Google Classroom

Score8.3 out of 10

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What is Google Classroom?

Categories & Use Cases

Player/Portal
Students or employees can engage with content and take courses using this interface, which may be called a player or portal.
Category average: 8.7
Single Sign On (SSO) Enabled Learning
Utilizes SSO technology to ease the login process for users.
Category average: 8.4
Course catalog or library
Learning content is organized into a course catalog or browsable library.
Category average: 8.2

Gamification
Presents course material in a game-like format to increase engagement and enjoyment.
Category average: 6.6
Mobile friendly
Students or employees can access content from mobile devices. Course authors can develop responsive learning content.
Category average: 7.1
Learning content
The vendor offers high quality pre-made courses or assets. These may be specific to certain industries or technologies.
Category average: 7.2

Verified User

Employee (1001-5000 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I use Google Classroom for posting assignments and announcements for my classes as a middle school Graphic Design teacher in Texas. Google Classroom allows students to have easy access to all assignments, resources and an organized place to turn in their assignments. This also allows students the ability to access their class materials remotely.

Pros

Organziation
Streamlined usage
Convenience

Cons

Refresh on design
Improved mobile app
Ability to change certain settings after posting on classrooms

Return on Investment

Convenience
Adaptability
Ease of access
Small to no learning curve for usage

Usability

Alternatives Considered

Skyward Student Management System

Other Software Used

Skyward ERP, Skyward Student Management System, Laserfiche

Verified User

Program Manager in Professional Services (10,001+ employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use Google Classroom for class management two semesters a year: to upload assignments, documents (e.g syllabus), communicate with students as wel as inter-class communications.

Pros

Observe submitted assignments
Able to recreate prior terms to use again

Cons

Tracking feedback within documents not intuitive
Easy for actual ucoming assignments to get lost amidst the other past and future tasks.

Return on Investment

It allows for students to focus their time on assignments and not on trying to understand the system.
As staff change, this is easy to learn by new members

Usability

Alternatives Considered

Canvas

Other Software Used

Google Drive, Discord

Louis Schietekat

Founder and Tutor in Product Management at Cambrifun (1-10 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I use Google Classroom to present an online Grade 5 Math course for homeschooled students. Google Classroom provides an easy and intuitive manner in which to plan, prepare, order and present my lessons. The platform also provides the functionality to create assignments and test which my students can complete and submit. Google Classroom also helps me capture and track assignment and test scores of all my students.

Pros

Create and order Lessons, easily accesible to the tutor and the students.
Create assignments which can be submitted and graded online.
Capture and manage grades for the whole class

Cons

The Lesson description has limited word/image formatting options, but I guess the idea is to attach the "meat" of the lesson.
Google Classroom automatically integrates with Google Drive which is great, I would like a bit more control in organizing Google Drive folders.
Google Classroom also automatically integrates with Google Calendar which is also fantastic. This integration only applies to Assignments though, not to Lesson "material".

Return on Investment

Saving on startup cost: The free version of Google Classroom is packed with features.
Saving time with easy lesson preparation and endless links to online resources.
Saving time on capturing and managing assignment and test scores.

Usability

Alternatives Considered

Udemy Business

Other Software Used

ChatGPT, Paid Memberships Pro, QuickBooks Online

Shubham Pandey View profile

Teaching Assistant in Engineering at Indian Institute Of Information Technology (1001-5000 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I used Google Classroom for educational purposes.
I used Google Classroom for posting assignments.
I used Google Classroom for reviewing students' copies.
Problem that Google Classroom is solving is bringing student-teacher interaction classer.

Pros

Virtual discussion - It provide discussion section for every post.
Sharing Resources - It provide resource sharing option.
Assignment Q&A - We can post Assignment in google classroom.

Cons

Plagiarism checker- It does not work properly.
Google Classroom system allows teachers to grade with authenticity and doesn't provide only one grade for a particular document or assignment.
It does have its own limitations in terms of how students see the information.

Most Important Features

Teacher notification - whenever teacher post anything on google classroom it notify all the students
teacher can add individual assignment to the students
it can display grades to the students

Return on Investment

Google Classroom has positive impact on our organization.
It provided document sharing, students copy collection and communication channel in closed environment.

Alternatives Considered

Class for Zoom

Verified User

Professional (11-50 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I use Google Classroom to grade third grade academic classes and art classes.

Pros

Updated Grades for each class
Can post live assignments digitally
works with many other online curriculum sites

Cons

I wish I could copy a class. I have to remake the same class each quarter to have archived official grades for each quarter
I wish I could pick settings for how I like to grade and have them set as default for every class instead of having to redo it every time I create a new class

Return on Investment

100% of my students can know their current grade at any given moment
100% of grades are confidential

Usability

Alternatives Considered

Canvas

Other Software Used

Google Sheets, Google Drive

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What is Google Classroom?

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Player/Portal

Single Sign On (SSO) Enabled Learning

Course catalog or library

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Gamification

Mobile friendly

Learning content

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