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Google Classroom

Score8.3 out of 10

274 Reviews and Ratings

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Key Features

Learn about the best (and worst!) features Google Classroom has to offer, as determined by TrustRadius' reviewers.
Based on 274 ratings of Google Classroom's features
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Top Performing Features

  • 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

Areas for Improvement

  • 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

Reviews

What users are saying about Google Classroom.
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Google Classroom from a middle school teacher

Incentivized
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

Google Classroom - for the 21st century online classroom

Incentivized
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

Elementary Teacher Approved

Incentivized
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

Functional and intuitive

Incentivized
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

Best online interactive tool for students

Shubham PandeyView 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

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