Share and preview classwork and class templates

This article is for teachers.

Supported edition: Education Plus

You can share classwork from classes in Google Classroom with other teachers in your organisation, without the need to add them as a co-teacher. When teachers preview your shared class, they can:

• Select which materials they want to use
• Import materials to an existing class

If you're a:

• Local curriculum lead: You can create class templates with standardised or high-quality curricula. Then, you can share and distribute the class with teachers in your department so that they can import classwork to their own class.
• Teacher: You can share your classes with other teachers that you collaborate with. When they preview your class, student information, like assignment submissions, comments and marks are hidden.

To share classwork, you must have a Google Workspace for Education Plus licence assigned to you. Learn more about Google Workspace for Education editions.

To preview shared classes and import classwork, you must be a verified teacher. Learn how to be a verified teacher.

Share your classwork through a link

You can find the 'Share classwork' button in your class on the Classwork page. You can only share classwork if you:

• Have a Google Workspace for Education Plus licence assigned to you
• Are a teacher or co-teacher in the class

1. Go to Google Classroom.
2. Click the class that you want to share.
3. Click Classwork.
4. At the top right, click Share classwork.
   • You'll find a prompt to share your Classwork page.
   • By default, this feature is off. To use this feature, turn on Allow teachers to access via link.
5. Click Copy.
   • The link to your class is copied to your clipboard.
6. Optional: If you want to preview the shared Classwork page, click Preview link. This opens a new tab where you can find a preview of the shared class.

What's visible in your shared class?

What's visible to teachers that you've shared with	What's not visible to teachers that you've shared with
Classwork tab	Stream, People and Marks tabs
Classwork items that are assigned, whether to the entire class or individual students	Classwork items that are in 'draft' or 'scheduled'
The primary teacher and section	The class Calendar, Drive folder and Meet links
General info about a Classwork item like its description, rubric and posted and due dates	Student submissions comments
Most Classwork item attachments and add-ons	Drive item attachments that were assigned with the 'students can edit' setting

Tips:

• When this feature is on, only verified teachers with the link can access it.
• With class sharing, teachers get their own copies of your classwork and attachments and cannot make modifications to yours.
• If you update your class when this feature is turned on, teachers with the link can find the live up-to-date classwork in your class.
• You can only share your class with the generated link. The web address to your class won't work.
• You can share the link to your class in multiple ways, such as:
  • In an email or chat message to a teacher or to a group of teachers in your organisation, like the year 8 maths department.
  • A department website or spreadsheet that hosts links to class templates or class materials
  • A curriculum map
  • A master class in Classroom that hosts links to class templates

You can only open a link to a shared class if you're:

• A verified teacher (member of the Classroom teachers group). Learn how to be a verified teacher.
• In the same organisation as the teacher who shared the class.

Preview your own class

You can preview your own class to find what other teachers can preview.

1. Go to Google Classroom.
2. Click the class that you want to preview.
3. Click Classwork.
4. At the top right, click Share classwork. You'll find a prompt to share your Classwork page.
   • By default, this feature is off. To use this feature, turn on Allow teachers to access via link.
5. Click Preview link. The preview opens in a new tab.
6. To return to your class, close the tab.

Tips:

• You can't export items from your own class in the preview.
• You can view the class as previewers do. Certain things, like draft classwork and comments, are hidden in this view.

Related resources

• Preview and export class templates and classwork
• Create a class
• Join or leave a class as a co-teacher
• Visit a class as an education leader or staff
• Learn what happens when someone visits your class