Top Class Organization Tools for Teachers

By Audrey Smith,

Lecturers, professors, and teachers spend ever-increasing amounts of time dealing with paperwork, checking boxes on performance reviews, and ever-dwindling time doing the things they joined the profession to do, namely teaching and researching.  According to research from 2019, the majority of teachers overwhelmingly report a lack of professional development support in improving classroom management. Despite these undesirable circumstances, there are simple and efficient classroom management techniques that teachers can use on their own.

Top Class Organization Tools for Teachers

To preserve the precious time that is left, enhance academic engagement and establish an orderly learning environment, the pressure to find additional efficiency in other areas, especially class planning, is essential – and for that purpose, Worksheetzone is on hand. There are now a plethora of online tools available to aid in class administration, which facilitate class organization, enable students to access resources electronically, and free up lecturers and professors' time to work on tasks other than creating quarterly reports through efficient time management. Some of the free best are listed below.

Google Classroom

Google Classroom is a blended learning platform for schools that aims to simplify creating, distributing and grading assignments in a paperless way. With Classroom, you are able to create and collect assignments paperlessly via Google Docs, Drive and Gmail, which are integrated with Classroom. You can quickly see who has or has yet to complete the work, and provide direct, real-time feedback to individual students. You can improve class communication by making announcements, asking questions and commenting with students in real-time improving communication inside and outside of class. Also, Classroom which automatically creates Drive folders for each assignment and for each student is one of the best ways to stay organized. Students can easily see what’s due on their Assignments page. 

Especially, integrating with Classroom assignments allows you and your students to work between Classroom and third-party applications seamlessly. Instead of managing the details of an assignment or student submission, users can rely on your application to manage these details for them.

Moodle

Moodle is a learning management system that caters specifically to the requirements of higher education institutions, serving both students and teachers. It can be used to store class-related information like calendars and assignment due dates as well as to disseminate lecture-related information like handouts or extra notes. Moodle is built to scale up, so it can manage numerous sections and hundreds or thousands of individual students if you are teaching multiple classes to a sizable enrollment. Since all of the content is available online and can be accessed from any location on both desktop and mobile platforms, it is perfect for distance learning — a feature that is crucial at the moment. Additionally, Moodle offers all learning options under one roof, allowing for a seamless learning experience. The tool is also free and open source.

One thing to keep in mind is that installing Moodle needs some technical know - how to access a web server. For this reason, if you want to install the software, you should get assistance from their IT department. However, the program may be fully modified to match your unique needs and is simple to use once it has been installed. 

Blackboard

Blackboard, another learning management system, is an alternative to Moodle. It has similar functions and features but focuses more on e-learning and on adding online elements such as videos and interactive quizzes to course teaching. It provides advanced features and integrates with Dropbox, Microsoft OneDrive, and school information systems. In terms of features, Blackboard is more limited and outdated than Moodle, as Moodle is open-source and therefore has more flexibility and options. 

However, many institutions still use Blackboard and have it installed and ready for teachers to use. In fact, when comparing Blackboard vs Moodle, Moodle is majorly used in the organizations and educational sector, whereas Blackboard is widely used in schools. The best way to decide whether you should use Blackboard or Moodle is to find out what others in your institution are using and to use that. The more institutional support and advice from colleagues that is available, the easier it will be for you to use the software.

ReMarkable

ReMarkable is a tool for organizing and grading class assignments for teachers who teach multiple classes. If your students are able and agree to use the app, they can submit their assignments, and you can grade and return them all electronically. You can also store all of your notes, lesson plans, and presentations in one place, making it easy to find what you need and keep your materials organized. Furthermore, students can use the app to collaborate on assignments and check each other's work, making it ideal for assigning group work projects. You can also keep track of all the grades you have given out so you can see how each student or class fared. 

For teachers looking to simplify and streamline their work and create a more organized and interactive classroom environment, ReMarkable can be a valuable and suitable tool.

Edmodo

Edmodo is a social networking site for students and teachers that can be described as "Facebook for the classroom". It enables you to create invitation-only groups for students to join in order to participate in discussions and share information. Users can share text or links on each other's walls, just like on Facebook, and engage in discussions in the comments. You can also use the website to share files or assignments, issue updates (for example, if a class is canceled due to illness or inclement weather), conduct surveys, and share the class syllabus on a calendar. 

Both students and teachers can use the website for free, and there are apps available for use on your mobile phone or tablet. Nevertheless, giving your students another excuse to check their phones during class may give you pause.

Worksheetzone

Worksheetzone is an online platform that provides teachers with access to a large library of printable worksheets and other educational resources. Worksheets can be considered as a useful tool in the classroom because they allow students to practice and review new material and engage them in the classroom while also allowing teachers to support lesson plans and assess student progress. In particular, it is easy for you to use and can make learning more fun and enjoyable with the function of printable and interactive exercises. Given many different options available, however, you need to carefully select the most appropriate exercise format required for each learning activity. To support this process, you can create customized worksheets based on your own lesson plan and curriculum by using our easy-to-use toolsets. 

On Worksheetzone, in addition to the option of downloading and printing worksheets to use in the class, you can easily paperlessly organize their classroom by keeping track of student progress and performance using interactive worksheets that are automatically graded as a form of assessment. Moreover, it is simple for both students and teachers to register and use the platform which is a completely free and open resources. 

Overall, Worksheetzone can help you save time and effort in organizing your classrooms by providing them with access to a wealth of resources that are easily accessible and customizable to fit your specific needs and teaching style.