In the wake of coronavirus pandemic, several schools and colleges across the globe have switched to online classes. To support the transition, Google Meet and Classroom are gaining a few new features. These features will help improve the experience of students and teachers during online classes.
Firstly, Google Classroom is gaining support for 10 Indian languages including Bengali, Telugu, Marathi, Tamil, and Urdu. With this addition, Google Classroom supports a total of 54 languages.
Other features coming to Classroom include student engagement metrics, deeper integration with other tools, offline connectivity improvements, and integration of admin capabilities to help troubleshoot Classroom issues.
Coming to Google Meet features, the software giant is bringing new administrative controls to meeting moderators. Below are the new administrative features for Google Meet arriving in September:
As far as other visual improvements are concerned, Google Meet will gain 7×7 grid support that lets you see up to 49 students at the same time. A collaborative whiteboard is also coming to Meet this September.
