This article is for Google Workspace administrators.
As a Google Workspace administrator, use the Google Admin console to give teachers and students access to Classroom.
About user accounts
User account types
Users can sign in to Classroom with one of the following user account types:
- School account – Also known as a Google Workspace for Education account, this account is set up by an accredited school.
- Personal Google Account – This is set up by the student, parent or guardian. Typically, a personal Google Account is used outside of a school setting, such as a homeschool.
- Google Workspace account – This is set up by your organisation’s Google Workspace admin.
Your Google Workspace edition determines what level of service and support you can get for Classroom.
| Google Workspace edition | Type of support |
|---|---|
| Google Workspace for Education or Workspace for Nonprofits | |
| Workspace Basic, Business or Google Workspace for Education Plus | Classroom is an additional Google service and is not covered by support or a service level agreement (SLA). For help, go to the Google Classroom Help Community or Classroom Help Centre. |
Different Google Workspace edition users might be limited in how they can interact with users who are in a different organisation (or have a different domain name). The following table outlines if Google Workspace domains work with other domains.
| If a user accesses Classroom with: | And the primary teacher accesses Classroom with... | Can the user join the class? |
|---|---|---|
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Yes, if class settings in both organisations allow it. |
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Yes, if class settings in both organisations allow it. |
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No |
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No |
| Personal Google Account |
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Yes, if the Google Workspace organisation allows it. |
| Personal Google Account | Personal Google Account | Yes |
As an administrator, you can turn a service on or off for Google Workspace users.
As an administrator, you can control access to Google services by age.
Control user access to Classroom
Step 1: Put users in organisational units
To turn Classroom on or off for select groups of users, put their accounts in an organisational unit. Learn more about the organisational structure.
Step 2: Give users access to Classroom
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Sign in to your Google Admin console.
Sign in using your administrator account (does not end in @gmail.com).
- Choose one:
- If you’re using Google Workspace for Education or Workspace for Nonprofits, click Apps
Google Workspace
- If you’re using Workspace Basic, Business or Google Workspace for Education Plus, click Apps
- If you’re using Google Workspace for Education or Workspace for Nonprofits, click Apps
- Click Service status.
At the left, you can see the top-level organisational unit and any parent or child organisational units.
(Optional) To turn a service on or off for an organisational unit:
- At the left, select the organisational unit.
- Select On or Off.
- Click Override to keep your setting if the service for the parent organisational unit is changed.
- If Overridden is already set for the organisational unit, choose an option:
- Inherit – Reverts to the same setting as its parent.
- Save – Saves your new setting (even if the parent setting changes).
Learn more about organisational structure.
Note: Changes may take up to 24 hours to propagate to all users.
Step 3: Configure class settings
You can configure 2 settings for Classroom:
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Class membership – Determine who can join classes in your domain and which classes users in your domain can join.
- Allowlisted domains – Allow users to join classes from the domains that you trust and allow teachers and students from different domains to share information.
For details, go to Configure class settings.