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I got into the demo over the summer, and I was pretty underwhelmed. They list the features on the front page there, and that's exactly what they have. So in oth
by acbart 12y ago
I got into the demo over the summer, and I was pretty underwhelmed. They list the features on the front page there, and that's exactly what they have. So in other words, you can manage a feed of assignments ("X is due on Tuesday", "Here is a link to a video!") and some very simplistic google docs control. I really expected something on the level of Canvas or Moodle, but it's clearly just a few convenience features for running GAfE.
- ChicagoBoy11 12y agoMy thoughts exactly. I am in charge of Canvas at our school, and we are deploying Google Apps for Ed. next year. Not thinking of using Classroom at all - at least not with the current feature set.
- teach 12y agoOn the other hand, at my school we ALREADY have a lot of teacher using Google apps with their students. The clever ones have been able to cobble together something decent using gmail, google drive, calendar, etc. Google Classroom streamlines what they were already doing. And it will allow some less-technically-savvy teachers to do some of the same things.
- acbart 12y agoAnd I think it has a strong sell for just that - It has good features now, I just want MORE features. I'm hoping this is just the start of something bigger.
- sjy 12y agoWhat are the missing features that your school needs? I'm not sure how things work at primary and secondary level, but I used various LMSes at university over 7 years and never found any use for features beyond the ability to download lecture notes.