When communicating in general, timing factors into how your message is received. Take this digital and time can mean the difference between your message being seen at all and consumed the way you ideally want it to. When communicating with students, the schedule feature in Google Classroom can support directing students attention. Some examples are below:

-Schedule an announcement or assignment to post during a specific time when your class is in session. This helps students see it on top as their first message in the stream, and also helps from you interrupting your fellow colleagues when you are connecting with students during their class on your prep period.

-Purposeful place the due dates of assignments or questions when you are prepared to enter information into PowerTeacher Gradebook and follow up with the Late Work Policy. This will prompt the students to see work that is late indicted as late in red on their to do list.