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Google Classroom

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Best Virtual Classroom Tool

8 out of 10
February 22, 2022
I use Google Classroom as a user. My college started in 2020, but because of the covid-19 pandemic, I was not able to take classes on …
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Popular Features

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  • Assignments (52)
    8.4
    84%
  • Mobile friendly (51)
    7.9
    79%
  • Social learning (46)
    7.8
    78%
  • Course authoring (45)
    7.5
    75%

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Pricing

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Education Fundamentals

$0

Cloud
per license/per month

Google Workspace for Education Standard

$3

Cloud
per student/per year

Teaching and Learning Upgrade

$4

Cloud
per license/per month

Entry-level set up fee?

  • No setup fee
For the latest information on pricing, visithttps://edu.google.com/products/workspa…

Offerings

  • Free Trial
  • Free/Freemium Version
  • Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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Product Demos

DEMO TO UPLOAD ANSWER PAPER IN GOOGLE CLASSROOM

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Using Google Classroom - Demo - Part 2 | Ep.13 | Don't Memorise

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Connecting BookWidgets with Google Classroom - demo video

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Google Classroom - A Brief Demo

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5 How to Join Google Classroom with a Code [Student and Teacher Duo Demo]

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Google Classroom Basics Demo

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Features

Learning Management

Features of LMS and LCMS systems, related to designing, administering, and consuming learning content in an educational, corporate, or on-the-job context.

7.8
Avg 8.2
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Product Details

What is Google Classroom?

Google Classroom Video

Google Classroom 101

Google Classroom Technical Details

Deployment TypesSoftware as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based
Operating SystemsUnspecified
Mobile ApplicationNo

Frequently Asked Questions

Google Classroom starts at $0.

Rockstar Learning Platform, mElimu LMS, and Yo!Coach are common alternatives for Google Classroom.

Reviewers rate Single Sign On (SSO) Enabled Learning highest, with a score of 8.5.

The most common users of Google Classroom are from Mid-sized Companies (51-1,000 employees).
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Reviews and Ratings

