Andrew Stillman says: Full disclosure, I’m the author of Doctopus.
But in the interest of clarity here, Doctopus does quite a bit more than Classroom in certain areas, and is preferred by a good many “power users” of GAFE because of its flexibility and power. With this additional power comes a bit more complexity, so you have to pick your poison. I still think it’s easier to run than a standard office photocopier, and that teachers are quite intelligent.
What does Doctopus do that Classroom doesn’t? - It gives you full visibility and editing rights on student Docs (Classroom only gives the teacher ownership when the assignment is “turned in”).
- Full access to the student class folders (Classroom doesn’t give you this), which means the ability to see a “slice” of work in Drive in a portfolio like view.
- Project group mode allows you to cluster kids and pre-share them on starter docs. Classroom doesn’t do this.
- Goobric allows for rich, rubric-based grading right in the browser, with feedback instantly emailed to students, pasted to Doc. Classroom limits you to simple letter or numeric grades.
- Doctopus allows for co-teachers to share grading and visibility on student work, and to use shared rosters.
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