Google's Gemini missed the top 100 tools on American campuses.
Instructure examined which tools 19.5 million American college users actually opened inside Canvas courses. Gemini led all dedicated AI tools with 87,788 users at 211 institutions, outside the top 100. McGraw Hill, the leader, reached 11.4 million users over the same eight months.
Why it mattersYour university may pay for AI that never reaches your actual classroom. Surveys measure what students do alone, not what teaching has absorbed.
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