Google Classroom Manager vs Google Tasks Manager

Google Classroom Manager

By Google Workspace

Manage classes, rosters, assignments, and announcements in Google Classroom.

Google Tasks Manager

By Google Workspace

Create, organize, and manage your Google Tasks lists and to-dos from anywhere.

Google Classroom Manager

• Creates, updates, and deletes Google Classroom courses
• Manages student and teacher rosters for classes
• Posts announcements and assigns coursework to students
• Sends and manages invitations for new class members
• Retrieves class lists and grading period settings

Google Tasks Manager

• Creates and manages multiple task lists in your Google account
• Adds, updates, and deletes individual tasks within any list
• Moves tasks between lists or reorders them within a list
• Marks tasks complete or clears all completed tasks at once
• Retrieves all your tasks or a specific task list on demand

Reach for Google Classroom Manager when…

• You're setting up multiple classes at the start of a term
• You need to bulk-add students or teachers to courses
• You want to post the same announcement across several classes
• You're managing classroom invitations and need to track who's joined

Reach for Google Tasks Manager when…

• You're organizing your day and want to quickly add tasks to Google Tasks
• You need to reorganize or clean up your task lists without opening Gmail
• You want to bulk-create tasks from meeting notes or a planning session
• You're checking off completed work and want to archive old tasks