Anytime that you login to Google Classroom, following the first time, you see the Google Classroom dashboard. The dashboard is where you have access to all of your classes. Now, to join a class, it’s nice and easy. 

From your dashboard, you can take a look at the classes that you are asked to join. You will notice on the class icon a blue “Join” button. Click on that “Join” button to access the class. Do not click “Decline” because you will then need to contact your teacher for either the class code or to be invited again.

Now that you’ve joined the class, when you click on the class icon, you go to the “Stream” for that class. There are several items you can view on this page, one of them being the upcoming assignments on the left-hand side. This indicates any tasks coming due within the next week. Additionally, in the middle of the page, you can see any type of updates that your teacher or other classmates post. Now, what you see there actually depends on the settings your teacher uses in the class. So, for example, in my classes, you see announcements I make for the course. In other classes, you might see a combination of announcements as well as various other assignments that are posted or comments from classmates etc.

The “Classwork” page is where all the magic happens. This is where all your assignments are, in the order they should be completed and divided by topics.