Using Google Forms and Google Classroom for self-grading quizzes

Using Forms and Classroom for quizzes is getting easier. For a while now, Google Forms has allowed you to create quizzes with multiple choice or short answer options that can give students instant feedback, or allow you to score manually. Here's a short video showing that process (or the written instructions if you prefer):

Now you can also have the grades automatically imported to Google Classroom as part of the assignment. When you post the assignment and add the Google Form, you'll have the option to "enable grade importing". If you select that, when you look at the assignment itself once students have taken the quiz, you'll see an "Import Grades" button. Click that and watch students' scores magically appear in Google Classroom, a very useful trick. 

Remind app for parents and students

At Back to School Night, many of us are looking for ways to be able to more quickly and easily keep parents and students informed and engaged. Remind is an easy-to-use text message app that lets you send text-message group reminders and updates, schedule announcements and see who has seen each message. Lots of parents and students are moving away from email as their primary communication tool and text messages are often more likely to be seen and read. Users sign up for specific invited groups, and Back to School Night is a good time to make that happen for parents.

Check it out here: https://www.remind.com/