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Friday, September 5, 2014

Google Classroom: Resetting Teacher Permissions

Google Classroom: Resetting Teacher Permissions
The first time a teacher visits Google Classroom they will be asked if they are a teacher or a student. If for some reason the teacher selects "student" they will find that they are unable to create classes; they can only join them. Students who select "teacher" will have the ability to created classes.

Fixing this issue is easy, but requires the assistance of someone with access to the schools Google Apps for Education control panel.

When Classroom is enabled for a domain, a Google Group called "Classroom Teachers" is automatically created. Membership in this group is what separates a student from a teacher. Direct access to this group is available here: classroom.google.com/teacher-group.

***WARNING: DO NOT DELETE YOUR "CLASSROOM TEACHER" GROUP!!!!!***** If you do, you will break Google Classroom. As of September 9, 2014, there is NO FIX for this issue. A surprising number of schools did delete their classroom teacher group and are unable to use Classroom. If this is your situation, follow this thread to be notified of a fix.

The default setting for Google Classroom is to allow anyone who is a member or pending member of this Google group to create a class. If this setting is unchanged, if a student were to say they were a teacher when they first use classroom, they will be able to create courses until they are rejected from the Classroom Teacher group.
It is recommended that schools change the access setting to "Verified Teachers Only" to avoid this potential issue. If this change is made, please ensure that all of your faculty members are a member of the "Classroom Teacher" group. If you have an organizational unit (OU) for your staff, you can easily move them into this group.

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11 comments:

  1. UnknownDecember 9, 2014 at 11:26 AM

    When my students turn in work through Google Classroom, I am receiving two copies of the assignment. One is going into the folder that Classroom created and I'm getting another copy in my Shared (Incoming) folder. I don't want these in my Shared folder. How can I stop that from happening?

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  2. AnonymousApril 3, 2015 at 9:28 AM

    Im a student who hit teacher can i change it

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    1. John R. SowashApril 3, 2015 at 9:55 AM

      The IT director at your school will need to follow the steps in this post to re-set your permissions back to "student."

      Delete
  3. AnonymousAugust 27, 2015 at 10:39 AM

    I have a student who chose the teacher role, and this is before I added teachers in the classroom-teacher group. How should I reverse the students choice?

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    1. John R. SowashAugust 27, 2015 at 11:30 AM

      Hi Maureen! You will need to find the student and remove him/her from the "Classroom Teacher" Google Group.

      Delete
  4. AnonymousMarch 7, 2016 at 8:01 PM

    How do I add an OU to the Classroom Teacher group?

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    1. John R. SowashMarch 10, 2016 at 10:05 PM

      Hey Tiffany! It's not very obvious. Check out this animated GIF: http://goo.gl/pudTbT

      Delete
  5. KShieldknightOctober 18, 2016 at 10:39 PM

    I have students who have created classrooms. I've adjusted the setting so they can't create any more, but how can I delete the classes they've created? They've invited peers and are posting information. Could get inappropriate.

    ReplyDelete
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    1. John R. SowashOctober 22, 2016 at 8:49 AM

      Have you gone into the "Classroom teacher" Google group and removed the students? That will remove their teacher permissions.

      The only way to delete the class is to sign using their account. You will first need to archive the course, then delete it from the archive folder.

      There is no way for a domain admin to access or delete classes at this time.

      Delete
  6. ➰ SUNIL CHAUDHARY ➰March 31, 2020 at 11:14 AM

    How to remove another student in Google classroom plz give a idea

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    1. John R. SowashMarch 31, 2020 at 11:16 AM

      You can remove students from the "people" tab in Classroom.

      Delete

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