Google Classroom Reviews

I first used Google Classroom because it’s easy, free, and I needed a quick solution.. Later, I started to see how it seamlessly integrates with the Google apps that most people find very intuitive to use, and so it was simultaneously powerful, flexible, and facilitated collaboration.  I have only used it for a certificate course For the certificate courses, students either worked individually or with a cohort. The cohorts were the most fun with Google Classroom because they could collaborate on projects and also post their own presentations, both with Slides and with a video. Google Classroom is a good learning management system for adults because you can easily develop an instructional strategy that relates to real-world problems and solutions. It allows you to develop an instructional strategy that builds on the learners’ experience and prior knowledge and gives them the ability to use it as a launching pad for new skills they need now. 

I like that Google Classroom is free and integrates with the entire Google Suite, which includes Google Docs, Sheets, Slides, Drive, etc. I also like its flexibility, which makes it perfect for synchronous, asynchronous, and blended courses, and including live and archived webinars, as well as other kinds of content. 

When students don't have Gmail accounts, it creates a lot of hiccups, but the main issue is that the interface is somewhat primitive. It’s intuitive and you can be up and running in no time at all.  However, it is not very attractive. But that may be because I installed it myself and I'm not using any fancy templates. It's primitive because that's how I've been able to get it going.

I would like to see a better user experience, a prettier interface, and more templates. Google could make templates readily available or users could design and share them. As it is, you’ll only get a basic framework when you create a new course. You don't have different themes to choose from like you do in Moodle.

Most learning management systems also have a dashboard. It would be useful to have a dashboard with blocks on the side that lets you navigate all of your courses. It would like to have the ability to navigate at a glance and breadcrumbs.

By breadcrumbs, I mean it should be designed to leave you a trail like you would use to find your way out of a forest. Go back to where you were and pick up where you left off. So, instead of going back, it shows you where you were. Moodle does something like this, but you don't see it in Canvas or Blackboard. I think that that would be a big advantage.

And then, a dashboard would just be when you go to the front page, in addition to having your courses listed there, you would have something like other activities, as well. Further, the dashboard would include your calendar, you could have a calendar there, you could have different productivity apps.

I've used Google Classrooms since 2019, but I was aware of it for a few years before that.

As a cloud-based solution provided by one of the largest companies in the world, I think that the platform and the solution are as stable as it gets. That said, Google has deprecated a number of products over the last few years, and there is no guarantee that Google Classroom will continue in its present form. It will be interesting to see how Google Classrooms will fare in the future. The pandemic and the overnight transition to online made Google a hero for many K-12 districts because it was free and also intuitive. That does not mean that classroom teachers were effective in the new online space, and it does not mean that schools maintained their Google Classrooms in 2021 as students started to come back to face to face instruction. How will Google deal with such wild fluctuations in demand? What was the value proposition for them?

Classroom is a scalable solution if you’d like to create individual classrooms / courses. It’s easy. All you have to do is to create a template and then share it with all the teachers. To scale for an entire school or organization, the key is to be able to manage the course creation, course deployment, permissions, and enrollments. Google Classroom does not seem to have an enterprise version, so it would be necessary to write programs that would integrate with one’s student (for education) or member (for training) information system.

I did not switch to Google Classroom, but used it because it was required. It would never be my first choice except in cases of super-shoestring budgets and students who need something simple, but who are not annoyed by the clunkiness of it. Currently, I find myself using Moodle, Blackboard, and Canvas. Those are the most commonly used. In the past, there was Desire to Learn, Angel, and others.Google Classroom doesn't have as many features or plugins as Canvas or Blackboard, but that's okay.

I started using Classroom because many of the users were accessing the course from work because the training was required by their employer. . It was the only platform they could use because the others were blocked.

I've always set it up from scratch. It's super easy compared with Moodle or commercial options such as Blackboard or Canvas

If you do a certain size and build, it's like any Google solution. You have to pay for storage, but you don't need to pay extra to use the interface. There may be Google Classroom partners that provide more integrated solutions, but I don't know. I'm strictly DIY.

