Begin by creating a group for your class.
At the Polar Cloud top menu, under “Connect”, select the “Groups” tab, (see Figure 7.1 on large displays, or Figure 7.2 on narrow displays), and then click the “CREATE” button (towards the upper right of the Polar Cloud groups display).1
If you logged in to the Polar Cloud using the same Google account you use as a teacher for Google Classroom, then the Polar Cloud will ask you whether you wish to use your Google Classroom class(es) to generate Polar Cloud groups (and if so, which printer(s) to share with each Polar Cloud class group). Several screens will guide you through this process; see Section 7.1.1. Assuming you had a printer ready to assign2 to your class group(s), then apart from optional fine-tuning of your group discussed throughout this chapter, possibly the only other thing you’ll want to do right away is assign some curriculum modules to your class group; see Section 8.10.
Otherwise, if you aren’t a Google Classroom teacher, then clicking the “CREATE” button will bring up a “CREATE A GROUP” pop-up screen. (If you use Google Classroom but decline the Polar Cloud’s offer to make use of your Google Classroom classes, you will similarly go to the “CREATE A GROUP” pop-up screen.)
At the “CREATE A GROUP” pop-up screen, enter a Name for your group. Entering a Description and a Location (perhaps room number and school) may be helpful for future class group members; and if you happen to have a class website, you may wish to enter it too. Then click the “CREATE” button (towards the lower right of the “CREATE A GROUP” pop-up screen).