Create a question

When you create a question, you can:

• Post to one or more classes
• Post to individual students
• Add a grade category
• Change the point value
• Create a multiple-choice question
• Add a due date or time
• Add a topic
• Add attachments

Create a question

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   Question.
   
4. Enter the title and any instructions.
5. For short-answer questions, students can reply to each other and edit their answer. To turn answer interactions on or off, click:
   • Students can reply to each other—If the option is On  , after they answer the question, students can see classmates' answers and comment on them. If the option is Off , students can't see each other's answers.
   • Students can edit answer—When turned on, students can edit their answer after submitting it.

Note: There is no character limit for short-answer questions.

Post to one or more classes

Next to For, click the Down arrow select the class or classes you want to include.

Note: You can’t post to individual students across multiple classes. Posts to multiple classes are shared with all students in the classes.

Post to individual students

By default, a question is posted to all students in the class. You can post a question 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 question to.

   Note You’ll see the number of students you posted to on the question in the class stream. To view the students’ names, click number students on the question.

Add a grade category

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

Next to 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. Next to Points, click the value.
   
2. Enter a new point value or select Ungraded.
3. Click Update.

Create a multiple-choice question

1. Next to Short answer, click the Down arrow Multiple choice.
   
2. Click Option 1 and enter the first answer option.
   
3. Click Add option and add as many options as you want.
4. (Optional) To delete an option, next to the option, click Remove .

5. If you don't want students to see a class summary of answers, click Turn off .

Add a due date or time

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

1. Next to 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 Time and enter a time.

Add a topic

1. Next to 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.

Learn more about how to organize your class stream.

Add attachments

You can add materials, such as Google Drive files, links, or YouTube videos to your question.

To upload a file, click Attach . Select the file and click Upload.

To attach a Google Drive file:

1. Click Drive .
2. Select the item and click Add.
   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 question and saves it to the class Drive folder.

To attach a YouTube video, click YouTube and choose an option:

• To search for a video to attach:
  1. In the search box, enter keywords and click Search .
  2. Click the video Add.
• To attach a video link:
  1. Click URL.
  2. Enter the URL and click Add.

To attach a link, click Link , enter the URL, and click Add Link.

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

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 question and saves it to the class Drive folder.

To post the question immediately, click Ask.

To schedule the question to post later:

1. Next to Ask, click the Down arrow  Schedule.
2. Next to the date, click the Down arrow  and select a date and time.
3. Click Schedule. The question will automatically post at the scheduled date and time.
   Note: To schedule the question for another class, schedule it first for one class and then reuse the question for the other class.

To save the question as a draft, next to Ask, click the Down arrow  Save draft.  

To see scheduled and draft questions, click Classwork.

Note: If a question is posted to several classes, editing it in one class doesn't change it in any other class.

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. Next to the question, click More Edit.
   
4. Choose an option:
   • For a posted question: Make your changes and click Save.
   • For a scheduled question: Make your changes and click Schedule.
   • For a draft question: Make your changes. Then, next to Ask, click the Down arrow  Save draft.

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. At the top, click Classwork  the question  View Question.
3. To add a comment to the class, at the top, click Question.
   
4. Click Add class comment, enter your comment, and click Post.

To reuse a question, see Reuse a post.

If you delete a question, all grades and comments related to the question are deleted. However, any attachments or files created by you or the students are still available in Drive.

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 your class  Classwork.
3. Next to the question, click More  Delete. Click Delete again to confirm.

Students can comment on questions you post. When you create a question, you can instruct students to leave class comments.

For both multiple-choice and short-answer questions, students can read and respond to class comments. Students can also comment privately to teachers.

On the Classwork page, students:

1. Click the question  View question.

2. (Optional) Students see the number of comments left by classmates. They click the number to read them.
   

3. Click Add class comment  enter their comment.

4. Click Post to share their comment with the class. 

 

For managing student comments, see Set student post and sharing permissions. For more commenting options, see the Post to stream page.

