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.

Using the app on my phone is terrible. I constantly check my Google classroom on my phone but it has become a struggle. I can't even open the app without having to uninstall it and reinstall it. It has become very frustrating to use. Once or should I say IF I can get into the app I have little to no struggle. In the app it sometimes struggles to load a link that is posted. Google classroom can definitely improve first starting on allowing phones to load into the app.

Worked fine for the first week I needed it, but now it seems there's a bug or something. Every time I try to open the app it asks me to sign in, but once I click my account it acts like it's going to open then goes right back to the "get started" page, asking me to sign in again. I have restarted my phone, cleared the cache, & redownloaded the app multiple times, still doing the same thing. I missed an important message today for my class because the app hasn't been working right. Frustrating.

What’s new

* Bug fixes and performance improvements