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New class analytics and insights for educators in Google Classroom

What’s changing

In 2023, we introduced a centralized view of Classroom analytics for teachers and education leaders. This analytics dashboard provides direct visibility into student performance and engagement in Google Classroom. Starting today, teachers can view this data via an “Analytics” tab on their class pages. 

In addition, teachers will be able to see relevant insights on the class analytics page that alert them on how students are progressing and where they may need additional support. Here are a few examples: 
  • 2 students haven't visited your class page in the last week 
  • 3 students' grades increased over 25% since last month
  • 1 student turned in over half their assignments late in the last monthclass analytics
Richer insights about student engagement with assignments will also be surfaced directly on the Classwork page. Specifically, teachers can see the number of students who haven’t opened Drive files attached to assignments in Classroom. They can then follow up by sending a quick reminder to the class or individual students through private comments. 
send a quick reminder to the class or individual students through private comments
This, along with our previously announced feature that shows the number of students who haven’t edited attachments, gives teachers a more comprehensive view of how students are progressing on assignments and provides them with the tools to provide timely reminders. 

Who’s impacted

Admins and end users 

Why you’d use it 

Classroom analytics provide relevant insights that are immediately actionable, so education leaders and teachers can make informed decisions around how to best support student success. 

Student engagement signals gives teachers visibility into student progress on academic work and helps them provide effective interventions to best support students.

Additional details 

Insights will appear based on factors such as proximity to the due date of an assignment and when student activity, such as a scoring below 70%, is present. 

Getting started 

  • Admins: 
    • Teachers will automatically be able to see class-level analytics for their classes. 
    • Super Admins automatically have access to Classroom analytics and must designate education leaders with analytics data access and temporary class access to view the class analytics page. 
  • End users: 

Rollout pace

Insights on the class analytics page: 
Analytics Tab: 
Student Engagement Metrics: 

Availability 

Resources 

New class analytics and insights for educators in Google Classroom

What’s changing

In 2023, we introduced a centralized view of Classroom analytics for teachers and education leaders. This analytics dashboard provides direct visibility into student performance and engagement in Google Classroom. Starting today, teachers can view this data via an “Analytics” tab on their class pages. 

In addition, teachers will be able to see relevant insights on the class analytics page that alert them on how students are progressing and where they may need additional support. Here are a few examples: 
  • 2 students haven't visited your class page in the last week 
  • 3 students' grades increased over 25% since last month
  • 1 student turned in over half their assignments late in the last monthclass analytics
Richer insights about student engagement with assignments will also be surfaced directly on the Classwork page. Specifically, teachers can see the number of students who haven’t opened Drive files attached to assignments in Classroom. They can then follow up by sending a quick reminder to the class or individual students through private comments. 
send a quick reminder to the class or individual students through private comments
This, along with our previously announced feature that shows the number of students who haven’t edited attachments, gives teachers a more comprehensive view of how students are progressing on assignments and provides them with the tools to provide timely reminders. 

Who’s impacted

Admins and end users 

Why you’d use it 

Classroom analytics provide relevant insights that are immediately actionable, so education leaders and teachers can make informed decisions around how to best support student success. 

Student engagement signals gives teachers visibility into student progress on academic work and helps them provide effective interventions to best support students.

Additional details 

Insights will appear based on factors such as proximity to the due date of an assignment and when student activity, such as a scoring below 70%, is present. 

Getting started 

  • Admins: 
    • Teachers will automatically be able to see class-level analytics for their classes. 
    • Super Admins automatically have access to Classroom analytics and must designate education leaders with analytics data access and temporary class access to view the class analytics page. 
  • End users: 

Rollout pace

Insights on the class analytics page: 
Analytics Tab: 
Student Engagement Metrics: 

Availability 

Resources 

Google Workspace Updates Weekly Recap – June 6, 2025

2 New updates

Unless otherwise indicated, the features below are available to all Google Workspace customers, and are fully launched or in the process of rolling out. Rollouts should take no more than 15 business days to complete if launching to both Rapid and Scheduled Release at the same time. If not, each stage of rollout should take no more than 15 business days to complete.

