About Classroom user accounts

Depending on  your learning setting, there are different types of accounts for Classroom.

School account

You get a school account from an accredited school using G Suite for Education. Your school's IT administrator creates and manages these accounts and gives you your email and password. The account looks like you@yourschool.edu. If you use Classroom in a school and want to access Classroom from home, use your school account to sign in.

Note: Due to privacy laws, parents and guardians can't access Classroom or student assignments. They can get email summaries if the teacher allows it. For details, go to About guardian email summaries.

Personal Google Account

A personal Google Account is one that you create. You're likely to use it with Classroom outside of a school setting, such as a tutoring center or homeschool. It might look like you@gmail.com.

When you use a personal account, you can't access the same Classroom features as other accounts,. With a personal account:

• Students can't email classmates.
• Teachers can't invite guardians to sign up for email summaries.
• Children who have an account managed by a parent can't create or teach classes.

Each country has its own minimum age requirement for creating a Google Account. Children who don't meet the minimum age requirements can have an adult create an account.

G Suite account

Important: Children aged 13 and under should only use Classroom with a G Suite for Education or Nonprofits account.

A G Suite account is typically used in large organizations that run G Suite Basic, Business, Enterprise, or G Suite for Nonprofits. Your organization's admin creates and manages these accounts and gives you your email address and password. The account looks like you@yourcompany.com. For more details, go to Choose your G Suite edition.

Classroom accounts FAQ

Related topics

• Who is my administrator?
• Get started with G Suite for Education
• Create a Google Account
• Create a Google Account for your child