Google Classroom: 2. Adding Students

Continuing the series on Google Classroom, here is a short video on how to add students into your Classroom. It covers both how teachers can enroll students by name, or how students can use a class code.


Other videos in the series:

  1. Creating Your Classroom
  2. Adding Students

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