Mark a thread as unread in Google Chat
Users currently have the ability to mark messages as unread in the main conversation stream of Google Chat. This week, we’re excited to announce this feature is now available for threads in spaces. As a result, users can return to threads when it's convenient for them and more efficiently stay on top of their messages. | Rolling out now to Rapid Release and Scheduled Release domains. | Available to all Google Workspace customers, Workspace Individual Subscribers, and users with personal Google accounts. | Visit the Help Center to learn more about marking a conversation as read or unread. 

Language expansion for Read Along in Google Classroom 
We’re excited to announce that Arabic and Urdu are now available when using Read Along in Google Classroom. As a result: 
  • Students can now read books in Arabic and Urdu with Diya's help. Teachers can assign books in Arabic and Urdu. 
  • Teachers can create books in Arabic and Urdu and assign them to students. 
Rollout to Rapid Release and Scheduled Release domains is complete. | Available to Google Workspace Education Plus, the Teaching and Learning add-on, and customers with the Gemini Education or Gemini Education Premium add-on. | Visit the Help Center to learn more about Read Along in Google Classroom.

Previous announcements

The announcements below were published on the Workspace Updates blog earlier this week. Please refer to the original blog posts for complete details.

Integrate Jira with Gmail to create, update, and track work items directly in your inbox
In 2023, Atlassian introduced Jira and Confluence smart chips, which brings together popular tools used for project management and content collaboration. Since then users have been able to easily access Jira issues and Confluence pages within Google Docs, Sheets and Slides, and now we’re excited to announce a new integration with Gmail that's now included as part of the Jira and Confluence app. | Learn more about the Gmail integration with the Jira and Confluence app. 

Stay up to date on the latest changes to your files in Drive using “Catch me up” 
Gemini can identify relevant files from a user’s Drive with changes since it was last viewed and provide an overview of those changes. | Learn more about “Catch me up” in Drive. 

Google Meet and Cisco Webex interoperability now includes presented content via a wired HDMI connection 
We’re expanding the interoperability between Google Meet and Cisco Webex to include the ability to present content via a wired HDMI connection. | Learn more about Google Meet and Cisco Webex interoperability. 

Upload code folders or import your GitHub repositories directly into the Gemini app 
Starting this week, we’re expanding the ability to upload code folders to select Google Workspace users. Additionally, all Google Workspace users can now easily add their GitHub repositories into the Gemini App, providing Gemini the context of their codebase. | Learn more about code folders and GitHub repositories in the Gemini app. 

Use suggestions in your client-side encrypted Google Docs 
You can now see suggestions when viewing a client-side encrypted Google Doc. Those with edit access will be able to interact with suggestions, including adding, editing, accepting, and rejecting suggestions. | Learn more about suggestions in client-side encrypted Google Docs. 

Present content from camera in Google Meet 
We’re introducing a new capability that lets users directly present content from their camera feed into a meeting, for example a document camera, video production tool, or an external camera. | Learn more about presenting content in Meet.

Completed rollouts

The features below completed their rollouts to Rapid Release domains, Scheduled Release domains, or both. Please refer to the original blog posts for additional details.

Rapid Release Domains: 
Rapid and Scheduled Release Domains: 
For a recap of announcements in the past six months, check out What’s new in Google Workspace (recent releases).

Use Google Classroom in even more languages

What’s changing 

We recently announced the ability to use the Google Classroom in additional languages on web and mobile, and today we’re excited to introduce even more languages in the web and mobile experience: 
  • Albanian 
  • Armenian 
  • Azerbaijani 
  • Burmese (Myanmar) 
  • Georgian 
  • Irish 
  • Macedonian 
  • Nepali 
  • Sinhala 
  • Uzbek 

Additional details 

Certain Google Classroom features might not be accessible in all languages, including Read Along in Classroom, Practice sets, Originality reports, and Gemini in Classroom.
 

