Top Benefits of Google Classroom

• Easy setup—Teachers set up a class, invite students and co-teachers, and then share information—assignments, announcements, and questions—in the class stream. 
• Less time and paper—The simple, paperless assignment workflow allows teachers to manage student work quickly, all in one place. 
• Better organization—Students can see assignments on the Work page, in the class stream, or on the class calendar. All class materials are automatically filed into Google Drive folders. 
• Enhanced communication—Teachers can create assignments, send announcements, and start class discussions instantly. Students can share resources with each other and interact in the class stream or by email. 
• Works with apps you use—Classroom works with Google Docs, Calendar, Gmail, Drive, and Forms

Ways Google Classroom Will Save You Time

• Add students easily—Students can join a class with a code, giving you more time to teach. You can also email them the code to self-join or add students to the class by name or email. 
• Manage multiple classes—Reuse existing announcements, assignments, or questions from another class. Share posts across multiple classes, and archive classes for future reference. 
• Teach together—Co-teach a course with up to 20 other instructors. 
• Rich assignment materials—Add materials to your assignments, like YouTube videos, Google Forms, PDFs, individual worksheets, and other items from your Drive
• Customize assignments—Add optional due dates, create customized grade values, and track which assignments are graded. 
• Prepare in advance—Draft posts and assignments, or schedule them to automatically post to the class stream at the scheduled date and time. 
• Quick exit tickets and polling—Post a question to students, then view results within Classroom. 
• Customize your class theme—Change the default color or theme image for your class. 
• Keep resources in one place—Create a class resource page for documents, such as your syllabus or classroom rules.
• Keep students organized—Classroom creates a Google Calendar for each class and updates the calendar with work and due dates. Students can view upcoming work in the class stream, on their work page, or in the class calendar. 
• Keep teachers organized—Review student work, including assignments, questions, grades, and previous comments. View work by one or all classes, and sort by what needs reviewing. 
• Grade quickly and easily—Sort students by first or last name, see who has turned in work, draft grades to share with students later, add private comments when returning work. 
• Transfer grades—Export final grades to Google Sheets or to a CSV file for upload elsewhere. 
• Integrate with other favorite teaching tools—Sync your existing Classroom classes with partner applications, such as PlayPosit.

Ways Google Classroom Will Help You Communicate and Collaborate

• Access anytime, anywhere—Access Classroom on the web or via the Android and iOS Classroom mobile apps. 
• Real-time feedback—View, comment, and edit student work in real time. 
• Create and manage class discussions—In the class stream, post announcements, engage students in question-driven discussions, or move important topics to the top. Control who can post to the class stream and mute individual students from posting or commenting. 
• Share content—Share links, videos, and images from websites to Classroom with one click in the Share to Classroom extension. 
• Push content to students’ screens—Push web pages instantly to a class. Students can also share their screen with their teacher. 

More information

• See the attached in-depth PDF