Class Tools for Google Classroom with Chromebooks

Google has announced new features to enhance classroom management and student engagement through updates to Chromebooks and Google Workspace for Education Plus. These updates aim to streamline teaching processes, allowing educators to focus more on instruction and less on technical setups.

Class Tools: A New Suite for Educators

Class Tools is a set of real-time control and engagement features for managed Chromebooks, available with Google Workspace for Education Plus. It enables educators to:

• Connect with Students: Teachers can select students from their Google Classroom roster or invite them via a code. Once connected, they can send and pin educational content to students' screens, remotely view screens, and activate live captions and translations.

• Enhance Engagement: Educators can create digital workbooks on the fly, share content directly to student devices, and pin it to their screens to maintain focus and minimize distractions.

• Improve Accessibility: Features like live captions and translations assist students who are deaf, hard of hearing, language learners, or those needing extra support, ensuring inclusive participation in class activities.

Class Tools will be available in the coming months for educators and students using managed Chromebooks. To receive updates on its availability, educators can submit their interest through the provided form.

Enhancements in Google Classroom

Google Classroom is introducing features to simplify educators' daily tasks.

Assignment and Grading Options

Educators can define student groups to assign unique tasks based on group needs and assign grades at scale, streamlining the grading process.

Guardian Communication

Teachers can share a link to the Classwork page, allowing guardians to stay informed about assignments. Parents and guardians can also access this page via weekly email summaries.

These updates aim to foster a more efficient and connected educational environment, benefiting educators, students, and their families.

Learn more about Class tools from the conference announcement

Features highlighted at the BETT Conference in London

• Easier class access for managed student Chromebooks

• Granular control for sending information, documents and assignments to students

• Streamlined navigation for students with a simpler interface tailored to laptop use

• Better classroom management for content which promotes engagement

• Ability to separate students into study groups

• Controls for showing live captions and translated subtitles of the teacher's voice. Students have the option to change the output language and it displays in a window at the bottom of their screen

• Individualized support via screen sharing and teacher access to student screens and classwork with notifications

• "Seamlessly share and pin lesson content to students screens, engage with your students in real time, and provide targeted support to groups with Class tools – a new set of features in Google Workspace for Education Plus on managed Chromebooks."

FAQ

How do I express interest in Class tools on Chromebooks?

In January of 2025 we announced Class tools, available on managed Chromebooks with Google Workspace for Education Plus. Class tools empowers educators to manage student devices during class, better support an increasingly bilingual and multilingual student population, and cater to diverse learning styles. Now, educators can more easily keep students focused and engaged in class with Class tools.

If you're interested in learning more about Class tools and to find out when it is available, please submit your interest by providing a few details below.

What do I need to be able to use Class tools?

• Your teachers and students need to be on managed Chromebooks

• Access to Google Workspace for Education Plus for all students and teachers