Getting started 

Rollout pace 

Availability 

Available for Google Workspace: 
  • Education Fundamentals, Standard, Plus, the Teaching and Learning add-on, and the Endpoint Education add-on 
  • Customers with the Gemini Education or Gemini Education Premium add-on 

Resources

Google Workspace Updates Weekly Recap – May 16, 2025

6 New updates

Unless otherwise indicated, the features below are available to all Google Workspace customers, and are fully launched or in the process of rolling out. Rollouts should take no more than 15 business days to complete if launching to both Rapid and Scheduled Release at the same time. If not, each stage of rollout should take no more than 15 business days to complete.


Easily connect to BigQuery data using Saved Queries in Connected Sheets 
We’re launching direct access to the BigQuery saved queries feature directly from Connected Sheets. Users can now quickly and easily create a new Connected Sheet by selecting a previously saved query under any project they have access to. | Rolling out now to Rapid Release and Scheduled Release domains. | Available to all Google Workspace customers, Workspace Individual Subscribers, and users with personal Google accounts. | Learn more about analyzing & refreshing BigQuery data in Google Sheets using Connected Sheets, getting started with BigQuery data in Google Sheets and writing & editing a query.

Scan documents easier using Google Drive on Android devices 
To improve upon the scanning experience in the Google Drive app on Android devices, we’re increasing the size and updating the style of the scan buttons. To scan something, open the Drive app on your Android device > scan a document > edit scan (if desired) > upload to Drive. | Rollout to Rapid Release domains is complete; Rolling out now to Scheduled Release domains, with expected completion by June 30, 2025. | Available to Google Workspace customers, Google Workspace Individual subscribers, and users with personal Google accounts. | Visit the Help Center to learn more about scanning documents with Google Drive.

Scan documents easier using Google Drive on Android devices

Chat apps can now create spaces with their own identity using the Google Chat API
Last year, we introduced a feature through the Google Workspace Developer Preview Program that enables Chat apps to create spaces and memberships - using application identity - via the Google Chat API. This update further enhances Chat apps for real-time collaboration and allows for even more sophisticated and autonomous Chat apps by eliminating the need to create spaces and memberships on behalf of a user. This week, we’re excited to announce that this is now generally available for Google Workspace developers. | Rolling out now to Rapid Release and Scheduled Release domains. | Available to all Google Workspace customers. | Visit the Developer blog to see an example and learn more about what this means for developers. You can also visit our developer documentation to explore how to authenticate and authorize Chat apps, and learn how to create spaces and add space members using application identity.
Chat apps can now create spaces with their own identity using the Google Chat API
Export Gemini responses to a Google Doc or Sheet from Gemini in the side panel of Google Drive
Users can collaborate with Gemini in Google Drive to perform various tasks, such as extracting data, drafting proposals, creating study guides and more. We’re excited to build upon this by giving users the ability to convert Gemini’s response directly into a Sheet or a Doc. After asking Gemini a question, click the ‘Export to Doc’ or ‘Export to Sheet’ button, and you’ll have an artifact that you can continue working on or share with others. | Rolling out now to Rapid Release and Scheduled Release domains. | Available to Business Standard and Plus; Enterprise Standard and Plus; Google One AI Premium; Customers with the Gemini Education or Gemini Education Premium add-on, and anyone who previously purchased a Gemini Business or Gemini Enterprise add-on. | Visit the Help Center to learn more about collaborating with Gemini in Google Drive.
Export Gemini responses to a Google Doc or Sheet from the Gemini side panel in Google Drive

Create even more interactive YouTube assignments in Google Classroom
In 2024, we added AI-suggested questions that educators can easily attach to the video based on its content to save educators time. Today, we’re excited to announce that we’re expanding the collection of YouTube videos that have AI-suggested questions available. As a result, educators can create even more interactive YouTube assignments in Classroom more quickly and efficiently, with the help of Gemini. Before assigning the interactive video activity, educators will be able to edit the suggested questions ahead of attaching the YouTube video to the assignment. | Rollout to Rapid Release and Scheduled Release domains is complete. | Available for Google Workspace Education Plus and the Teaching and Learning add-on. | Visit the Help Center to learn more about interactive questions for YouTube videos in Google Classroom.

