Google Classroom

Google LLC

About this app

Classroom makes it easy for learners and instructors to connect—inside and outside of schools. Classroom saves time and paper, and makes it easy to create classes, distribute assignments, communicate, and stay organized.

There are many benefits to using Classroom:
• Easy to set up – Teachers can add students directly or share a code with their class to join. It takes just minutes to set up.
• Saves time – The simple, paperless assignment workflow allows teachers to create, review and mark assignments quickly, all in one place.
• Improves organization – Students can see all of their assignments on an assignments page, and all class materials (e.g., documents, photos, and videos) are automatically filed into folders in Google Drive.
• Enhances communication – Classroom allows teachers to send announcements and start class discussions instantly. Students can share resources with each other or provide answers to questions on the stream.
• Secure – Like the rest of Google Workspace for Education services, Classroom contains no ads, never uses your content or student data for advertising purposes.


Permissions Notice:
Camera: Needed to allow the user to take photos or videos and post them to Classroom.
Storage: Needed to allow the user to attach photos, videos, and local files to Classroom. It's also needed to enable offline support.
Accounts: Needed to allow the user to choose which account to use in Classroom.

Ratings and reviews

Best I've seen but not great. You can't use a GIF as your background. There is lots of information that states GIF's can be used for Classroom customization, but this has been consistently inaccurate for me. Next, although you can get an average grade, but if you are teaching multiple subjects, there is no way to distinguish, for example, a Math grade from a Social Studies grade average. You can upload videos and other tools as well as assignments. Great compatibility with various platforms.

It's good for school and stuff like that. But I feel like what would make it better is being able to pin classworks. For example: if you're trying to find a revision work that a teacher sets up but there are 35+ classworks uploaded, then it would waste time for the person to revise. But if we were able to pin classworks then it would be easier to find the work instead of going through so many of them.

It's a decent app when it works. The biggest problem is have is when it randomly decides to not open. all it shows is a blank dark screen or a screen with the logo. The web version on computer works just fine but the mobile app needs some work. Uninstalled and reinstalled to get it to work. I've done that on 3 separate occasions in the 2 - 3 weeks I've needed to use the mobile version.

What’s new

* Bug fixes and performance improvements