Guest Jeff Causey Posted August 13, 2014 Posted August 13, 2014 http://androidforum.us/data/MetaMirrorCache/56f6a817c5340733675cde00213b577e.png Earlier this year Google launched a new platform called Google Classroom that was aimed at educators. When initially launched, Google made it available for beta testing by educators with a projected availability date of September. It appears Google’s testing went better than expected as they have officially announced Google Classroom is now open for any educator to sign up to use. The Google Classroom framework is built on top of Google’s Drive and related apps like Google Docs and Google Sheets. To help educators, and their students, Google has built in some specific workflow capabilities, like the ability to make a copy of an assignment for each student in the class. Grading tools are available as well and come with the benefit of results being shared with students in a more timely manner. During the testing phase, Google says one of the pieces of feedback dealt with the ability of teachers to comment on students’ work prior to completion of an assignment. So the platform was modified to include that feature. According to Google, part of their goal was to help “teachers spend more time teaching and less time shuffling papers.” Google Classroom is available in 42 languages with more promised in the future. Educators do need an Apps for Education account. Google is rolling out availability in phases, so users may still get the “preview” page if they head over to classroom.google.com. http://androidforum.us/data/MetaMirrorCache/9d7cc602e2f980ba070bbd1cddc4aed9.png source: Google Enterprise Blog Come comment on this article: Google opens Google Classroom platform today Visit TalkAndroid for Android news, Android guides, and much more! http://androidforum.us/data/MetaMirrorCache/3e144b4ee0afbf878644bca458119c45._.gif News via TalkAndroid
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