Your users can now express interest in upgrading their Google Workspace subscription 
We’re introducing a simple way for Workspace end users to request an upgraded edition of Google Workspace from their admins. To send this request, Workspace end users will see a path to request an upgraded Workspace edition including additional Gemini features when they interact with Gemini, such as with the Gemini icon displayed across Workspace apps. This interaction will provide an end user a path to complete a request form for an upgraded Workspace edition. Super admins will receive this request by email, and from there they can choose to upgrade their Workspace subscription directly in the Admin console. | Admins can disable these requests at any time in the Admin console by going to Account > Account Settings > Gemini for Google Workspace, and deselecting the ‘User-requested upgrades’ setting — use this article in our Help Center for more information. | Please note this is only available for customers in the US and India with fewer than 300 licenses. | Rolling out now to Rapid Release and Scheduled Release domains. | Learn more about Gemini for Workspace, including our recent Gemini for Workspace announcements.

Previous announcements

The announcements below were published on the Workspace Updates blog earlier this week. Please refer to the original blog posts for complete details.

Use Gemini in Drive to interact with folders in 20+ additional languages
Last year, we added folder support to Gemini in the side panel of Google Drive. This week, we’re excited to announce this experience is now available in 20+ languages. | Learn more about language availability for Gemini in Drive. 

Use Gemini in Google Sheets to quickly add dropdowns, pivot tables, filters, and more 
Analyzing and manipulating data in spreadsheets can be complex and time-consuming, even for experienced users. This week, we're introducing powerful new editing options within Gemini in Sheets that are designed to help everyone accomplish more, faster. | Learn more about Gemini in Sheets. 

Google Workspace apps for Gmail, Google Drive, Google Docs, Calendar, Keep, and Tasks are now generally available for the Gemini app 
Earlier this year, we launched Google Workspace apps (formerly known as "extensions") in Gemini in open beta. When enabled, Gemini can reference and incorporate data from these apps to generate even more informed and relevant responses, bringing Gemini’s capabilities more seamlessly into your daily workflows, helping enhance productivity. Workspace apps are available for: Calendar, Docs, Drive, Gmail, Keep, Tasks. | Learn more about Workspace apps in the Gemini app. 

Extract and categorize data in AppSheet with the power of Gemini 
At Google Cloud Next 2025, we introduced Gemini in AppSheet solutions for AppSheet Enterprise Plus users. Now you can automatically extract key information from uploaded photos, parse through complex PDFs, or even categorize, route and prioritize incoming requests based on their content – all seamlessly within your existing AppSheet apps. The new AI Task (Preview) feature, powered by Gemini, makes this a reality. | Learn more about Gemini in AppSheet. 

Upcoming Changes to Microsoft Exchange Migrations 
Beginning May 31, 2025, the legacy Data Migration Service will no longer support migrating email, calendar, and contact data from Microsoft Exchange on-premises servers (e.g., Exchange 2010, 2013, or 2016). Admins will not be able to start new migrations after May 31, 2025 – migrations that are in progress will continue until completion. | Learn more about changes to Microsoft Exchange Migrations.

Completed rollouts

The features below completed their rollouts to Rapid Release domains, Scheduled Release domains, or both. Please refer to the original blog posts for additional details.

Rapid Release Domains: 
Scheduled Release Domains: 
Rapid and Scheduled Release Domains: 
For a recap of announcements in the past six months, check out What’s new in Google Workspace (recent releases).

Adding new capabilities to student groups in Google Classroom

What’s changing

Last year, we introduced student groups in Google Classroom, a feature that enables teachers to create groups of students to make assigning differentiated content easier. As a result of this update, teachers can differentiate content across sub-sections of their class based on their students' needs. For example, teachers can create groups based on different reading levels and as their class adapts, they can edit members of a group or delete groups within their class. 


Today, we’re excited to announce improvements to student groups that enable teachers to: 
  • Email groups, which is especially useful when educators want to communicate with a sub-section of their class. 
  • Sort by groups when grading on the Student work page. This makes it easier to grade more efficiently and understand student performance based on groups. 
  • Edit student groups when creating an assignment so that educators can quickly adapt instruction without having to go to the People page. 

