Google Classroom

Raised as a usability problem by 11 people on Hacker News over 13 years (2014–2026), in 10 threads.

People raised many different problems with Google Classroom, but no single problem has yet been raised by 3 people in 3 different months and threads.

Unreviewed issues were grouped by machine: Claude Haiku labelled each comment as a usability complaint, named what it's about and summed up the problem in a line, and a small model grouped similar problems. Nobody has checked them by hand. Expect mistakes.

The newest 11 complaints

Teachers' notes are scattered in inconsistent tables; parents must use the kid's account2026-09-23
Clunky, slow interface on iPad that students must use for schoolwork2026-03-20
Forces allowing Google through home firewall, breaking child's grades2024-02-16
Parents can't tell which assignments are missing or which messages apply to their child2022-03-12
Inconsistent rich text, newline bugs in comments, and erratic doc attaching behaviour2021-09-19
Heavy reliance on many Google tabs makes it slow on low-RAM machines2021-02-03
Google Classroom is slow and fails to upload work in Firefox but works in Chrome2020-12-09
Requires many tabs at once, making it very slow on low-RAM netbooks2020-09-15
Very difficult for students on low-spec computers; gets slow even on Linux2020-09-15
Feels like enterprise shovelware with bad UX and inefficient workflows2020-09-08
Uploads randomly fail while reporting success or nothing, and take hours for small files2014-05-07