I rate Google Classroom eight out of 10 because it integrates with different products. Other solutions like Canvas integrate with Microsoft 365, but with Classroom, you don't have to worry about problems integrating with Google products. 

Classroom is wonderful for collaboration, and it integrates well with YouTube so it’s easy to incorporate live and archived video content. It’s easy to create content within Google apps, but one can also use other content creating apps such as Screencast-o-matic, and then link to the recordings. . I will say that Google Classroomhas room to improve because the interface isn't inspiring, and there's no dashboard.

My advice to new users is to play around, explore, and organize it. The modules are pretty simple. Before you do anything, open up a Google Doc and create a storyboard to list the learning objectives and outcomes, then create a course map. 

Organize it to map every module to the learning outcome, assessment, and course content. Do that first, and place the videos where you want them to go inside in the storyboard. Also, make sure to use a universal design for the learning approach. Google is good for this. Ensure that you use multiple modes of representation for every type of content,

Use Universal Design for Learning principles. For example, if you use YouTube, make sure you have a transcript and audio that students can download separately. If there is reading, make sure they can listen to audio. The design and navigation must also be clear so people with mobility, vision, or hearing impairment can use it. Google is great for accessibility because it has all those different integrated products.

We used the product at our university to facilitate digital learning.

Google Classroom is simple to use. Its most valuable feature is the ability to conduct test and quiz programs.

The product's UI needs improvement. At present, it requires specific knowledge to get familiar with the platform.

I have been using Google Classroom for a year.

The system crashes sometimes. I rate its stability an eight out of ten.

Google Classroom has good scalability. Our university has approximately 1500 to 2000 users.

The initial setup was pretty straightforward. It took around 15 to 20 minutes to complete.

We can implement the product ourselves.

The product offers a yearly based license.

I rate Google Classroom a seven out of ten. I would not recommend it to others as many other better tools are available.

Google Classroom is primarily for schools. It doesn't change the organization itself. It's a tool that allows a class to be organized and managed by giving results on tasks and allowing interactions between teachers and students. It also enables pupils to interact with each other, share information, and use other suite features for their day-to-day work in the classroom.

Google Classroom is one of the choices available, although it's not the only one. The tool is easy to use, and while it may not be perfect, it's easier to set up compared to others, even if it may have some performance differences. In Italy, it's the market leader.

There's room for improvement in the offline functionality. When you're working with a class, you can't close the class or perform certain tasks when you're offline. So, it would be great to have more flexibility in that aspect.

Everything made by Google is geared toward the network, which is understandable. But when you're offline, you encounter certain limitations and inconveniences while using Google Classroom. It's not just an additional feature, it's a core aspect that needs improvement.

I want more freedom when I'm offline. For example, when you turn on Google Classroom, it immediately starts working. But with Office 365, it takes some time. So, a smoother experience when working offline would be ideal.

At this point, it's not about new features for me. The issue lies in the learning environment itself. The features are overwhelming, but they are only utilized to a small extent, around 10-11%. Google should pay more attention to the actual needs of classes. Otherwise, they impose a way of working that may not align with what teachers require. Students learn quickly, but teachers need more time, especially when the motivation or reward for using these tools is not significant. I would like for more learning materials and resources within Google Classroom. 

I have been using Google Classroom for two years. It updates continuously. So, I keep it up to date. Currently, it is a new version that has been presented in a private preview at the path in April.

I would rate the stability as a ten, very stable and reliable.

Google Classroom is networking, so it doesn't have problems regarding scale. It's scalable by default.

I would rate the scalability a ten out of ten. Google Classroom is a highly scalable platform. Everything is accessible online. But the issue is if you have a school with 1000 students. For example, if you want to combine multiple schools in a district, I am not sure how it will work in Google Classroom. It is a little complex process. 

I work as a consultant with schools, and typically, a school of normal size, around 1000 to 1500 students, would choose to adopt Google Classroom as part of their digital learning environment.

