Google Classroom Second Light with references to Schoology and Canvas
I had a brief, cursory, undocumented look at Google Classroom fall 2019. At that time the package had too many missing pieces to be used in a collegiate classroom. This is a second look a year later. Creating a class is straightforward. I joined as a teacher, so I have the option of either joining a class or creating a classes. Classes have join codes that can be used to join a class. Class specifications include a name, a section, a subject area, and a room. That a room is listed does give the package somewhat of a elementary level feel. The course opens to an announcements page. The announcements dialog box is not a rich text editor. Text only. No embedded links. Small side note: the image was not actually chosen by me, that appeared automatically, perhaps feeding off of the subject type being a recognized common subject type (physical science). The editor dialog is "jumpy" - pressing backspace while the cursor is in the editor to delete a character autoscrolls the ...