Create an assignment

This article is for teachers.

When you create an assignment, you can post it immediately, save a draft or schedule it to post at a later date. After students have completed and handed in their work, you can mark and return it to the students.

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Create and post assignments

Create an assignment

In classes created after April 17, 2019, posts to the Classwork page appear at the top.

When you create an assignment, you can:

• Post to one or more classes
• Post to individual students
• Add a mark category
• Add a marking period
• 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. Tap Classroom the class.
2. Tap Classwork .
3. Tap Add Assignment.
4. Enter a title and any instructions.

You can continue to edit and customise your assignment. Otherwise, if you're ready, see below to post, schedule or save your assignment.

Post to additional classes

Assignments posted to multiple classes are shared with all students in those classes.

1. Create an assignment (details above).
2. Next to the class name, tap Next .
3. Tap any additional classes Done.

Post to individual students

Unless you're posting to multiple classes, you can post an assignment to individual students. You can't post to more than 100 students at a time.

1. Follow the steps above to add material.
2. At the upper right, confirm that 'All students' isn't selected.
   • If 'All students' is selected, to deselect the option, tap All students .
3. Tap the student names that you want to post an assignment to.
4. Tap Done.

​Add a mark category

Use mark categories to organise assignments. With mark 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 Marks page.

1. Create an assignment (details above).
2. Next to Mark category, tap No category.
3. Select a category.
4. Continue creating the assignment, or tap More Save draft.

For more information, go to Add a mark category to a post.

Add a marking period

To organise assignments and marks into your school or district's marking structure, create marking periods, such as quarters or terms.

1. Create an assignment (details above).
2. Under 'Marking period', tap the down arrow .
3. From the menu, select a marking period.

Tip: Before adding a marking period to an assignment, create a marking period for the class first. Learn how to create or edit marking periods.

Change the point value

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

1. Create an assignment (details above).
2. Next to Points, tap the value.
3. Enter a new point value or tap Unmarked.
4. Tap Save.

Add a due date or time

By default, the assignment has no due date. To set a due date:

1. Create an assignment (details above).
2. Tap Due date select a date.
3. Tap OK.
4. Optional: To add a time, tap Time select a time tap OK.

Tip: Work is marked as 'Missing' or 'Handed in late' as soon as the due date and time arrive.

Add a topic

1. Create an assignment (details above).
2. At the top, tap More Edit Topic .
3. Choose an option:
   • To create a topic, tap New topic, then enter a topic name.
   • To select a topic in the list, tap the topic name.
4. To confirm, tap Done.

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

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

Add attachments

You can:

• Upload and attach any file type, such as:
  • Google Drive files
  • YouTube videos
  • Links to your assignment
    • On a computer, in an assignment, you can add interactive questions to YouTube attachments. Learn how to add interactive questions to YouTube video attachments.
• Upload photos from a camera roll or with the scan option.

Google Drive items are:

• View-only for students
• Editable by co-teachers

To change these sharing options, go to Stop, limit or change sharing.

1. Create an assignment (details above).
2. Tap Attach choose an option:

   Attachment type	Directions
   Drive	Tap Add from Drive the item that you want to add Select.
   Link	Tap Link . Enter the URL. Tap Create.
   File	Tap Upload the file that you want to upload.
   Take photo	Tap Take photo . Take your photo and tap Done .
   Record video	Tap Record video Record video . Record your video and tap Done .
   New PDF	Tap New PDF . Optional: To write notes or draw images on the PDF, go to Write notes on your work. Tap Save .

3. If you see a message that you don't have permission to attach a file, tap Copy. Classroom makes a copy of the file to attach to the assignment and saves the copy to the class Drive folder.
4. Next to the attachment, tap the down arrow .
5. Choose an option for how students interact with the attachment:
   • 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 Google Docs, Sheets or Slides file with their name added to the document title. You and the student can edit the document. When students hand in the assignment, they can't edit the document until you return it to them.
     • This option is only available before you post an assignment.
6. Optional: To delete an attachment, next to the attachment, tap Remove .

Attach Drive files with earlier versions of Android

To check which version of Android your device uses, go to Check your Android version.

Android version	Instructions
Android 4.4 KitKat	Tap File select a file to attach. Tip: You won't see the Drive icon .
Android 4.1–4.3 Jelly Bean	When you tap the Drive icon , you'll be asked to update your device. For instructions, go to Update your Android version. The update might not work on some older devices, but you can choose another option: Copy the file link from your mobile browser tap Add link to attach it. Use a computer rather than a mobile device.

Add a rubric

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

Turn on originality reports

For instructions, go to Turn on originality reports.

Post, schedule or save a draft assignment

You can post an assignment immediately or schedule it to be posted later. If you don't know when you want to post it, you can save it as a draft.

To see scheduled and drafted assignments, tap Classwork .

Post an assignment

1. Create an assignment (details above).
2. To post the assignment immediately, tap Assign .

Schedule an assignment to be posted later

Scheduled assignments might be delayed up to 5 minutes after the post time.

1. Create an assignment (details above).
   Tip: You can only schedule assignments for a single class.
2. Tap More Schedule .
3. At Schedule for date, tap the date, select a date and tap OK.
4. At Schedule for time, tap the time, select a time and tap OK.
5. Tap Schedule. The assignment will automatically post at the scheduled date and time.
6. To schedule the assignment in another class, schedule it first for one class and then reuse the post for the other class.

Save an assignment as a draft

1. Create an assignment (details above).
2. Tap More Save draft .

Tip: You can open and edit draft assignments on the Classwork page.

Edit an assignment

Edits affect individual classes. For multi-class assignments, make edits in each class.

Tip: If you change an assignment's name, the assignment's Drive folder name isn't updated. Go to Drive and rename the folder.

Edit a posted assignment

1. On the Classwork page, next to the assignment, tap More Edit.
2. Enter your changes and tap Save.

Edit a scheduled assignment

1. On the Classwork page, next to the assignment, tap More Edit.
2. Enter your changes and tap Schedule.

Edit a draft assignment

1. On the Classwork page, next to the assignment, tap More Edit.
2. Tap the assignment and enter your changes.
   Changes are automatically saved.
3. Choose an option:
   • Assign it immediately (details above).
   • Schedule it to post at a specific date and time (details above).
   • To keep it as a draft and return to the Classwork page, at the top, tap Close Save.

Add a class comment to the assignment

1. Tap Classroom the class.
2. At the bottom, tap Classwork the assignment.
3. At the top, tap Instructions.
4. Tap Add class comment.
5. Enter your comment.
6. Tap Post .

Reuse an assignment

To reuse an assignment, see Reuse a post.

Delete an assignment

You can only delete an assignment on the Classwork page.

If you delete an assignment, all of the marks and comments related to the assignment are deleted. However, any attachments or files created by you or the students are still available in Drive.

Warning! There's no way to undo deleting an assignment.

1. Tap Classroom the class.
2. Tap Classwork .
3. Next to the assignment, tap More Delete .
4. To confirm, tap Delete.

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