Teacher Dashboard

Teacher Dashboard provides an instructional management layer on top of Google Apps, giving educators a snap-shot view of student activity across Docs, Sites, Blogger and Calendars.

Getting Started 

To access Teacher Dashboard, first log into your Google Apps account.
In a new tab, open the following: Hobsonville Point Teacher Dashboard
Save this to your chrome browser: Bookmarks>bookmark this page
You'll be asked for approval to link your Google Apps account with Teacher Dashboard.
Once you OK this approval, you'll see your classes on the home screen.

Organising your Dashboard
When you open a class in Teacher Dashboard, you see all of your students along with any items they have shared with you through the class folder.
There are a few additional options that allow for grouping and sorting on this screen.

Sorting 

Allows you to sort the way you see students on your dashboard (e.g. first name, last name, group).


Class Group Setting

Allows you to set up colours and names for groups in your class. Click on the colour to the left of each student to organise your groups.

View Docs & Filter

The drop down menu allows for you to view more than 3 docs (up to 25) on your home screen. The Filter search box allows you to quickly call up items that may have a specific title.

Smart Copy Wizard - How to use it

Share docs with the whole class, or a group of students, with just a few clicks.

Teacher Dashboard Tools & Features: Hapara's how to's tutorials 

Calendar

Google Calendar

We use the Calendar app to keep up-to-date with all the goings on at HPPS.

You will need to enable by pasting the ID into your calendar where it says: Add a colleagues calendar
Marketing: visitors, whole school events, courses, etc.
Marketing Ops ID: marketing@hobsonvillepoint.school.nz

General Operations: add any trips, school-wide organisation, events to this calendar that you think should be shared with colleagues. e.g. swimming, observations of kids, courses, trips.
Genreal Ops ID: hobsonvillepoint.school.nz_irj15jv6kdjqe8i1vte8suf8ok@group.calendar.google.com

Manage your Calendar including your subscriptions:

Settings cog>settings>calendars

From here you can unsubscribe, control sharing and more.

Labs
Like with gmail, you can check out the Labs (experimental options to add to your calendar)
Try these options by clicking Enable: Event Flair, Jump to date, event attachments & hide morning and night.

To add calendar to your iPhone:
Settings>Mail, Contacts, Calendars>Add Account> Google

Appointment Slots
Using Appointment Slots
How to create appointment slots

GAFE Quick Overview

Google What?

Chrome

Download here

Google's internet browser

- use the URL bar as a google search

- multiple users: You can create multiple user accounts, where bookmarks, apps, extensions, themes and browser settings for the user can be personalised. This can be useful for having different environments for personal and professional accounts. Click here to find out how to set this up.

- Chrome Store: apps that you can run on your desktop

Synergyse Google Apps Training

Interactive in-app training for Google Apps - specifically Gmail, Calendar & Sites. This is a chrome extension which will access your google account and set-up within the app required.

Gmail

Organising your Mail
Make your mail work for you by creating different filters and rules for incoming mail. Click here to see how to create this.

Drive

Connect more apps in your drive account by exploring the apps available.
Create>connect more apps>connect

Enable the voice comments app from your drive account
In drive dashboard: create>connect more apps>voice comments>connect

To organise find the drop down menu beside the folder you want to edit.
Here you can:

• Change the colour of the icon
• Share whole folder with other people
• Move folder somewhere else (move to)
• Rename folders
• Remove (delete folder)

Calendar

• Add other people's calendars
• Browse interesting calendars
• Explore labs (find under the settings menu) e.g. event flare, hide morning and night, event attachments, jump to date.

Some Other Apps:

Sites
Youtube
Google +