Google doesn't provide direct technical support. If you encounter problems, it can be complex to find someone who can assist. You often end up navigating through websites that may not provide the specific answers you need. In such cases, it's better to seek support from a partner.

I would rate the initial setup a nine out of ten. It is very straightforward. It requires content maintenance like any other platform where you produce content. It doesn't require systematic maintenance unless something happens.

For example, at the end of the year, if you are a school, you need to archive everything, including files and other materials, because you are liable for them. You need to be sure where to archive, including files and everything, because you are liable for them.

There are some costs for other services; there are some costs associated with Google Classroom. The schools here think it's too expensive, even though it's reasonably priced. So, it's quite expensive.

I would rate it between seven, so it's relatively expensive. The license model is per year based. If you buy the devices, there may be additional costs.

In a school in the UK, we have a digital roster that contains all the information regarding the class, the composition of the classes, students, teachers, and everything. It's the place where the administrative staff works for tuition, staff management, campaigns, traveling, and everything. We need to take most of this information and include it when we prepare the class. The UK Office 365 for Education has a specific tool for doing this as compared to Google. 

Currently, you can find more information and resources on Google Classroom or even Office 365 in Italy through Facebook groups owned by teachers and vendors. It's more of a community effort. It costs less for vendors, but it sometimes causes issues.

I would say it's definitely worth a try. Many schools here take advantage of the free features from both Google and Microsoft and then they decide which one to go with. Normally, they go with Google. The advantage of Google is that it's easier for them to manage without dedicated security personnel and configuration.

I would give it a nine. It's a very good product, and Google seems to be committed to continuous improvement and learning. However, Google should listen more to their customers' feedback and make necessary improvements.

We use Google Classroom for better lessons, meetings, communications, and emails.

The most valuable features of Google Classroom are the meetings, mark book, and assignments.

We found that  Google Classroom is it is missing a lot in current engagement. We know it has got guardian access, where it sends the reports to the guardian at the end of either the week or the month, depending on how you set it. However, it lacks collaboration between the teacher, student, and parents. The engagement is mostly between the student and the teacher. If you have a school similar to ours, where you're dealing with little children where the parent is supposed to be engaged, you need a system that can engage them as well. It's good for senior students, but not for our students.

I have been using Google Classroom for approximately 10 years.

The stability of Google Classroom is good.

Google Classroom is scalable.

We have approximately 300 people using Google Classroom in my organization.

The support from Google Classroom is very good.

We are using FireFly in parallel with Google Classroom. We compared the two head to head. We had to use Firefly to complement the areas which Google Classroom does not provide, such as the collaboration aspect where the parent is not engaged. Additionally, there's no proper tracking on Google Classroom. Firefly is a good competition for Google Classroom.

The initial setup of Google Classroom is easy.

Google Classroom is a free solution. There is paid version that has more options, the cost is approximately eight dollars per student per month.

Google Classroom is a good start if you are only starting with VLE. It is cheaper, it doesn't cost anything. You can get a free plan which can help you experiment and see what your school needs. Then from there, they can consider the paid version, which can allow you to add on whatever you are missing. However, from what I have seen it is not good for early learning, but much better for high school.

I rate Google Classroom an eight out of ten.

I'm a Google-certified educator, as well as a data scientist. It is a learning platform, and we use it for classrooms and communication between teachers and students.

Google Classroom is not a traditional learning management system. It is different in many ways because Google Classroom is really for a classroom. Normally, when you have a traditional learning management system, you need it for the whole school. You need to install a lot of applications, and you need to use a hosting service. You need to have a third-party company, but in order to have Google Classroom, all you need is an account, and individually, any teacher who wants to use it can just create a classroom. That's it. You have total control over everything. In the classroom, you can do video teaching, and you can conduct classes and put assignments, grades, etc. You can add learning material.

Before Google Classroom, I had a lot of regular hard copy folders, and I had to keep a copy of all of the activities I used in the classroom so that I could use them in the future. It was almost impossible for me to find them when I needed them, but by using Google Classroom, everything is sorted, and I can easily access anything I need.

