Share the Google Classroom Calendar With Parents

If you use Google Classroom you probably have parents who want to be able to see what assignments their child is or has been working on. And if you don't know any other way, the response is typically to have them check after their child has logged in. Maybe they do this with their child physically logging in or maybe they login themselves with their child's login credentials. The first solution is inconvenient for the parent since the child must be present for the parent to see assignments and posts. The second solution allows parents to work on and complete assignments acting as their child, which we do not want.

There is another solution, however, that can allow parents access to assignment details without having to login in at all; share the Google Classroom calendar. When you create a class in Google Classroom a calendar corresponding to that class is created in your Google calendars. Like any of your Google calendars, the calendar associated with any of your classes in Google Classroom can be shared publicly simply by sharing its' URL. This link can be emailed to parents, sent out via communication apps like Remind, or embedded in a classroom website using tools like Google Sites. When visiting the classroom calendar, parents will see what assignments are due and when, as well as being able to see the assignment details. Assignment events are automatically created when the assignment is created in Google Classroom so no additional effort is required on behalf of the teacher to keep calendars up-to-date. Here's how to do it.