Versus a free LMS
Google Classroom hands out your PDFs. It doesn't mark them, explain them or report on them.
Plenty of centres use Google Classroom to distribute worksheets. It's free and students know it. But a PDF in Classroom is still a PDF: nothing marks it, nobody explains it at 9pm, no topic-level result appears, and no parent gets a report. It's a photocopier with a login.
A free LMS
Distributes files and collects submissions. Built for schools, branded to Google, with quizzes you build by hand one question at a time.
Your platform
Converts your worksheets into marked practice with worked solutions and explanations, tracks results by topic, reports to parents, under your brand.
| Google Classroom | StudyPro | |
|---|---|---|
| Getting your worksheet on it | Upload the PDF | Upload the PDF, it becomes marked practice |
| Marking | By hand, or build a Google Form per worksheet | Instant, against your key, with a worked solution |
| Help when stuck | None | An explanation from your page, hints first |
| Results by topic | None | Class heatmap, student by topic |
| Parent report | Guardian email summaries of activity, from Google | Progress by topic, every fortnight, from you |
| Brand | Google's | Yours |
| Your material's privacy | Google's terms | Isolated per centre, no reuse, no training |
| Cost | Free | Published pricing by centre size |
Use Google Classroom when
- You just need to hand out files and collect them
- Budget is zero and marking is not the problem
Use StudyPro when
- Marking is the problem
- Parents can't see progress
- You want your name on it, not Google's
Classroom solves distribution. It doesn't solve the six days, the marking or the parent. If distribution was the problem, most centres would already be fine.
Questions
What owners ask about this one.
Can I keep using Classroom for announcements?
Yes. Some centres use it for notices and use the platform for the work. The report and the results come from the platform.
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Next step
See it with your own worksheets.
Twenty minutes on a screen share. Send a worksheet beforehand and you'll be looking at your own material, not a demo.