When I first started using it, I also had a lot of digital resources. I had to save them all the time in folders because I had a PC at home, and I had a PC at school. Whenever I needed a document, it was impossible to find. With Google Classroom, I can put everything in one place in a nice and organized way. I can put anything by topic, and there is one place for everything. The best thing that I like about Google Classroom is its integration with Google Drive. Everything you put there is saved in Google Drive, and you can access your files from any device and anywhere.

Another benefit is communication. Normally, Google Classroom isn't meant for communication, but, in fact, it is a wonderful tool for communication between teachers and students. That's because it's difficult for you to remember students' emails all the time. They might not even have an email address, but when you put something in the stream, they are notified. You can also add parents or guardians so that they can keep track of their child's activities. They can see whether they have submitted their assignments. They can follow everything, and they can also see teachers' messages.

Another good thing is that when you are teaching something in the classroom but you don't have time to finish or some of the students need more time, you can just put the assignment or task there. Students can then complete it later at their own pace without any stress. 

Previously, when you covered a topic in class, you were just limited to your books and other things in the classroom, but thanks to Google Classroom, you can expand your lessons. You can give a lot of extra resources. You can put links in Google Classroom where students can see videos and do interactive and fun activities.

It enables cooperation and collaboration among teachers. You can add co-teachers in Google Classroom, and you can share things.

Reusability is what I like the most about Google Classroom. For example, I'm a computer science teacher, and I'm currently teaching programming to year nine students, but next week, I'll start teaching year eight students. I can just reuse the same material. All I need to do is create learning material, such as videos, once, and then it's already there. I don't have to prepare everything again from scratch. I don't have to print anything. It is really economical. Since I started using Google Classroom, I rarely print anything.

Company-wise, the most important feature is that it is a product of Google. It is a part of Google Suite. With Google Classroom, you can easily embed a Google Sheet, Google Doc, or Google Form. You can easily create a quiz in Google Form. It is integrated with Google Drive. So, everything is on Google Drive, and you can easily use it. With single sign-on, you can use it with Google Apps as well. 

Another important feature of Google Classroom is that it is very easy to use. In the middle of March 2020, in Poland, the government suddenly decided that schools were going to be online. We were already in Google Suite, and I gave a single training to my staff members on how to create a classroom, and the next day, we just went live and started teaching online without any interaction. It wouldn't be possible with any other system available so far. 

For school administrators, Google is paying a lot of attention to data protection. There are a lot of tweaks, and you can set proper permissions. 

Google is adding new features all the time, which is very helpful. During the past two years, Google has added a lot of new features. For example, in the classroom, you didn't have Google Meet before. You had to create a Google Meet meeting first, and you had to put links there. They embedded this, which made life really easy. In addition, initially, students could enter the class and they could talk and do a lot of things. They have now limited it. Similarly, to make lessons interactive, Google introduced a new product called Jamboard, which is just like a whiteboard where you can write things down. They have embedded it into Google Meet. During the meeting, you can click Jamboard, and it is automatically shared with all people who are in the meeting. Everybody can write on the same board and collaborate. They're constantly adding new products. For example, about a month ago, I got an invitation from Google that they wanted to introduce a new product, but they didn't say anything about the product. They met senior Google-certified educators. I was one of them. They asked questions about the kind of problems we had with Google Classroom and their other educational products. They mentioned that they are going to introduce new products and new features based on the feedback they got from us. So, they're listening, which is a good thing.

They have recently embedded Google Meet with it, but Google Meet needs to be improved. It is not like Zoom, which has a lot more functionality. So, when it comes to video teaching, Google Meet still needs a lot of improvement.

