Accessing pupils google files

[Harry1980]

Hi All,

 

I hope you are well.

 

Since the pandemic we have become a google school where we have started to use Chromebooks for the pupils. Previously we used laptops where all the pupils could save their work on the pupil shared folder on the network. This gave teacher access to the pupils saved work. Now that we use Chromebooks and google suite, is there anyway to access the children's work without login as the pupil? The ICT Lead in school has suggested this https://senso.cloud/gb/ but I'm not sure that will do the job. I am hoping someone has a better suggestion or is using something that they could share with me. Something free would be ideal. We just want a simple way to access their files.

 

Any suggestions or ideas will be much appreciated.

 

With regards

 

Harry

[fiza]

We use Google Classroom and students upload their work there. We have not found a way for staff to have access to student Google drives but then not really had a need to with Google Classroom.

[kingoranks]

We are a google school too. We use classroom, student submit work in classroom and teachers can see it. As an admin I can search all saved work on the domain.

You may get a better response to your question from GAM for Google Workspace. link-https://groups.google.com/g/google-apps-manager/c/f3RBxFo8Dss/m/ddXIKueeAQAJ?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer&pli=1

[paulkerton]

Google Classroom should be used for handing out and submitting work. Its a shift in the way of thinking, but its far more and better ultimately for students and staff.

[Harry1980]

We did use google classroom during the lockdown. I did mention google classroom to the ICT Lead but he mentioned work that is done on Scratch and other similar programs, how we access that.

[jthompson]

If Scratch and other apps are saving files directly into Google Drive, then you could still use Google Classroom as a way for students to submit their files against assignments.

 

However, I can appreciate that there will be some teachers needing to proactively go and 'get' work from not-especially-proactive students. That may just have to be done by helpdesking things to sysadmins on a case by case basis.

 

One option to consider if they're reticent about adapting to Google Classroom in the short term might be to have them sit down and talk the pupil through sharing a base folder with the teacher, so that the teacher is less reliant on the pupil actively submitting something each time.

 

Whatever you do, don't give out access to Google Vault. There be dragons.

[paulkerton]

We did use google classroom during the lockdown. I did mention google classroom to the ICT Lead but he mentioned work that is done on Scratch and other similar programs, how we access that.

Scratch files can be downloaded and attached in Classroom like any other file. You need to shift thinking when it comes to delivery with the cloud.