How to Update Student Google Sides
If you have a Google Slides PER STUDENT in an assignment in Google Classroom you may want to update the students slides. You could open each students slides and copy paste new slides. OR you can use my Add-on Reuse GC to push slides to students slides to update them.
Reuse GC Add-on
The main function of the Reuse GC Add-on is to allow you to reuse multiple Google Classroom assignments at once. However, I have created many extras for the Add-on, including the ability to push slides to update student slides in an assignment.
Copy the Add-on
The Reuse GC Add-on is not an official Add-on, I am opting to distribute it through my blog rather than going through the approval process with Google. After going to alicekeeler.com/reusegc you will need to make a copy of the Add-on and then wait about a minute for the code to load in the spreadsheet. You will see a Reuse GC menu in the Add-on menu.
Setup Your Class
You need one spreadsheet per class. The Reuse GC Add-on allows you to do several things for your Google Classroom class, pushing slides is just one of them. I copy the link to the spreadsheet and add a material to the Google Classroom class and paste the link to the spreadsheet in the description to make it fast to get back to the spreadsheet. I save this as a Draft. This spreadsheet is for me the teacher, not the students.
Click the button to “Import Classes.” This will make a list of all your Google Classroom classes. Checkbox the class this spreadsheet is for and click on “Set Class.” This is a one time action. The class is saved to the Add-on. Once the class is set click on “Get Assignments.”
pushSlides
Locate the pushSlides button in the Assignments sidebar.
Create an Assignment with Google Slides
You can create a brand new assignment in Google Classroom that contains a Google Slides per student or you can select an assignment you already created but want to update the slides in.
Click on “Create Assignment” to generate a fresh assignment.
Have a Master Google Slides Ready
You will be prompted to give the link to the Google Slides that you will push FROM. I create a Google Slides with multiple daily warm ups. I do not want to release all the warm ups at once. So I will push the next days warm up from my list of warm ups.
It can take several minutes for Google Classroom to create a copy of a Google Slides per student. Wait several minutes to allow Google Classroom to distribute.
Choose an Assignment You Already Have
INSTEAD of creating a new assignment, click on “List” to list assignments you already have. Put a checkbox next to the assignment you wish to update and click on “Select Current Assignment” in the sidebar. You will be prompted for the link to your master Google Slides.
Update Slides
Now that you have generated the assignment on the Push tab of the spreadsheet, checkbox which assignment you wish to update. Click “Update Slides” in the sidebar.
This will prompt you to indicate which slide you want to push. Say Yes or No to if you want the slide to be pushed to the top, end, or custom position.
Wait For It
The slide will be pushed to the student slides. This can make many minutes. When the students slides are done updating the assignment from Classroom will open in a new tab (unless you have pop ups blocked).
Update Slides Again
Assuming you want to update the same assignment with the same master slides deck you simply need to click on the blue “Update Slides” button in the sidebar. Keep coming back to the spreadsheet and the pushSlides menu to push more slides.
Standalone Version of pushSlides
If you do not have Google Classroom here is the standalone version of pushSlides
