1. The document discusses Google Apps for Education and the Teacher Dashboard add-on, which allows teachers to easily manage student files and folders. 2. The Teacher Dashboard displays a teacher's classes, the students in each class, and recent documents students have worked on. It enables teachers to quickly view files and "push" files to student folders. 3. The document provides instructions for teachers on accessing the Teacher Dashboard link and using its features to share files with students and change the student display order.

1. Google Apps and
Teacher Dashboard
MARÍA JOSÉ MORA
UPDATED AUGUST 2019
Last Update: August 2019

2. Contents
Google Apps for Education
Teacher Dashboard (TD): An add-on from that helps teachers manage student’s files
Folders created in students’ by TD
Where does a student find his/her folders in ?
Where does a teacher find students’ folder in his/her ?
Where does a teacher find the link to TD?
What does a teacher see on his/her TD?
What does a teacher see on each TD class?
What can a teacher do in TD?
o Quick view of a file
o Share Files: “Push” files to students’ folders
o See students in different order

3. Google Apps in Education
“Google is currently offering schools a hosted solution for their email, calendar, and chat through
Google Apps for Education, our integrated communication and collaboration solution.
Additionally, you can complement the core suite to meet your users' needs, with access to dozens
more Google applications, such as:”
Source: The Google Apps for Education Suite

4. Teacher Dashboard
An add-on that helps teachers manage student’s files
Teacher Dashboard is
an add-on developed
by Hapara for Google
apps for Education that
allows teachers to
manage the student's
files and folders in a
very easy way.
Teacher
Dashboard

5. Folders created in students’ by TD
• UOI (Units of Inquiry)
• Maths
• Language Arts
• Visual Arts
• Performing Arts
• French
• Physical Education
• Library
What students see…

6. Where does a student find his/her folders in ?

7. Where does a teacher find students’ folder in his/her ?
Grade Level Folder
Subject Folder
Students’ Folders
Important! You don’t need to go this way… TD helps you!

8. Where does a teacher find the link to TD?
OSC Staff Intranet
https://sites.google.com/osc.lk/osc-
intranet-staff-section/staff-intranet
Important! You need to
use your School Google
account, osclk.net, to
have access to your TD
Link: https://www.teacherdashboard.com/#/td
Bookmark it!

9. What does a teacher see on his/her TD?
A link to all his/her classes

10. What does a teacher see on each TD class?
Folders Google Account
Students in the class
Recent documents students
have worked on

11. Mouse over a
file will give a
quick view of
the file
Quick view of a file

12. Share Files: “Pushing” files
It allows teachers to
“Push” files to students’ folders
(to one, a group, or all students)
Click here for information on how
to use it.
Share
Files

13. Show students in a
different order
Show students in different order
Sort