Google Class is a free web service developed by Google for schools that aims to simplify the creation, distribution, and grading in a paperless way. The main goal of Google Classroom is to streamline the process of sharing files between teachers and students. This feature was introduced as a G Suite for Education feature, formerly Google Apps for Education, on May 6, 2014, followed by a public release on August 12, 2014. In June 2015, Google announced Classroom API and share buttons for websites, allowing school administrators and developers to get more involved with Google Classroom. In March 2017, Google opened Classroom to allow any private Google user to join a class without the requirement of having a G Suite for Education account, and in April it became possible for private Google users to create and teach classes.
Google Classroom combines Google Drive for task creation and distribution, Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides for writing, Gmail for communications, and Google Calendar for scheduling. Students may be invited to join the class through personal code, or automatically imported from the school's domain. Each class creates a separate folder in each user's Drive, where students can submit a job to be assessed by a teacher. The mobile app, available for iOS and Android devices, lets users take photos and attach to tasks, share files from other apps, and access information offline. Teachers can monitor progress for each student, and once assessed, the teacher can return to work, with comments.
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Histori
Google Classroom was announced on May 6, 2014, with preview available for some Google G Suite members for Education programs. It was released publicly on August 12, 2014. On June 29, 2015, Google announced Classroom API and share buttons for websites, allowing school administrators and developers to get more involved with Google Classroom. On August 24, Google integrates Google Calendar into Classroom for assignment deadlines, field visits, and classroom talks. In March 2017, Google opened Classroom to allow any private Google user to join a class without the requirement of having a G Suite for Education account, and in April it became possible for private Google users to create and teach classes.
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Features
Google Class ties up Google Drive, Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides, and Gmail together to help educational institutions use the paperless system. Google Calendar is then integrated to help with task deadlines, field trips, and classroom speakers. Students may be invited to the classroom through an institutional database, via a personal code which can then be added in the student user interface or automatically imported from the school's domain. Each class created with Google Classroom creates a separate folder in each user's Google Drive, where students can submit work to be assessed by the teacher.
Task
Tasks are stored and rated in a series of Google productivity apps that allow collaboration between teachers and students or students to students. Instead of sharing documents that are in a student's Google Drive with the teacher, the files are hosted on student Drive and then sent for grading. Teachers can choose a file that can then be treated as a template so that each student can edit their own copy and then return for value instead of allowing all students to view, copy, or edit the same document. Students may also choose to attach additional documents from their Drive to the assignment.
Grading
Google Class supports multiple scoring schemes. Teachers have the option to attach files to tasks that students can view, edit, or get individual copies. Students can create a file and then attach it to a task if the file copy is not created by the teacher. Teachers have the option to monitor each student's progress on tasks where they can make comments and edit. Changed assignments may be assessed by the teacher and returned with comments to enable the student to revise the assignment and re-enter. Once graded, the tasks can only be edited by the teacher unless the teacher changes the assignment again.
Communications
Announcements can be posted by the teacher to a student's class stream that can be commented on by students enabling two-way communication between teachers and students. Students may also post to the class stream but will not be the highest priority as an announcement by the teacher and can be moderated. Different types of media from Google products such as YouTube videos and Google Drive files can be attached to announcements and posts to share content. Gmail also provides email options for teachers to send email to one or more students in the Google Classroom interface. Classroom accessible on the web or through the Android and iOS Class mobile apps.
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Teachers can add students by giving students code to join classes. Teachers who manage multiple classes can reuse existing announcements, assignments, or questions from other classes. Teachers can also share posts in multiple classes and archive classes for upcoming classes. Student work, assignments, questions, grades, comments can all be organized by one or all classes, or sorted by what needs to be reviewed.
Archive course
Classroom allows instructors to archive courses at the end of the semester or year. When a program is archived, the program is removed from the homepage and placed in the Archived Classroom area to help teachers keep their current class organized. When the course is archived, teachers and students can see it, but can not make any changes until it is restored.
Mobile app
The Google Classroom mobile app, introduced in January 2015, is available for iOS and Android devices. This app lets users take photos and attach them to their tasks, share files from other apps, and support offline access.
Privacy
Unlike Google's consumer services, Google Classroom, as part of G Suite for Education, does not display any ads in the interface for students, faculty and teachers, and user data is not scanned or used for advertising purposes.
Reception
eLearningIndustry test and create a review of Google Classroom, where they highlight many positive and negative aspects. Among Class forces, the review highlights ease of use, universal device accessibility, the use of Google Drive as an effective way for teachers to share tasks with students quickly, a paperless process that means the end of printing, sharing, and possible job loss, and a fast feedback system between students and teachers. Among Class deficiencies, the review highlights the heavy integration of Google apps and services with limited or no support for external files or services, lack of quizzes and automated tests, and a lack of live chat that can help with feedback efforts.
Google has been criticized for its alleged search history, searches, and other data usage from data mining for advertising. In April 2014, Google announced that it would stop scanning students' Gmail messages for advertising purposes, following privacy concerns. TechCrunch writes it, while ads are not included in educational programs, data and information learned from users through the program are used to display ads later in other areas. On December 1, 2015, the Electronic Frontier Foundation filed a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission alleging that Google "violated the promise of respecting the privacy of students with educational equipment". EFF's staff attorney Sophia Cope stated that "We call on the FTC to investigate Google's behavior, stop companies from using the students' personal information for their own purposes, and order the company to destroy all the information it collects not for educational purposes". Google responds the following day: "While we appreciate the EFF's focus on the privacy of student data, we believe that our tools comply with our laws and promises, including the Student Privacy Agreement, which we signed earlier this year." The Foundation made a new allegation against Google in April 2017, primarily focused on corporate actions "throwing away millions of cheap Chromebooks in US schools, enabling the collection and storage of information in bulk to children without their parent's consent."
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