When a teacher wishes to alter their Classroom name, the only place to do this is G+. G+ (Google Plus) is an app that can be launched via the Google Apps Options icon (1) whilst in Google-based apps. Look for the G+ button, and click on it.
To change your profile name, contact your Google Workspace administrator. You can display a profile photo next to your name in Classroom. If you teach in a school, your Google Workspace for Education profile picture is your Classroom profile photo. Once you add a profile photo, you can’t remove it—you can only replace it with a different photo.
To clarify, Google Classroom names, called display names, are set by your organization’s Google Administrator- the person who sets up and provisions student accounts. If you would like to change the way display names are set up on your domain, you’ll need to contact your organization’s Google Admin- usually someone in the IT office.
Sign in to your Google Account. Under “Personal info,” click Name Edit. Follow the steps on the screen. Tip: Find out where your name shows up. If you changed your name, but the old name still shows up, clear your cache and cookies.
Why can’t I have a Google Classroom name as a student?
Many schools limit this for students for privacy reasons, naturally. Google Classroom draws the name information from your G+ account, which was originally drawn from your original account creation by the Google domain admin.
A inquiry we ran across in our research was “Where does Google Classroom get its name from?”.
Google Classroom draws the name information from your G+ account, which was originally drawn from your original account creation by the Google domain admin. Yet, the Google Admin cannot change your G+ information automatically for its staff–this is left for the individual teacher to alter.
How do I change the name of my display names?
If you would like to change the way display names are set up on your domain, you’ll need to contact your organization’s Google Admin- usually someone in the IT office. They have full control over user display names. So unless you are the administrator, you cannot change their names directly.