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Google Classroom Parent's Guide
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Get Classroom email summaries (for guardians)
This article is for guardians. Teachers go here, or students go here.
As a guardian, you can get email summaries about your student’s activity in Classroom. Email summaries do not include grades. For grades, ask your student or contact the teacher.
In email summaries, you can review:
- Missing work—Work not turned in when the summary was sent.
- Upcoming work—Work that’s due today and tomorrow (for daily emails) or that’s due in the upcoming week (for weekly emails).
- Class activities—Announcements, assignments, and questions recently posted by teachers.
If there’s no activity to report or if a teacher turns off email notifications, you might not get an email summary.
Before you begin
You can get email summaries sent to any email address. However, to view or update email summary settings, you need a Google Account. With a Google Account, you can change the frequency of your emails, update your time zone, see the students connected to your account, and unsubscribe from email summaries. For details, go to Create a Google Account.
If you unsubscribe from email summaries, you’re still connected to a student as long as you have a Google Account. Otherwise, unsubscribing removes you as a guardian.
You can only get summaries if your student is using Classroom with a G Suite account, which looks like student_name@school.edu. If you’re not sure, ask the teacher or school administrator.
Get email summaries
To get email summaries of your student’s work, you must accept an email invitation from a teacher or administrator. You have 120 days to accept an invitation before it expires. You can unsubscribe from summaries or remove yourself as a guardian at any time.
- The teacher or administrator emails you an invitation to join your student’s class.
- In your email program, open your email invitation.
- Click Accept.
If you’re not the guardian, click I’m Not The Guardian. - Click Accept to confirm.
When you accept an invitation, you and your student get an email confirmation.
For more information: https://support.google.com/edu/classroom/answer/6388136?hl=en
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Manage summaries
View or update your email summary settings
- In your email program, at the bottom of any email summary, click Settings.
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If you haven't already, sign in to your Google Account.
- Under Frequency, click the Down arrow
and choose when to get summaries:
- Weekly
- Daily (Monday–Friday)
- No summaries
- Under Timezone, click the Down arrow
select your time zone.
For more information: https://support.google.com/edu/classroom/answer/6388136?hl=en
- In your email program, at the bottom of any email summary, click Settings.
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Guardian email summaries FAQ
This article is for guardians and teachers.
If you’re a guardian or educator, use the following information to help troubleshoot guardian email summaries.
For guardians...
Why haven't I received an email invitation?
You won’t get an email invitation if:- Your student’s school hasn’t set up guardian email summaries.
- Your student’s teachers aren’t participating in guardian email summaries.
- You aren’t the guardian of the student.
If you haven’t gotten the invitation, check your spam folder. Otherwise, contact your student’s school and ask them to send another invitation.I want guardian summaries sent to a different email address. Can I change the address?Yes. For details, go to Change the email address where you get summaries.How do I manage my guardian email settings?For details, go to Manage summaries.How do I get email summaries of my student’s work?My student uses Classroom with a personal Google Account. Can I get email summaries?No. Guardians can only receive summaries for students using Classroom with a G Suite account. For details, go to About Classroom user accounts.I’ve accepted the invitation. Where will the emails be sent?If you have a Google Account
- In Classroom, go to the email settings page.
- Sign in to Classroom to check the email address where the summaries are sent.
If you don’t have a Google Account
Guardian email summaries are sent to the email address that you signed up with. This address is the same email address where the invitation was sent.
For more details, go to Get Classroom email summaries.
Do I need a Gmail address or a Google Account?No. To get an invitation for email summaries, you can use any email address. When you accept the invitation, you get weekly summaries at that email address. However, with a free Google Account, you can adjust email summaries.For example, you can change their frequency.Related topics
Can I sign in to my student's classroom?No. Guardians can't access Classroom or their student's assignments due to privacy laws. Guardians can only get email summaries if your student's teacher allows it.How do I stop getting summaries? -
Unsubscribe from email summaries
Warning: If you don’t have a Google Account, this action removes you as a guardian from your student.
You can unsubscribe from email summaries at any time. At the bottom of any email summary, click Unsubscribe.
for more information:
https://support.google.com/edu/classroom/answer/6388136?hl=en -
Remove yourself as a guardian
You can remove yourself as a student's guardian at any time. If you want to remain a guardian, but not get the summaries, you can Unsubscribe from email summaries (details above).
If you have a Google Account:
- At the bottom of any email summary, click Settings.
- Next to the student’s name, click Delete
If you don't have a Google Account:
- At the bottom of any email summary, click Unsubscribe.
- Click Unsubscribe to confirm.
The student gets an email that you removed yourself from their account.
for more information:
https://support.google.com/edu/classroom/answer/6388136?hl=en - At the bottom of any email summary, click Settings.
