"Google Apps Education" is messaging, collaboration, interactive learning online classroom by Google and one of the best solutions. Like "Google Apps for work or business" the Google Apps Education Edition is equipped with all the necessary tools for communication, collaboration, documentation, storage, sharing, learning and security.
Google Apps for education (GAE) is a bundle of 7 core, and 60 + other applications, including Gmail, calendar, contacts, disk drive (documents, sheets, slideshows, forms, drawings), Web sites, group accommodation and 99.9% core application up-time SLA guarantee.
Any educational Institute will be the top ten benefits of Google apps.
1) tests/examinations-teachers (or end users) can be used in GAE Google form to create multiple choice or text-based question test is very easy to share a single or embed the entire examination in the Google website and publish the same class within the audience.
2) Schedule Time Table/ Events -teacher (or end user) can use the Google Calendar and add all classes or to schedule or upcoming events, and then it can be shared with users of selective or maintain public class subscription. (Secondary calendar with public access)
3)-Google groups can be used to create with all the students as members of group mail ID. Miracle in the Google group collaboration within the Inbox to keep track of which all previous and recent discussions.
4) Documentation - Google Docs is very interactive documentation app with lots of new innovative features such as research, add-on, embed gadgets and more. End user can create documents, store it online in drive and share with others with multiple choice of access (view, edit or only comment). Sharing Option (Private, with specific users, within domain, outside domain without sign-in required, Publish). [File Creation, Storage and Sharing]
5) Reports/Presentation - Google Sheet and Slides are another very wonderful apps and one of the most used apps today. Sheets can be used for more calculation oriented information and slides for presentations & animations. Like Docs, these also have sharing options and access control.
6) Tutorials/Webinar - Google Hangout can be used by end-users or teachers for taking online classes, recording and saving them in class-specific YouTube channel. Tutorials/Webinar are best way for student to learn and interact. (Hangout, Hangouts on air, YouTube). With Hangouts, one can do 1-to-1 or 1-to-many text/audio/video chat sessions. Hangouts on air is 1-to-many video broadcasting which is automatically saved in associated YouTube channel.
7) Feedback - Google Forms can be created to take feedback or survey from parents or students as per the requirement. Google forms lets you create a questionnaire using text based or multiple choice questions and then it can be shared with others. All the answers or feedback is automatically captured saved in automatically associated sheet or can be emailed on certain triggers.
8) Control - Google Apps admin can control entire applications, access and sharing settings for their institute. This give powerful control in the hands of admin to manage and monitor the use of the application.
9) Collaboration - Multiple users can do real time document editing at the same time and can even start instant chat within document with shared colleagues. This kind of innovative team/class collaboration makes it very powerful application.
10) Communication - End users can now communicate with colleagues and others via email or text/audio/video chat. Multiple Party web conference via Google Hangout.
And, the list goes on and on. It totally depends how one utilizes these wonderful applications.