There are some websites where you can create activities and guide students to do them in a sequence. You can guide them to do an activity first and then go to the next one. You can automatically link activities, and there is a flow, but in Google Classroom, you don't have that feature. All you can do is put the material and tell students what to do. For example, I have an assignment, but I want my students to read a particular text before that. They need to tick it, or they need to click next before they start doing the activity. After that, I want them to do comprehension questions or something else. In Moodle, there are activities such as assignments, quizzes, etc. There is a lesson module in which you can put all of the activities in a flow. So, you can decide what they need to do first. If students answer a question incorrectly, you can decide and design to which page do they need to go next, and which part do they need to review. This is currently missing in Google Classroom.

I've been using Google Classroom for about eight years. Google Classroom is a part of Google Suite, and I have been using Google Suite right from the beginning. Unofficially, I've been using Google Suite since 2004. That's because before Gmail officially became public, you could sign up through an invitation and test it and give feedback. Officially, Google Suite was launched in 2006, but Google Classroom wasn't there in the beginning. They added Google Classroom later, and I've been using it right from the beginning.

This is my third international school since I started using Google products. In all these three schools, I brought, introduced, and implemented Google Suite. When I joined my current school three years ago, they were using Microsoft Office 360, and we just switched to Google. It has always been reliable because it is really a big company. Google is the biggest tech company. 

About two years ago, I conducted an online and nationwide math contest in which students from all over Poland took part. I was using a different cloud-based test system because it was created just for these purposes, but we had a lot of trouble. The server was down, and we couldn't reach out to people. One of the advantages of Google Classroom is that Google is behind it, and they almost never have downtime. It happened only once, but it was for a short time. All Google services were out of order for an hour or something like that. I don't remember any problem other than that.

At the school where I'm working, we have six campuses. We have nearly 1,000 students. They were all in Google Classroom during the pandemic. We did not have any problems. We knew what functionalities were available, and we designed our activities based on this one. We did not have any problems. 

Anyone can create a classroom. Normally, a teacher creates the class for himself or herself. If you have your own Gmail account, you can just go to classroom.google.com and create a classroom. You can share it with other teachers. As a teacher, you can invite another teacher, and you can invite students. For each student, you can nominate a parent or a guardian. So, basically, there are three types of users available in Google Classroom.

Google Classroom became popular after COVID-19. Many people weren't even aware of it until then. Before COVID-19, I kept telling my colleagues that this is a wonderful tool, and they should give it a try. They might find it useful, but they said that they were really busy with other things, and they would take a look at it when they have some time. Now that COVID-19 is over, they are still using it and they are finding it useful. If you don't let them use it, you will be in trouble because things are different now. People will definitely keep using it because it is really useful, and people have realized that such solutions are really beneficial.

They have a lot of forums and other resources, and you can find a solution for almost everything. I often get invitations from Google about a particular product of theirs. If they want to launch something new, they inform us and they exchange ideas with us. 

I'm just a regular user, and I'm pretty satisfied with Google's approach. They really listen and add new features. We had a lot of problems at the beginning with Google meetings. Students were kicking each other out of the meetings, and they even kicked a teacher out, and in a month or so, Google embedded Meet into Google Classroom, and they added some restrictions. They're closely observing, watching, and listening to our advice.

I'm a Moodle specialist as well. I wrote my graduation thesis on Moodle as a blended learning tool. I have two or three Moodle systems installed all the time. Moodle is an open-source system, which is free of charge. It has a lot of functionalities. 

The main feature of Google Classroom is that it is a part of Google Suite, and it is integrated with other Google products. If I had to use only Google Classroom itself, I wouldn't use it. I would go for Moodle. So, being a part of the Google environment is the biggest value add of Google Classroom. It is a part of their package, which makes Google Classroom stand out, even though it has fewer features than some of the other learning management systems.

Another feature of Google Classroom that I like is that it doesn't have a lot of functionalities. It has all the functionalities that teachers need, but there are no extra things to make things confusing for teachers, whereas Moodle has a lot of functionalities, which is something I like personally. I like to have a lot of functionalities myself, and that's what I like about Moodle, but when it comes to my teachers and my colleagues, Google is much easier because everything available there is easy to understand for them. It is easy to use.

