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Google Classroom - Instructor Change Work-Around

Google has very strict permissions in regards to Classroom Owners- we are limited in how we can change the owner of the class in Google Classroom, but we do have a work around for the time-being as these situations arise.

 

 

Scenario: Teacher leaves school and needs to put a new Primary teacher on the class in School Pathways

Work Around: Do NOT delete the old instructor. They will need to remain on the class. These steps will need to be followed exactly. Step 4 being critical. 

 

  1. Edit the class (Teachers>CMS Classroom Management>desired class)

  2. Add the new instructor of the class- DO NOT set the primary checkbox at this time. That will come later.

    • Do NOT delete the Previous Instructor- they must remain on the class for this work-around.

  3. Save the class

  4. Important: The New Instructor MUST now accept the teacher invite before proceeding

  5. Admin Function: Admin>Settings>Security>Security>Define Users

    • Search for the previous instructor who has left and use the “Jump” to jump as them

    • Once jumped as them, navigate to the top right corner of the screen and click the down arrow>Account Settings

    • Click “Unlink” in the Google Account area. You can now close out the tab

  6. Navigate back to the class and Edit (Teachers>CMS Classroom Management>Desired Class>Edit pencil)

  7. Switch out the primary checkboxes so the previous instructor does NOT have it selected and the new instructor DOES. 

    • In the screenshot below: Ryan is the new instructor and Kacie is the old one.

  8. Save and Exit the class

 
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