When you create a question, you can:

• Post to additional classes
• Post to individual students
• Add a grade category
• Create a multiple-choice question
• Add a due date or time
• Add a topic
• Add attachments

Open the question page

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.
3. At the bottom, point at Add  click Create question .
4. Enter the title and any instructions.
5. For short-answer questions, students can reply to each other and edit their answer. To turn answer interactions on or off, select:
   1. Students can reply to each other—After answering the question, the student can see their classmates' answers and comment on them. If this option is turned Off , students can't see each other's answers.
   2. Students can edit answer—Students can edit their answer after submitting it.

Note: There is no character limit for short-answer questions.

Post to additional classes

1. Next to For, click the Down arrow select the class or classes you want to include.

Note: You can’t post to individual students across multiple classes. Posts to multiple classes are shared with all students in the classes.

Post individual students

By default, a question is posted to all students in the class. You can post a question 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 question to.

   Note You’ll see the number of students you posted to on the question in the class stream.  To view the students’ names, click number students on the question.

Add a grade category

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

Next to 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.

Create a multiple-choice question

1. Next to Short answer, click the Down arrow Multiple choice.
2. Click Option 1 to enter the first answer option.
3. Click Add option to add as many options as you want.
4. (Optional) To delete an option, click Remove next to the option.

5. (Optional) If you don't want students to see a summary of answers, click Turn off .

Add a due date or time

By default, the answer has no due date. To change this:

1. Next to No due date, click the Down arrow No due date, and select a date.
2. (Optional) To set a due time, click Time and enter a time.

Add a topic

1. Next to No 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.

Learn more about how to organize your class stream.

Add attachments

You can add materials, such as Google Drive files, links, or YouTube videos to your question.

• To upload a file, click Attach . Select the file, and click Upload.
• To attach a Google Drive item, such as a document or form:
  1. Click Drive .
  2. Select the item and click Add.

  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 question and saves it to the class Drive folder.

• To attach a YouTube video, click YouTube and choose an option:
  • To search for a video to attach:
    1. At Video search, enter keywords and click Search .
    2. Click the video Add link.
  • To attach a video link:
    1. Click URL.
    2. Enter the URL and click Add.
• To attach a link, click Link , enter the URL, and click Add.
• To delete an attachment, click Remove  next to the attachment.

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 question and saves it to the class Drive folder.

• To post the question immediately, click Ask.
• To schedule the question to post later, next to Ask, click the Down arrow  Schedule.
  1. Next to the date, click the Down arrow  and select a date and time.
  2. Click Schedule. The question is automatically posted at the scheduled date and time.
     Note: To schedule the question for another class, schedule it first for 1 class and then reuse the question.
• To save the question as a draft, next to Ask, click the Down arrow  Save draft.  
• To see scheduled and draft questions, click Saved posts at the top of the class stream.

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 and choose an option:
   • For a posted question:
     1. Next to the question, click More Edit
     2. Make any other changes and click Save.
   • For a scheduled question, at the top, click Saved posts.
     1. Click the question.
     2. Make any changes.
     3. Next to Ask, click the Down arrow  Schedule.
   • For a draft question, at the top, click Saved posts.
     1. Click the question.
     2. Make any changes.
     3. Next to Ask, click the Down arrow  Save draft.

     Note: After a question is posted to several classes, editing it in 1 class doesn't change it in any other class.

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 and choose an option:
   • To delete a posted question:
     1. Next to the question, click More Delete.
     2. Click Delete again to confirm.
   • To delete a draft or scheduled question:
     1. At the top, click Saved posts.
     2. Next to the question, click Remove Delete.

Students can comment on questions you post. When you create a question, you can instruct students to leave class comments.

For multiple-choice and short-answer questions, students can read and respond to class comments. Students can also comment privately to teachers. 

1. On the Stream page, on the question, students click Add class comment.

2. (Optional) Students see the number of comments left by classmates. They click the number to read the comments.

3. Students enter their comment  click Post.

For managing student comments, see Setting student post and sharing permissions.  For more commenting options, go to Post to the Stream page.