School IT administrators supervise the suite by supplying school accounts and managing user permissions. Google recommends educational institutions sign up for G Suite for Education if they intend to use Classroom, but it’s not required. Google Classroom is a product in G Suite for Education, a free suite of Google tools and services for schools and homeschools. Teachers can invite parents to the Google Classroom to share summaries of student work and receive automated email summaries of student work and class announcements. Google Classroom also encourages parent participation. Documents are stored in Google Drive and can be edited within Drive’s suite of applications, including Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides.

The main purpose of Google Classroom is to simplify and streamline the process of sharing files between students and teachers. With a Google account, educators can use the platform to create a virtual classroom, invite students to attend live instruction, and record students’ grades. Google Classroom is a free, internet-based collaboration tool developed by Google as part of G Suite for Education for creating, distributing, and grading assignments.

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