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Reviews

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Score 2 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
When the COVID-19 crisis began, one of the institutions I work with began using Google Classroom in lieu of a dedicated learning management system. It is being used in at least one of the colleges at a university, but I do not know if it has spread to every college. It is being used in every department. The business problem [it] was chosen to address was the problem of conducting educational activities remotely: neither students nor faculty have been able to go to campus(es) freely, and so all educational activities need to be conducted remotely. Many of the users, both students and professors, are neither technically sophisticated nor experienced with using computerized devices in ways beyond email, popular Web applications, and some Microsoft Office products.
The Google Classroom system is now in its second year of use, and the problems manifested in the first year continue in the second. However, it is not clear whether those problems are inherent in Google Classroom or are products of administrative decisions.
The lone problem it addresses is allowing all people involved in education here to communicate asynchronously with a relatively shallow learning curve, although it currently functions only as a stopgap and cannot function as a long-term solution.
  • The system is relatively easy to begin with.
  • It is integrated with Google Drive and Google Docs, which makes recycling relatively easy.
  • It is platform-independent.
  • It is relatively speedy.
  • Tests and quizzes (in my experience) are primitive and do not allow modern testing techniques involving IRT.
  • Recycling of materials is, at best, counterintuitive.
  • Formation of subgroups is difficult.
Google Classroom is well suited for organizations without extensive computer infrastructure, as most of the storage and organization is handled in the Google system.
In the system I am experienced with (as an instructor and an observing administrator), student users have too much control over their own accounts, so that it is sometimes not clear who particular students are or, indeed, if they are supposed to be in the class or not. For schools and internal training programs in which the identity of participants is known beforehand, almost any other learning management system would be a better choice.
For simple sharing of documents, primitive tests, and collecting information from and distributing information to people, Google Classroom is adequate.
  • Familiarity of Google interfaces.
  • Off-site computing.
  • Off-site storage.
Learning Management (10)
32%
3.2
Course authoring
20%
2.0
Course catalog or library
30%
3.0
Player/Portal
50%
5.0
Learning content
30%
3.0
Mobile friendly
70%
7.0
Progress tracking & certifications
10%
1.0
Assignments
30%
3.0
Learning administration
20%
2.0
Learning reporting & analytics
20%
2.0
Social learning
40%
4.0
  • It takes less effort to maintain than a real learning management system.
  • Unless strict controls of numbers of submissions are imposed, homework management becomes difficult for groups of more than 4 or 5.
  • The integrated mailing system is primitive.
Google Classroom was chosen unilaterally for one of my places of work, although I had checked Google Classroom when it was first released and decided against it for my own company owing to its poor reporting and other controls.
Provided one has the servers to use it and an administrator to run it, Moodle is superior in nearly every respect, particularly security, testing, and analytics.
2000
Administrators, instructors, and students use the system. I have experience in the administrator and instructor roles. As a rule, I turn students in the system away from Google Classroom after an initial class and steer them to Moodle, which is better suited for instruction and affords more privacy and security than does Google Classroom. However, I have used Google Classroom as an administrator only rarely. It is possible it could be set up more securely.
5
Basic computer skills and the ability to inform users of basic usage are the only skills required to use Google Classroom.
  • Remote learning as a substitute for traditional in-person learning.
  • Instructor and staff training.
  • Document repository.
  • Administrators are able to control some information for instructors without the instructors' knowledge.
  • Students have made multiple accounts, inflating enrollment.
  • Users are able to set interfaces to different languages.
  • Locked student accounts.
  • Materials distribution.
  • Asynchronous meetings.
Testing is particularly important in online learning, and Google Classroom falls far short of other learning management systems in this regard. Security is also a concern: while account control is reasonable for the account used with Google Classroom, the person controlling a particular account is often able to, for example, forward or download proprietary materials.
Not Sure
  • Price
  • Product Features
  • Product Usability
  • Product Reputation
These are the factors I used to evaluate Google Classroom. I found Google Classroom in only one case in which I was not acting professionally.
I would conduct a thorough review of administrative controls. Google Classroom is attractive because of its being in the cloud and having controls familiar to many people, but in my experience is not a substitute for a real learning management system. I would select most other learning management systems instead of Google Classroom.
  • Don't know
  • I was not privy to implementation phases.
In my particular case, no input was sought from end users before implementation.
Google Classroom support resembles other Google support inasmuch as it is only skeletal.
I was not involved in the purchase decision.
Yes
It was not.
I am unable to describe any time, as I have never got any support from Google for Google Classroom.
Many of the Google services Google Classroom depends on are familiar to many users.
  • The invitation system would be easy to use in some circumstances.
  • Integration with other Google products is useful.
  • The multiplicity of interface languages is useful.
  • Reuse of Google Forms, the basis for tests, is cumbersome and counterintuitive.
  • Attendance management is difficult because of the control users can have over their names.
  • Testing, particularly with automated scoring beyond simple multiple choice, seems impossible.
Yes, but I don't use it
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We use Google Classroom in our 4th through 6th-grade classrooms. We provide students with access to resources, assignments, videos, and other classroom materials through Google Classroom. It is a great tool for us to use to help students stay up-to-date with their assignments should they be absent from school.
  • Provides an online space to organize student materials.
  • Allows us to have multiple sections setup in one place.
  • We can access Google Classroom on any network we are on.
  • It feels like something is always changing as they improve Google Classroom.
  • It would be great to be able to import grades straight into our grade book. We are able to download the grades, but then have to enter them by hand into the other program.
  • Students are not able to make edits or quick changes on assignments once they are turned in unless they first grade book the assignment. It would be great to have a feature that allowed them to edit after it is turned in.
Google Classroom has helped streamline my classroom. I am no longer bogged down by stacks of papers to read and grade. I am able to pull up my classes anywhere, I am also able to check on student progress and grade papers. I wish I would have started using it sooner.
Learning Management (11)
57.27272727272727%
5.7
Course authoring
80%
8.0
Course catalog or library
N/A
N/A
Player/Portal
N/A
N/A
Learning content
N/A
N/A
Mobile friendly
100%
10.0
Progress tracking & certifications
90%
9.0
Assignments
90%
9.0
Compliance management
N/A
N/A
Learning administration
90%
9.0
Learning reporting & analytics
90%
9.0
Social learning
90%
9.0
  • Teachers have been thrilled with having fewer papers that they need to bring to and from school for grading.
  • Students who are absent or on school trips are able to stay caught up with their assignments.
  • Students enjoy more flexibility in completing assignments and some like to work ahead if they have already completed current assignments.
  • Canvas
Google Classroom provides some of the same features that Canvas it does. It feels much easier to implement with younger students and allows them to be familiar with this type of platform before jumping into Canvas. Canvas does have more details in their features, but we feel it is better suited for high school to college-aged students.
25
They are teachers at different grade levels.
1
Our IT department is a single person. He takes care of all of our infrastructure and software. With this said, we have some teachers who are Google Certified Educators and they are able to troubleshoot 95% of any troubles within Google Classroom. It is very user-friendly.
  • Student Achievement
  • Teacher Workload
Not Sure
  • Price
  • Product Usability
  • Prior Experience with the Product
We implemented Chromebooks with our students, so Google Classroom was a natural extension of that. It was easy for teachers to use and learn the ins and outs. We also appreciated the value we were getting from this product.
We would change anything because we are happy with our end result.
  • Implemented in-house
No
Change management was minimal
It was relatively easy to implement due to the simplicity of the platform. Even our more technology challenged teachers found it easy to get started with Google Classroom.
  • It is easy to upload assignments and documents into Google Classroom.
  • It is easy for our students to access Google Classroom.
Yes, but I don't use it
It has increased our engagement and productivity. Teachers enjoy being able to have fewer papers to take back and forth from school.
It is very easy to push out this program across our buildings. Teachers are able to use it without much trouble.
We have had very little trouble in accessing Google Classroom. Our issues, if any, have risen from our server and not the Google servers.
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