What needs improvement with Google Classroom?

The integration with Google Workspace is great because we have many tools such as Google Meet, Google Sheets, and Google Drive. However, the space is very limited. We purchased extra space until it reached 100 gigabytes. I have been using Google since having a Gmail account in 2001 when I was a student. Google Classroom allows me to make quizzes and assignments for students with random ordering, but I would appreciate having a pool of questions feature. For example, having 1000 questions and extracting 20 for each student would allow every student to have a different version. Currently, while using quizzes, every question appears to every student, though the order might differ. Adding the pool of questions would be beneficial. Having statistics while students take their exams would be helpful - showing how many students submitted, how many are in progress, and how many have not started the quiz. Having a log file to track students who opened documents would be valuable. In Moodle, I can see which students opened files, downloaded them, or watched videos. This feature is not available in Google Classroom, which is why I prefer other applications with more powerful statistics to trace student performance.

There is room for improvement in AI integration, specifically in the education sector. Google Classroom could benefit from tools that help correct coding errors for students, thereby enhancing learning. Additionally, technical support is an area that needs significant improvement.

There is room for improvement in the notification. Just managing the Guardian invitations and ensuring they get notifications. That's what I mean. We're currently using GAM to do that.

There should be some changes in the way Google Classroom allows for interaction by devices. Google Classroom brings an upgrade that can help lessen the burden for children who have to carry books physically to school. In general, Google Classroom should work on its shortcomings in the area of integration so that it can help reduce the burden of children who need to carry books to school.

I never saw any flaws in the tool, so there isn't any scope for improvement. The stability of the product is an area with certain flaws where improvements are required. From an improvement perspective, Google can make the app more interactive. The notes uploaded in Google Classroom can be made more interactive.

There can often be language barriers when you're not dealing with local technical support, which can be challenging.

If we have Google Workspace, we have access to everything, although we don’t need it. We are a small company. The product must provide different plans for different customers so that we can pay for only what we use. Microsoft provides different tools like Microsoft 365 for enterprise, Microsoft Office, and Microsoft 365 Personal.

The stability could be improved.

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.

There are some areas that I would like to improve, but I need to thoroughly evaluate and determine which skills or tools will be most useful for me. I am aware that Google offers numerous other tools, some of which I have been introduced to in the past, but I have not used them because they were not relevant to my needs at the time. Occasionally, I may explore these tools, but I do not always find them applicable to my work. While it is not directly related to Google Classroom, I have noticed some differences between using Google Docs, Google Presentations, and Google Slides compared to Microsoft PowerPoint. There are certain things that I can do on PowerPoint that I cannot do on Google Presentations and Google Slides, such as using PowerPoint's animation feature, I have found that PowerPoint is generally more feature-rich and offers a wider range of tools that I can use to prepare and enhance my presentations. This can be helpful when I need to create presentations with more complex or detailed content.

It would be helpful to add voice or audio capabilities to the classrooms instead of text only.

I would like to see a master list of documents with folder names so that it is more convenient for students to know whether they have submitted a particular document. At present, you need to go to each classroom to check what you have submitted.

Google Classroom could improve by having better integration with other platforms, such as Google Meet.

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.

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.

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.

There are a lot of things that need to be fixed in order for it to be called a learning management system. I think that's where a lot of people are very confused in terms of what Google Classroom actually does. Google Classroom is not a learning management system. A learning management system allows teachers to grade with authenticity and doesn't provide only one grade for a particular document or assignment. Google Classroom only allows for teachers to give out one grade based on work across a larger spectrum of grades. It does have its own limitations in terms of how students see the information. It doesn't allow for folders within the classes, or teachers to group information. What is provided is a list of activities or things that students need to complete. If Google wants to call it a learning management system, which Google does, it's not. I've used learning management systems that are far greater and better at organizing content, systems, and information than Google is. I work in technology and education and I have a strong basis as to what I'm talking about. In order for Google to better get into that space, they need to listen to teachers when teachers are willing to give their feedback. I used to comment in the Help Center all the time or provide suggestions to Google on things that I was experiencing or the issues that I was experiencing. The solution is not user-friendly for teachers or students. However, it is user-friendly in terms of it being clean but once you start giving out multiple assessments or multiple assignments, there's no easy way to organize it causing students to get confused. For a student who's in first grade, who's six years old, for them to use Google Classroom is not going to be something that I would suggest, because they're going to get lost in it. Even somebody who's in fourth grade, which is what I used to teach, fourth graders have a hard time using Google Classroom, because it's difficult for them to keep up with their assignments. If the solution does not have an organizational structure, which it doesn't have, there's no way for you to easily see which assignments have been turned back and why they've been turned back. I can give back an assignment, but it won't tell the student whether the student needs to turn it back in for a redo, turn it back, or not turn it back in. For example, If I want them to see the comments, or if I want them to see the information, I have to turn it back into them or give it back to them, but I don't want them to turn it back into me. It shows up as something that they need to turn back into me on their end, they think they do need to. It's just a very confusing feature overall. Google has focused more on the teacher's end rather than what the students see. This could improve. There's not an ability to assign multiple grades. I can grade it, but I would have to give them an overall grade, "Overall, you received a 90." Whereas a lot of schools are doing standards-based grading now. "Overall, you received a 90," doesn't always work anymore. What it should be is, "Overall, on the writing part you received a 90, but on the information, you received a 50 and on this, you receive another mark, and on your writing skills you received this." There should be that aspect of it if you're going to call yourself a learning management system.