Getting started 

Rollout pace 


Availability 

Available for Google Workspace: 
  • Education Plus and the Teaching and Learning add-on 

Resources

Introducing the ability to grade and assign grading labels in bulk in Google Classroom

What’s changing

To further improve grading options for teachers using grading systems in Google Classroom, we recently introduced the ability to perform bulk grading via ‘grade all’. With this new feature, teachers can quickly and efficiently grade all students' work on the Gradebook page by selecting ‘grade all’. They can also choose to override existing grades and automatically return them to students after grading. 


Today, we’re excited to announce that teachers can now take bulk grading action on the Student work page in addition to the Gradebook. This update enables teachers to grade and assign grading labels in bulk, ultimately making grading more efficient and saving teachers time. 


Getting started 

  • Admins: There is no admin control for this feature. 
  • End users: 
    • Once a teacher has set up grading, they can follow these steps to grade all: 
      • Go to Google Classroom > Student Work Page > select multiple students > click the bulk actions menu and select the desired option 
    • Visit the Help Center to learn more about grading & returning an assignment. 

Rollout pace

Availability 

  • Available to all Google Workspace customers, Workspace Individual Subscribers, and users with personal Google accounts 

Resources 

Introducing silent reading mode in Google Classroom’s Read Along

What’s changing 

In addition to the recent announcement of educators being able to upload content to Read Along in Google Classroom, we’re excited to introduce a new feature that allows students to read a book in silent reading mode. 


Prior to today, students could only read aloud and unlike the default reading mode, silent reading mode will allow students to read a book silently without having to draw attention to themselves or disturbing their classmates. In addition to giving teachers more flexibility in how they use Read Along, this new reading mode is particularly useful in scenarios where multiple students might be working on a reading assignment in the same space. With less noise and fewer distractions, students can still build independent reading skills and will continue to: 
  • Receive assistance from the AI reading buddy when needed by clicking on any unknown words 
  • Be presented with questions to help with their reading comprehension 
  • Receive stars when they read with few errors or assistance and answer questions correctly 

Additional details 

When using silent reading mode, teachers will not be provided with a student's reading performance related to accuracy, words per minute, or phonics. The teacher will receive reading performance insights related to comprehension. 


Getting started 


Rollout pace 

Availability 

Available for Google Workspace: 
  • Education Plus and the Teaching and Learning add-on 

Resources

Google Classroom is expanding to 7 additional languages

What’s changing

Last month, we announced the ability to use the Google Classroom mobile app in additional languages, and today we’re excited to announce the same languages are also now available with the web experience: 
  • Afrikaans
  • Assamese 
  • Estonian 
  • French Canadian 
  • Icelandic 
  • Kazakh 
  • Swahili 

Additional details 

Certain Google Classroom features might not be accessible in all languages, including Read Along in Classroom, Practice sets, Originality reports and Gemini in Classroom 

Getting started 

Rollout pace 


Availability 

Available for Google Workspace: 
  • Education Fundamentals, Standard, Plus, and the Teaching and Learning add-on, Endpoint Education add-on 
  • Customers with the Gemini Education or Gemini Education Premium add-on 

Resources 

Use Gemini in Google Classroom to generate questions or a quiz based on specific text

What’s changing 

Earlier this year, we introduced the ability to generate vocabulary lists with the help of Gemini in Google Classroom. Today, we’re adding a text-dependent question generation tool to further our efforts for AI to help educators save time, create captivating learning experiences, and inspire creativity. 

Educators can select a Google Drive file or manually input text, select which skills they want students to demonstrate, then generate questions to assess grade-specific comprehension and critical reasoning skills of students. Once generated, educators can then export the questions to a Google Form or Google Doc to assign to students. This new option can be particularly useful in a variety of scenarios, such as creating an exit ticket or a quiz to check students’ understanding.

Getting started 

Rollout pace

Availability

Available for Google Workspace for Education customers with these add-ons: 
  • Gemini Education and Gemini Education Premium 

Resources