

7.      A confirmation dialogue box will appear, press enter on turn-in to confirm.

Note: If you have mistakenly turned in your assignment, you can click unsubmit button to add or modify your work. Also you can add a private comment as well.

If you like this post, subscribe our blog for more amazing content or join our Whatsapp group or like our Facebook page.