Homework Email/Keeping up with your classroom website

Using Google Docs, my teammates and I send out a homework email every day. That may sound like a chore, but it's not too hard and the parents love it. At the top are links to our websites, general announcements, and upcoming events. Then we have a table: a row for each teacher and a column for each day of the week.

Students are expected to write down their assignments in their planners, but as sixth graders, they mess that up sometimes. This email serves as backup for them, and lets the parents know what their kids are/should be working on. Something else that this provides us is an opportunity to link directly to assignments. For example, if homework was to watch a Khan Academy video, I can link directly to the video so all they have to do is open up the email and click. If homework was a worksheet, I can attach a copy of it to the email so absent students (or forgetful ones) aren't left behind.

To link to a worksheet, though, it needs to be online somewhere. That's where my classroom website comes into play: I have a tab on my site labeled "Documents Manager" where I (try to) keep documents sorted by their unit of study. Once I have uploaded the document to my classroom site, I can copy its link to the Google document.

To attach copies of worksheets that are not digital versions:
CamScanner: take pictures of documents that you have printed out and convert them to PDFs. What I like
about apps like this one is that they will combine all of the pictures from that session into one file, so you're not uploading lots of separate files for both fronts and backs. What is neat is that it will guide you in grabbing the corners of the document so that the final product is only the piece of paper you want (no random backgrounds or anything) and you can choose a filter that makes it look exactly like a printed piece of paper (bright white with black writing).

As far as I can tell from my experience, this app does not limit the number of pictures you include in one file. Other apps like Handy Scanner will limit the number of pictures you can use.

If you're interested in checking out my classroom website, feel free. It's not stellar, but it's functional! If you have any advice for it, please let me know!

Thanks for reading!