Create an assignment

When you create an assignment, you can:

• Post to one or more classes
• Post to individual students
• Add a grade category
• Change the point value
• Add a due date or time
• Add a topic
• Add attachments
• Add a rubric
• Turn on originality reports

Create an assignment

1. Go to classroom.google.com and click Sign In.

   Sign in with your Google Account. For example, you@yourschool.edu or you@gmail.com. Learn more.

2. Click the class  Classwork. 
3. At the top, click Create  Assignment.
   
4. Enter the title and any instructions.
    

Post to one or more classes

Post to individual students

By default, an assignment posts to all students in the class. You can post an assignment to individual students. However, you can’t post to individual students if more than one class is included. And, you can’t post to more than 100 individual students at a time.

1. Next to All students, click the Down arrow  All students to deselect it.
   
2. Select the students you want to post the assignment to.

Add a grade category

For organization, you can add grade categories to assignments. With grade categories, you and your students can see the category an assignment belongs to, such as Homework or Essays. Teachers also see the categories on the Grades page.

Under Grade category, click the Down arrow   select a category from the menu.
For more information on grade categories, go to Add a grade category to posts or Set up grading.

Change the point value

You can change the point value of an assignment or make the assignment ungraded. By default, assignments are set at 100 points.

1. Under Points, click the value.
   
2. Enter a new point value or select Ungraded.

   Note: When students complete an ungraded assignment, they tap Turn in or, if no files get turned in, Mark as done. If a student doesn't tap Turn in or Mark as done before the due date, the assignment is marked Missing. If there's no due date, it's marked Assigned.

Add a due date or time

By default, an assignment has no due date. To change this:

1. Under Due, click the Down arrow .
2. Next to No due date, click the Down arrow .
   
3. Click a date on the calendar.
4. (Optional) To set a due time, click Timeenter a time and specify AM or PM.
   Note: Work is marked Missing or Turned in late as soon as the date or time due arrives. For example, for work to be on time at 9:00 AM, set the time due to 9:01 AM. For instructions to check work status, go to View student assignments.

Add a topic

1. Under Topic, click the Down arrow .
   
2. Choose an option:
   • To create a topic, click Create topic and enter a topic name.
   • To select a topic in the list, click it.

Note: You can only add one topic to an assignment.

Learn more about how to add topics to the Classwork page.

Add attachments

You can add attachments to your assignment, such as files from your computer, Google Drive files, YouTube videos, or links.

Attachment type	Directions
File	Click Attach. Select the file  Upload.
Drive	Click Drive . Select the item and click Add. If you attach a Google Forms quiz and there’s no other attachment with the assignment, grades can be imported directly to the Student Work page.
YouTube	To search for a video to attach: Click YouTube . Enter keywords and click Search . Click the video  Add. To attach a video link by URL: Click YouTube   URL. Enter the URL and click Add.
Link	Click Link . Enter the URL and click Add Link.

To delete an attachment, next to it, click Remove .

To decide how students interact with an attachment, next to the attachment, click the Down arrow  and choose an option:

• Students can view file—All students can read the file, but not edit it.
• Students can edit file—All students share the same file and can make changes to it.
• Make a copy for each student—Students get their own copy of the file with their name added to the document title. For Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides files, both you and the student can edit the document. When students turn in the assignment, they can’t edit the document until you return it to them.

Note: If you see a message that you don’t have permission to attach a file, click Copy. Classroom makes a copy to attach to the assignment and saves it to the class Drive folder.

Add a rubric

For instructions, go to Create or reuse a rubric in an assignment.

Turn on originality reports

For instructions, go to Turn on originality reports.