Zoom is a perfect video call solution. I have a club for our high school students for which I'm using Zoom Pro. I'm still using Google Classroom because they are different things. Google Classroom is a platform where you can put all of your material, but instead of using Google Meet, I'm using Zoom for my video teaching. I have also tried Microsoft Teams, but I don't find it to be a good system. They seem to have created it for professional companies, and then suddenly, they seem to have changed it into an educational tool. It isn't as effective as Google Classroom.

Google Classroom is in the cloud. Therefore, you don't have to do anything to host it. You only need to create a Google account. Google gives the service to educational institutions free of charge, so you only need to register with your school's domain, and they verify it. After that, just like Gmail, they're hosting the service on their own servers, and you use it. It's a 100% cloud-based solution. Google also allows some of the applications, such as Google Sheets and Google Docs, to work offline, but everything is totally cloud-based and on Google servers.

You don't need to download it. When you're signed in to your Gmail, all of the Google products are there, including Google Classroom. You just go to classroom.google.com, and that's it. When you log in with your ID, it recognizes which company you are joining from, and it shows you the classrooms that you've created as a teacher or assigned as a student. It is totally in the cloud.

We are an educational institution, and it is free of charge for us. Normally, if you are a private company, you have to pay a lot of money to get this service, but they are giving it for free to schools. 

I would definitely recommend this product, especially for K12 schools. That's because when the students eventually go to the university, at some point, they will take online lessons. There are various types of learning management systems, and some of them are more complicated, and Google Classroom is a kind of exposition. As an online solution, it is very simple and very easy. A year three, four, or five students can manage to go there and log in without any problem. So, especially for K12 schools, I would highly recommend Google Suite over Microsoft. If you are already in Google Suite, I would definitely recommend Google Classroom.

I would rate Google Classroom an eight out of ten. It is the best, but there is always room for improvement.

The most valuable feature of Google Classroom is its clouds based. It can be accessed anywhere. Additionally, the GUI is good, we have not had any complaints and the platform has built-in security. For example, email has protection.

I have been using Google Classroom for approximately two years.

Google Classroom is very stable.

The scalability of Google Classroom is good. However, it depends on the features that they add.

We have approximately 2,000 faculty and 6,000 students using this solution.

I rate the technical support from Google Classroom a five out of five.

We did not use a previous solution prior to Google Classroom.

The initial setup of Google Classroom is straightforward. The deployment took us two to three months because we had to train the faculty.

The implementation of Google Classroom was done in-house.

Google Classroom is a free solution.

I rate Google Classroom a nine out of ten.

Google Classroom is an online platform where people can meet together.

The most valuable feature of Google Classroom is the ability to meet people and it is online.

Google Classroom could improve by being easier to use. For example, making it functional with only a few buttons. It's difficult to know how to connect with students and make a link and share it with them. I found it difficult, and this is why I didn't continue using it. Additionally, it should be available to be downloaded to the desktop for use, similar to Zoom.

I have been using Google Classroom for approximately two years.

I have 150 students in my classroom and they were using Google Classroom.

I did not use technical support.

I previously used Zoom and Microsoft Teams and I used them more than Google Classroom because they are free to use.

There are competitors that offer free solutions, making the price of Google Classroom high.

I rate Google Classroom a six out of ten.

This solution integrates with all the other Google apps including Google Calendar and Google Docs. This makes it very easy to manage. 

It would be useful if this solution had its own online teaching platform with an integration with a Google video conferencing tool. We would also like to have access to a quiz-making or exam-making tool such as that found in Moodle. We would like to be able to create a pool of questions that can be randomly pulled to create different assessments for each student. 

This is a stable solution. 

This is a scalable solution. We have 15 to 20 faculty members and 400 students using this solution. 

We have previously used Moodle which is an overall better solution than Google Classroom. However, Moodle does have some limitations including requiring a server and other resources. Google classroom operates using Google Cloud for free and there is no hardware needed.

The initial setup is straightforward. 

Some users of Google Classroom who do not have technical skills may find implementing and using this solution quite challenging. 

I would rate this solution a seven out of ten.