---
title: About GitHub Classroom
shortTitle: About GitHub Classroom 
intro: '{% data variables.product.prodname_classroom %} is a space where teachers, organizations or school administrators can create assignments, collaborate with teaching assistants, and invite students in a single course.'
product: 'Education'
type: overview
topics: 
  - Fundamentals
versions:
  fpt: '*'
redirect_from:
  - /education/manage-coursework-with-github-classroom/about-github-classroom
   
---


## About {% data variables.product.prodname_classroom %}

{% data variables.product.prodname_classroom %} is an all-in-one platform that makes it easier for teachers and school administrators to manage students' course-works, assignments and code submissions. With {% data variables.product.prodname_classroom %}, you can create group assignments and assign your students to teams, which makes it easier for your students to collaborate and for you and for you to grade them.

With {% data variables.product.prodname_classroom %}, you can create template repositories with boilerplate code, documentation and other resources to serve as starter code for your students  on an assignment. For more information, see "[AUTOTITLE](/education/manage-coursework-with-github-classroom/teach-with-github-classroom/create-an-assignment-from-a-template-repository)."

You can also configure workflows, so that on each push of code to a pull request, your students' submissions are autograded. To learn more about autograding in GitHub Classroom, see "[AUTOTITLE](/education/manage-coursework-with-github-classroom/teach-with-github-classroom/use-autograding)."

{% data variables.product.prodname_classroom %} lets you enable pull request for feedback. This creates a special pull request titled **Feedback** in the assignment repository for each student or team. For more information, see "[AUTOTITLE](/education/manage-coursework-with-github-classroom/teach-with-github-classroom/leave-feedback-with-pull-requests)."

You can optionally connect a learning management system (LMS) with {% data variables.product.prodname_classroom %}. For more information, see "[AUTOTITLE](/education/manage-coursework-with-github-classroom/teach-with-github-classroom/connect-a-learning-management-system-course-to-a-classroom)."


## GitHub Classroom Features 

### Integrated Development Environment (IDE)

{% data variables.product.prodname_classroom %} allows you to integrate a classroom with an IDE. Students can choose to either makes changes online or offline. For more information, see "[AUTOTITLE](/education/manage-coursework-with-github-classroom/integrate-github-classroom-with-an-ide)."

### Autograding

{% data variables.product.prodname_classroom %} allows you to configure workflows to automatically grade students on submission of a pull-request. For more information, see "[AUTOTITLE](/education/manage-coursework-with-github-classroom/teach-with-github-classroom/use-autograding)."

## Feedbacks

{% data variables.product.prodname_classroom %} lets you create special feedback pull request to leave feedback on your students' submissions. For more information, see "[AUTOTITLE](education/manage-coursework-with-github-classroom/teach-with-github-classroom/leave-feedback-with-pull-requests)."

To learn more about the various {% data variables.product.prodname_classroom %} features, see "[AUTOTITLE](/education/manage-coursework-with-github-classroom/get-started-with-github-classroom/glossary)."


## Further reading 

- “[AUTOTITLE](https://docs.github.com/en/education/manage-coursework-with-github-classroom/get-started-with-github-classroom/basics-of-setting-up-github-classroom)”
- "[AUTOTITLE](/education/manage-coursework-with-github-classroom/get-started-with-github-classroom/glossary)"