Google Classroom

Online Learning

Includes course exercises, discussion boards, and evaluations.

Content Creation

Provides tools for creating content to be used and shared on the platform.

Classroom Management

Includes a combination of class materials, learning objectives, and tasks in a classroom.

Assessments and Quizzes

Includes time and attempt limits, question banks, block progression, and certificates.

Course Management

Includes course descriptions, course requirements, and materials.

Gradebook

Includes an individual's marks, progress, and overall appraisal.

Content Management

Includes collaboration, check-in/check-out, and version control.

Analytics and Reporting

Includes historical & real-time dashboard visualizations, detailed & summary reporting and easy data extraction for data analysis.

Instructor Led Training

Includes content and training materials in a virtual or a physical setting.

Student Collaboration

Includes ability to view, share, and direct work between co-workers and students in or near real-time.

Ease of Implementation

Successfully implementing new software is necessary to realize its full value and promote end user adoption. This data indicates whether or not the product is easy to implement.

Business Value Created

Software needs to create value for employees, customers, partners, and, ultimately, shareholders. This data expresses user satisfaction - or lack thereof - with the product's business value.

Quality of Features

Feature quality is just as important as quantity. Use this data to determine if this product will do what you're purchasing it to do, easily, intuitively, reliably, and effectively.

Vendor Support

The importance of vendor support will vary for each organization depending on internal capabilities, but there will always be issues that only the vendor can resolve.

Breadth of Features

Users prefer feature rich software that enables them to perform diverse series of tasks. This data expresses user satisfaction with the product's breadth of features.

Usability and Intuitiveness

End user learning curves cost the organization money. Pay attention to your end users' technical ability to determine how important UX is in your purchase.

Availability and Quality of Training

Effective and readily available training enables users to get the most out of the software you've chosen. Use this section to make sure your vendor's training programs and materials measure up.

Ease of Customization

Don't get bogged down in a difficult customization; use this data to make sure you can easily achieve the functionality you need for your particular situation.

Ease of Data Integration

Use this data to determine whether the product will cause headaches or make data integration easy.

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Vendors who don't stay on top of emerging needs and trends won't enable you to meet your business goals. Use this data to separate innovators from imposters.

Ease of IT Administration

This data indicates whether IT personnel will be able to resolve issues and perform configurations efficiently and effectively.