GCPS Digital Ecosystem Transition Challenge

Which platforms will be retired at the end of the 2024-2025 school year?

• Zoom

• Google Classroom

• eClass

• Nearpod

What will be the new instructional communication platform for teachers and students?

• eClass

• Google Classroom

• Google Sites

• Outlook

Which platform will be used to conduct phone calls, video calls, virtual meetings, and chats?

• Zoom

• Webex

• Skype

• MS Teams

Which platform will house the BMS Landing Page, the BMS Training Page, and district communication centers (SOCC, LOCC, MOCC, SOAR, SPOCC, TARCC)?

• Outlook

• MS Teams

• Google Sites

• Google Classroom

True or False: Google Classroom classes will be created and rostered for teachers by the district through overnight updates in Synergy?

• True

• False

True or False: Teachers will have the ability to create classes and manually add students to a separate Google Classroom (this option will not receive Synergy updates).

• True

• False

True or False: The Google Classroom grading tool will transfer grades to the Synergy gradebook?

• True

• False

Which is the official GCPS grading and reporting platform?

• Securly Classroom

• Synergy

• Google Classroom

• Pear Assessment

How do you ensure assignments appear on the Google Classroom calendar?

• Include a due date

• click “calendar”

• all assignments automatically go to the calendar once posted

How will students distinguish between different classroom assignments on the Google Classroom Calendar?

• Each Google Classroom assignment will display in a different font type specific to that Google Classroom.

• Each Google Classroom assignment will display in a different color specific to that Google Classroom.

• The teacher must type their name in front of the assignment.

• They will just know.