More updates to Google Classroom- Listening to Teachers

The developers at Google have been listening to feedback from teachers regarding changes they would like to see in Google Classroom.  Since their management system has been built out of the direct requests from educators, their latest addition comes out of pure necessity.  That said, you can now collaborate as co-teachers in Google Classroom, as well as save your assignments and announcements in draft form, for later use.  This is great news!


Co-Teachers
Co-Teachers can be invited to your Classroom under the ABOUT menu in your dashboard.  When invited to your class, co-teachers have the ability to post announcements, assignments, and provide feedback, comments, and grades to any students on the roster.  This new feature allows for collaboration between teachers, but also between teachers and  their students.  Differentiated classes can now be created based on different student needs.

Saving Assignments as Drafts
Sometimes you just don't have the time to start and finish your assignment in one sitting.  Now you can prepare you assignments ahead of time and your draft will be saved for whenever you like. This also allows your new co-teachers to add information to an assignment before it is posted for the class.  Similar to Google Docs, your information is saved as you go, but rather than clicking "Assign", you have a new option of "Save Draft".
*Please note that you are NOT able to post-date your lessons into Google Classroom to have them automatically appear on a date in the future.