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Ed-Fi Integration with Google Classroom

Two Google Classroom (referred to simply as “Classroom” in some instances below) use cases were initially defined by the Governance Advisory Team for the SIG to investigate:

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The SIG did not prioritize or rank these use cases, in large part because the SIG did not have an efficient way to determine how pervasive the problems (or opportunities) behind each use case were. However, the surveys, anecdotal evidence and other market information gathered by the SIG suggested that each use case seems to apply to some reasonably-sized subset of school districts.

Use Case 1: Rostering Google Classroom from the Ed-Fi ODS / API

Surveys conducted by SIG members revealed that rostering Google Classroom (setup of sections and population of sections with teacher and student accounts) is a current pain point for some (but not all) school districts that use Classroom.

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Option #3 (direct integration by Google) is also an API option and would likely be the best option, but getting a presence on the Google roadmap is likely a long-term project.

Use Case 2: Pushing Notifications Based on Ed-Fi Data into Google Classroom

In this use case, the goal is to deliver student performance insights to teachers (and possibly students) in a context where they already work on a daily basis, rather than asking them to visit (yet another) dashboard or application.

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Using such “teacher-only” sections was also seen as advisable as a mechanism to protect student privacy.  Pushing insights into teacher-only sections helps safeguard insights from accidental publication (e.g. teacher changes the scope of an announcement accidentally) or view by students (e.g. teacher laptop projected to classroom). In our exploration of the Classroom UX, there was clear risk of such scenarios.

Use Case 3: Move Gradebook Data from Google Classroom to Ed-Fi ODS or SIS

Some districts surveyed mentioned the desire to get gradebook data from Classroom out and into other systems, such as an analytics data source like the Ed-Fi ODS, or possibly a SIS or external grade book application. This case likely is important when teachers or school are using Classroom as the main LMS system, where daily assignments are tracked.

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