Teachers can import their Google Classes to Amplify, add co-teachers, invite students with a class code, and if applicable, add programs to their classes.
Importing a Google class
If a teacher's email address matches their Google Classroom email address, they can connect to Google and import their Google Classes.
Importing a Google Class syncs the following data to Amplify:
Class name (concatenated by Google Course and Section title)
Primary Teacher and Co-Teachers
Students
Class ID
Student enrollment and rostering, co-teacher enrollment and rostering, and the class name should be synced from Google Classroom.
The class subject, class grade level, and student grade level are not synced from Google. You can add or edit this data in Amplify. Class programs also have to be added or edited in Amplify.
Amplify Desmos Math is entitled to your organization. After you set up your account and login, you have access to Amplify Desmos Math in your classes. Learn more about programs.
Click New class.
In the drop-down, click Import Google classes.
Import classes from Google Classroom displays.
Choose a Posting Preference for Google Classroom.
Post immediately to Google Classroom: links to Amplify Desmos Math activities will show in your Google Classroom.
Do not post to Google Classroom: Amplify Desmos Math activities will not appear in your Google Classroom.
Amplify Desmos Math Assignments will always show in Student Home and Educator Home based on the assigned start and end time, regardless of your selected Google posting preferences.
Select the classes you want to import.
Click Select all classes to import all your Google Classes, or select the classes you want to import individually.Click Import classes.
Your imported Google Classes display on your Manage Classes page with the Google Classroom icon.
Syncing a Google class
If you need to update your imported classes, update the information in Google Classroom, and then sync to Amplify. You can sync the class name, class ID, and rosters.
Click Sync Google Classes to sync all your Google Classes.
Google Classes are denoted with the Google Classroom icon.
The page automatically refreshes and your Google Classes information is updated in Amplify.
You can also disconnect your Amplify account from Google Classroom by clicking the drop-down menu to the right of Sync Google Classes, and clicking Disconnect from Google Classroom.
Managing a Google class
The Manage Classes landing page lists all the classes you have created or imported.
a. Go to Educator Home
b. Sync Google Classes
c. Create new Amplify classes or import classes
d. View existing classes
e. Class card
f. View archived classes
g. Access Help pages
Click a class card to open the class details. You can also click the three-dot menu to archive the class. Learn more about archived classes.
Google class details
Click a class card to open the class details page. From the class details page, you can view the class information, along with students and teachers rostered in the class, and the class code.
b. Programs
c. Students tab
d. Teachers tab
e. Class grade
h. Edit
Class name, grade(s), and subject(s)
Click the pencil icon to edit the class details. You can edit the class subject, class grade level, and subject(s).
Programs
Amplify Desmos Math is entitled to your organization. After you set up your account and login, you have access to Amplify Desmos Math in your classes.
To ensure your students get the right content, you or an administrator at your school must associate at least one Amplify program with the class. A program is a unique set of content or applications, such as Amplify Desmos Math K–5 or Amplify Desmos Math 6–A1. Learn more about programs.
Each class can be assigned one or more programs.
If a program is entitled to your organization, it is automatically available to any actively-enrolled educator.
If your district or school assigns programs to classes, ask your administrator if you aren’t seeing your programs.
If applicable, you can add programs to your classes. If a class has been archived, you must restore the class before you can add programs.
On the Manage Classes landing page, click a class card to view the class details.
Click the Add programs field.
A list of your available programs displays.
Select the programs you want to add to the class.
All the programs your class has access to display, including programs you added, and organization-level programs.
Students in the class have access to the programs. You can assign student work through individual lessons and activities.
If you believe one of your classes is missing a program or you don’t have access to a program that you should, contact your administrator.
Students tab
Your enrollment data should be synced from Google Classroom. Once your students are synced to your class, they have access to all the programs associated with the class. They can use their district-provided Google email address and password to log in to Amplify at learning.amplify.com.
Assign work to your students within individual lessons and activities.
Edit students
In the Students tab, you can edit the class grade for all students, or edit an individual student’s name or grade.
Edit individual student names and grades
Depending on their enrollment method, some students have a pencil icon in their row, indicating their name (Admin Portal, self sign up) and grade level (Admin Portal, self sign up, and Google classroom) can be edited.
Students enrolled via external sources must have their information edited in the external enrollment source, with the exception of students enrolled from Google Classroom, whose grade level can be edited.
Student names synced from external sources like Google, Clever, or ClassLink cannot be edited. Student grades synced from external sources like Clever or ClassLink cannot be edited.
Click the pencil icon in the row of the student you want to edit.
The edit pop-up displays in the student’s row. Click the field for the information you want to edit. The edit pop-up looks different depending on the student’s enrollment method. In the example, the student is enrolled via the Google Classroom, so the grade can be edited.
Select a grade level from the grade list to add or change the student’s grade.Click Save to save your changes.
Changing the students’ grades will be reflected in your Amplify programs. This may affect other educators using Amplify as well as the students whose grades were updated.
To exit the edit options without saving changes, click X.
Teachers tab
Your enrollment data should be synced from Google Classroom. Once your co-teachers are synced, they have access to the class and the associated Amplify programs.
Class grade
From the Students tab, you can edit the class grade for all students, or for one student.
View and edit the class grade for all the students in the class
Click the three-dot menu to the right of Grade.
Select the grade from the drop-down.
Click APPLY TO ALL. This saves the grade for all students in the class.
To remove the class grade for all students in the class, click Remove all grades.
Student login options
View student login options.
Posting Preferences
View and edit your posting preferences for this class.
Post immediately to Google Classroom: links to Amplify activities will show in your Google Classroom.
Do not post to Google Classroom: Amplify activities will not display in your Google Classroom.
Student login with Google
Navigate to https://learning.amplify.com.
Click Log in with Google.
Enter your Google username and password.
Click Sign In.
Managing Archived classes
Archiving a class hides the class from teacher and student work spaces, but the archived class retains the teacher and student enrollment records, and can be restored.
Only primary teachers can archive a class.
To archive a class from the Manage Classes page:
From the class card, click the three-dot menu to archive the class.
Click Archive class.
The class card disappears from the Manage Classes page and is moved to the Archived classes page.
You cannot import archived classes. Contact your administrator to restore imported classes that have been archived.
Troubleshooting
Connecting to Google Classroom
If you haven’t connected Amplify to your Google Classroom account, connect your Google account.
Choose the relevant email address and give Amplify permission to access your Google account.
You will only need to do this once.
Importing from Google Classroom
If there are no Google Classes connected with your Google account, set up a Google Class and then try to import the class again.
If you need to update the class roster, sync the class. A class can only be imported to Amplify once.
