Bromcom to Google Classroom

[timbo343]

As we are very recent users of Google Classroom (no "classrooms" setup as of yet) I was wondering if it's possible to bring over the classes from Bromcom or if it's better for staff to manage their own - i guess the down side to staff managing their own is they would be creating classes for each assignment.

 

I was also wondering how others manage their school's Google Classroom as i can see things getting a bit messy when it comes to the end of the year and transistioning between year groups.

[dhicks]

As we are very recent users of Google Classroom (no "classrooms" setup as of yet) I was wondering if it's possible to bring over the classes from Bromcom or if it's better for staff to manage their own - i guess the down side to staff managing their own is they would be creating classes for each assignment.

 

You'll be wanting to talk to SalamnderSoft:

 

https://www.salamandersoft.co.uk/

 

They'll be able to sort out getting both user and class data out of Bromcom and into GSuite for you, all automatically updated.

[paulkerton]

Wonde are the other people to speak to, especially if you've already got Wonde working for other solutions. They also offer single sign-on solutions and QR code login for the younger/less able students. They also have some excellent automated processes for user creation/suspension and having the ability to see

 

https://www.wonde.com/google

[timbo343]

Thanks, im not sure if the powers that be will be wanting to pay for software so i guess it's up to the staff to manage it themselves - looks like this could get messy!

[3s-gtech]

From my brief research into this for Google Classroom, Salamander does indeed look to be a very decent solution for exactly what you want. It does a ton of other stuff to, and the pricing is very reasonable.

[paulkerton]

Thanks, im not sure if the powers that be will be wanting to pay for software so i guess it's up to the staff to manage it themselves - looks like this could get messy!

 

If they're managing their own, you will have to get a process in place for when staff leave, as Classrooms belong to the staff member. If you delete the staff member before transferring the classroom to a new staff member, you may have issues.

[mavhc]

Sell it on how much staff time it will save, multiple by teacher cost per hour, point out you've just saved them £10k

[paulkerton]

Sell it on how much staff time it will save, multiple by teacher cost per hour, point out you've just saved them £10k

 

This! £40 a month is the cost of Wonde for secondary schools. That's 4 hours of a person's time a month for someone on the living wage.

No more manual user creation. No more complaints from teachers when the person who is responsible for telling you that a new child has been put on roll has forgot to, so the kid in their class hasn't had a login for a month, and now that's your fault!

[Zoom7000]

We use Wizkids at my Trust, but I recently signed up another school with Wonde (wasn't available when I signed up) purely because of the cost.