Item: Google Classroom
Rating: 9
Author: Brandon Hightower

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Google Classroom is currently being used in several of our classrooms throughout our school, but mostly in the classrooms grades 5-8. We use it for our students to access some assignments and to communicate with the students. It provides them with updates to the curriculum as soon as a change is made.

Pros and Cons

It gives us a good way for the students and teachers to communicate.
Keeps class content ordered.
Easy to set up.

Have to manually transfer grades to the school's gradebook.
The interface could be designed a little better.

Return on Investment

It gives us the ability to have excellent communication between our students and teachers.
It adds structure to our classrooms.

Alternatives Considered

Canvas

Google Classroom and Canvas are very similar programs, but yet they still have things that are different from each other. Google Classroom is a free option to use for our school, so that is always a plus when finding software. They are both great for recording grades, but Google Classroom seems to be a little bit more user-friendly.

Support Rating

I gave the overall support for Google Classroom an 8 out of 10 because there have only been a couple of times where my questions haven't been answered when I have needed their help. For the most part, they have been able to help out with whatever help I needed.

Key Insights

Do you think Google Classroom delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Google Classroom's feature set?

Yes

Did Google Classroom live up to sales and marketing promises?

I wasn't involved with the selection/purchase process

Did implementation of Google Classroom go as expected?

I wasn't involved with the implementation phase

Would you buy Google Classroom again?

Yes

Other Software Used

Zoom, Avast Business Antivirus, Apple iCloud, Adobe Illustrator CC

Likelihood to Recommend

Google classroom works well in most classroom settings. Any time where there is a need for one person to communicate with several other people is probably where google classroom could be incorporated. It's mainly designed for the classroom setting, though. It could also work if you were hosting a workshop where you wanted people to access your handouts and then turn them back in.

Google Classroom Review

Overall Satisfaction with Google Classroom