If you have Google Workspace for Education Plus, you already have advanced features and do not need the Teaching and Learning add-on.
You can add the Teaching and Learning add-on to Google Workspace for Education Fundamentals or Education Standard to transform learning with enhanced capabilities in Google Meet, Classroom, and more. It works seamlessly with the other productivity tools in Google Workspace for Education, such as Gmail, Google Docs, and Calendar.
You must have the Education Fundamentals edition to add the Teaching and Learning add-on.
Teaching and Learning add-on benefits
Compare where the Teaching and Learning add-on adds value to Education Fundamentals and Education Standard.
Usage, security, policies & reports
| Education Fundamentals | Education Standard | Teaching and Learning add-on | Education Plus | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Advanced data exports | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Additional pooled storage | 100 GB per user | 20 GB per user | ||
| Google Meet attendance reports | ✔ | ✔ |
Google Meet
| Education Fundamentals | Education Standard | Teaching and Learning add-on | Education Plus | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Control Slides presentations | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Record meetings & save to Drive | ✔ | ✔ | ||
| In-domain live streaming (maximum number viewers) | 10k | 100k | ||
| Noise cancellation | ✔ | ✔ | ||
| Breakout rooms | ✔ | ✔ | ||
| Polls | ✔ | ✔ | ||
| Q&A | ✔ | ✔ | ||
| Track attendance (requires 2 or more attendees) | ✔ | ✔ | ||
| Set recording quality for screen shares | ✔ | ✔ | ||
| Live translated captions | ||||
| Automatic meeting recording, transcripts, & notes | ✔ | ✔ | ||
| Live stream to YouTube | ✔ | ✔ | ||
| Waiting rooms in Meet | ✔ | ✔ |
Classroom & Assignments
| Education Fundamentals | Education Standard | Teaching and Learning add-on | Education Plus | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Originality reports for student assignments | 5 assignments per course | Unlimited | ||
| Classroom add-ons | ✔ | ✔ | ||
| Peer comparison on originality reports | ✔ | ✔ | ||
| Practice sets | ✔ | ✔ | ||
Drive and Docs editors
| Education Fundamentals | Education Standard | Teaching and Learning add-on | Education Plus | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drive for desktop | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Turn Docs creation on or off | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Connected Sheets | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Advanced Drive logs and reports (Drive log events) | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Shared drives | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Drive data loss prevention (DLP) | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Smart chip data extraction | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Organizational branding (custom templates) | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Generative AI in Docs, Sheets, & Slides* | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Proofread documents * | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Delegate access to Connected Sheets | ✔ | ✔ | ||
| Target audience groups (preset sharing options) | ✔ | ✔ | ||
| Manage Drive metadata (custom labels and fields) | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Trust rules for Drive sharing permissions | ✔ | ✔ | ||
| Client-side encryption for Drive files | ✔ | ✔ | ||
| eSignature | ✔ | ✔ | ||
| Drive inventory export | ✔ | ✔ | ||
| Manage document approvals | ✔ | ✔ | ||
| Organizational branding (default templates and themes) ** | ✔ | ✔ |
* Requires Google Workspace with Gemini add-on
Get the add-on
You can purchase any number of licenses for the Teaching and Learning add-on in the Google Admin console on a monthly, flexible billing model or through your reseller. There is no minimum purchase requirement for the add-on.
Get a trial
You can get a 60–day trial of 50 licenses for the Teaching and Learning add-on.
- If you work with a reseller, contact an authorized Google Workspace partner to set up a trial.
- If your Google Workspace account isn’t managed by a reseller, you can set up a trial in the Admin console with these steps.
Start a trial in your Admin console:
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Sign in with an administrator account to the Google Admin console.
If you aren’t using an administrator account, you can’t access the Admin console.
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Go to Menu
Billing > Buy or upgrade.
Requires having the Billing Management administrator privilege.
- Click Google Workspace for Education.
- For Teaching and Learning Add-on, click Start Free Trial
Get Started.
- Select Trial plan.
- Click Checkout
Place Order.
Your trial starts immediately and you can assign licenses to users. For details, go to Provisioning Google Workspace for Education Licenses.