Create an assignment

Use Assignments to create, collect, and give feedback on assignments in a learning management system (LMS).

Before you begin

To use Assignments, you need an LMS and a Google Workspace for Education account. The account usually looks like [e-mail]. If Assignments isn't installed in your LMS, ask your administrator to go to Get started with Assignments.

Create an assignment in Canvas

1. Sign in to Canvas.
2. Open the course.
3. In the sidebar, click Assignments Add Assignment.
4. Enter a name and description for your assignment.
5. (Optional) To add a point value and due date, enter the details.
   • Tips:
     • To facilitate grading, total points are imported automatically into Google Assignments.
       • When you set the points to zero, assignments are left ungraded in Google Assignments.
       • Points that use a decimal value will be rounded down in Google Assignments.
     • Due dates are imported automatically into Google Assignments if the Canvas assignment has a single due date for all students. Otherwise, the due date is left unset in Google Assignments.
     • To grade with Canvas rubric:
       1. Under “Submission Type,” click the Down arrow Online.
       2. To save your assignment, click Save or Save & Publish.
       3. To attach a rubric to the assignment, click Add .
       4. To confirm your changes and return to the rest of your assignment, click Edit.
6. Under Submission Type, click the Down arrow External Tool.
7. Click Find Google Assignments.
   • Tip: Your Canvas admin might have given Assignments a different name.
8. Choose an option:
   • If you’re signed in to your Google Workspace for Education account—Click Continue.
   • If you’re not signed in—Sign in with your Google Workspace account.
   • If you’re signed in to multiple accounts—Click Switch account sign in with your;Google Workspace for Education account.
9. If this is your first time using Assignments in this course, you must link your LMS account to your Google Account. For instructions, go to Link your account to Assignments (below).
10. (Optional) To turn on originality reports, in the assignment, next to Originality reports, click the switch On Continue.
11. (Optional) To make individual copies of a file for each student to work on, click Attach choose the file click Add.
12. Choose a grading option. To use:
    • Google’s grading interface, click Google Assignments.
      • Tips:
        • Files students submit are shared with the instructor.
        • To add a rubric to your assignment, click Add Create rubric. Learn how to create or reuse a rubric for an assignment.
    • SpeedGrader™, click Canvas SpeedGrader.
      • Tip: Files students submit automatically upload to SpeedGrader™.
13. Click Create.
14. In Canvas, click Select Save∨Save Publish.

    Tip: Students can't see an assignment until you publish it.

Copy an assignment to another course in Canvas

1. Sign in to Canvas.
2. Open the course.
3. In the sidebar, click Assignments.
4. Next to the assignment, click More Copy To.
5. Under Select a Course, enter the name of the course click the course.
6. (Optional) To copy the assignment to a specific module, under Select a module (optional), enter the name of the module click the module.
7. Click Copy.

Tip: If the LMS course is copied, any links to assignments will point to a new copy of the assignment. A copy will also be created for any Drive files associated with the assignment.

Use SpeedGrader with Google Drive files

If you create an assignment in Canvas, you can use SpeedGrader to grade students' Drive files. But you won’t be able to use the features included in Assignments. For details, go to The workflow when you grade in Canvas Speedgrader™.

Create an assignment in PowerSchool Schoology Learning

1. On your browser, sign in to PowerSchool Schoology Learning.
2. Open the course.
3. In the "Materials" section, click Add Materials Add Assignment.
   • A "Create Assignment" pop-up window shows.
4. In the pop-up, fill out the assignment fields:
   • Name
   • Description
   • Due date
   • Category
   • Period
5. In the "Format Options," click Google Assignments.
   • If you’re signed in to your Google Workspace for Education account: Click Continue.
   • If you’re not signed in: Sign in with your Google Workspace account.
   • If you’re signed in to multiple accounts:
     1. Click Switch account.
     2. Sign in with your Google Workspace for Education account.
   • If this is your first time to use Assignments in this course: Link your LMS account to your Google Account. Learn how to link your account to Assignments.
6. In "Create a Google assignment," you can:
   • Turn Check plagiarism (originality) on or off.
   • Attach or create files. Learn how to attach files in Assignments with PowerSchool Schoology Learning.
   • Grade the assignment. To do so, select Google Assignments or Schoology Learning.
     • The option you select becomes default the next time you create an assignment.
7. Click Create Create.
   • After you create it, the PowerSchool Schoology Learning assignment shows in your list of course materials.

Use PowerSchool Schoology Learning with Google Drive files

If you create an assignment, you can use PowerSchool Schoology Learning to grade students' Drive files. You can also use the features included in Assignments. For details, go to Use SpeedGrader with Google Drive files in PowerSchool Schoology Learning.

Link your account to Assignments

The first time you use Assignments in a course, you need to link your Google Workspace for Education account. When you do, Assignments creates a folder in Google Drive for student assignments and automatically sends grades to the LMS. Students can't submit classwork until you link your account. After you select Google Assignments as an external tool, choose an option based on whether you're:

• Signed in to a Google Workspace for Education account—Click Link Link to confirm.
• Not signed in—Click Sign in. Then, sign in to your Google Workspace for Education account click Link.
• Signed in to multiple accounts—Click Switch Account. Then, sign in to your Google Workspace for Education account click Link.

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