Post to the class stream

This article is for students. Teachers go here.

If your teacher allows it, you can communicate with your class in the class stream in the following ways:

• Announcement—Information or a question that you add to the class stream.

  Example: When do we visit the museum?

• Comment—A response to a post or comment.

  Example: We go next Friday. 

• Reply—A response to a comment that mentions the person who made the comment.

  Example: +commenter’s name Thanks!

If you don't want to post in the class stream, you can send a private comment to your teacher on an assignment or question.

Note: If your teacher mutes you, you can’t post, comment, or reply to comments. Only teachers can unmute a student.

Create an announcement

1. Tap Classroom .
2. Tap the class.
3. On the Stream page, tap Announce something to your class.

   Note: If you don’t see "Announce something to your class," a teacher turned off permissions to post.

4. Enter your message and tap Post .

Add an image, file, video, or link to your announcement

You can attach items to your post, such as images, files, Google Drive items, YouTube videos, or links.

1. Tap Classroom .
2. Tap the class.
3. On the Stream page, tap Announce something to your class. If you don’t see Announce something to your class, a teacher turned off permissions to post.
4. Tap Attach choose and option:

   Attachment type	Directions
   Drive	Tap Drive . Tap the item.
   Link	Tap Link . Enter the URLtap Add.
   Attach a photo	Tap Pick photo . Tap the photo.
   Take a photo	Tap Use camera . Take the phototap Use photo.

   • Tip: When images and gifs are attached, a large version of the first one attached appears on your post as a display image.
   • To edit a display image:

     1. Attach the images.
     2. On the right of the image thumbnail, tap the Menu   Set as display image .

   • To remove a display image:

     1. Select the Menu  Remove as display image .
     2. Tap Save.

5. Add a message to the announcement. You can’t post an attachment without a message.
6. Tap Post .

   Note: 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 your announcement and saves the copy to the class Drive folder.

Format announcements

Bold, italicize & underline text

1. Tap Classroom the class.
2. On the “Stream” page, tap Announce something to your class, enter your announcement.
3. Select the text that you want to bold, italicize, or underline.
4. In the menu, tap Bold , Italic , or Underline to format the selected text.
5. Tap Post .

Create a bulleted list

1. Tap Classroom tap the class.
2. On the “Stream” page, tap Announce something to your class.
3. Enter a dash before the text for a list item. For example: Enter “- Text for a list item.”
   Important: Bullets look like a dash until you post the announcement.
4. Enter text.
5. Tap Post .

Delete an announcement

You can only delete your own posts. 

If you delete one of your announcements, all the comments associated with it are also deleted. You can't undo this action. However, your teacher can see all deleted announcements.

1. Tap Classroom .
2. Tap the class.
3. On the post, tap More  Delete.
4. Tap Delete to confirm.

Add a comment to an announcement

Comments are text only. You can’t add pictures, links, or videos. A teacher can delete comments.

1. Tap Classroom .
2. Tap the class.
3. On the post and tap Add class commentAdd class comment.
4. Enter your comment and tap Post .

Reply to a comment

This feature is only available in the computer version of Classroom. To see the instructions, click Computer.

Delete a comment

You can only delete your own comments. 

1. Tap Classroom .
2. Tap the class.
3. Find the post with your comment and tap # class comment.
4. Tap the commentDelete.
5. Tap Delete to confirm.

Send a private comment to your teacher

From an assignment or question, you can send a private comment to a teacher. All teachers in the course can view and reply to private comments. When you open an assignment or question, you can view all responses your teacher makes. All teachers can view private comments even after they have been deleted.

1. Tap Classroom .
2. Tap the class.
3. On the Stream page, tap the question or assignment.
4. At the bottom, tap Add private comment.
5. Tap Add private comment.
6. Enter your comment and tap Post .

Related resources

• Turn in an assignment
• Answer a question