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assignments and conduct quiz for students. According to Iftakhar (2016), Google
classroom allowed teachers to spend more time with their students and less time on
paperwork. He added that Google Classroom could help students to better organize
their files because all their work could be stored paperless in a single program. In
other words, Google Classroom provides benefits through its features and functions.

Maka (2018) studied the capabilities of Google Classroom as a teaching and
learning tool and found that Google Classroom was able to improve students’
accessibility and attentiveness towards learning, gaining knowledge and skills. He
added that students became active learners. This was because learners were able to
ask questions, send remarks, submit assignments and post back on Google
Classroom at any time and any place. This means that teachers, instructors and
students can access and use Google Classroom anywhere they want as long as the
area has network coverage. Apart from that, Google Classroom can be accessed
through mobile devices besides laptop or personal computer. So, Google Classroom
can be considered as a flexible digital platform in conducting online learning. Janzen
(2014) stated that Google classroom was designed to save time. He added that
Google classroom could be integrated and automated with other Google apps
including docs, slides, and spreadsheets. The process of administering document
distribution, grading, formative assessment and giving feedback is simplified and
streamlined.

Another research was conducted by Almio Susetyo Harjanto (2019 on teacher’s
perception towards Google Classroom. According to Almio Susetyo Harjanto (2019),
teachers were able to promote collaborative learning effectively, minimize problem or
issues, organize students’ documents and save time through the use of Google
Classroom. Izwan Nizal Mohd Shaharanee, Jastini Mohd Jamil and Sarah Syamimi
Mohamad Rodzi, (2016) agreed and noted that Google Classroom was an effective
active learning tools and found that students were satisfied. However, online teachers
or instructors should be given training in terms of methods and designing of
educational programs or course resources so that it allowed students to succeed in
the online learning (Izwan Nizal Mohd Shaharanee, Jastini Mohd Jamil and Sarah
Syamimi Mohamad Rodzi, 2016). In this way, teachers or lecturers are able to interact
and communicate with their students effectively, contribute ideas, activities and topics
in a well-planned manner which will allow students to understand the content of the
course or topic much better and also allow students to think critically and creatively.

RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

This study was designed to identify students’ experience using Google Classroom. It
was conducted as a descriptive quantitative method based on the aims and needs of
the study. Creswell (2009) stated that quantitative study is an approach for testing
objective theories by examining the relationship among variables. It means that
quantitative study use the data in the form of numbers and statistics analysis. In this