Students’ Obstacles in Using Google Classroom during the Covid-19 Pandemic

Google Classroom is one of the alternatives used by educators to support online learning during the Covid-19 pandemic. This study aims to find out the various obstacles that students feel about using Google Classroom in online learning during this pandemic and find out how they can overcome the problems they are experiencing. This is qualitative research, the researcher conducted semi-structured interviews to get more in-depth data. The participants are students of English Education at UIN Ar-Raniry University, Banda Aceh. They were selected with the criteria of using Google Classroom in online lectures during this pandemic. The results showed that they felt various obstacles such as unstable internet connection, lack of understanding of learning materials, decreased interest and motivation in learning, uncomfortable looking at computer screen for too long, and quite boring. However, they still feel they need to overcome these problems so that the learning objectives are not hampered. They prepare a backup internet provider in case the network becomes unstable at any time. Then, if it is difficult to understand the material, they take the initiative to ask friends, ask the lecturer on via WhatsApp or seek further understanding on Google or YouTube. In addition, they also try to create a comfortable situation in learning to be more motivated