Add materials to the Classwork page

When you add materials to the Classwork page, you can:

• Post to one or more classes
• Post to individual students
• Add a topic

Add materials

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 classClasswork.
3. At the top, click CreateMaterial.
   
4. Enter a title and a description.
   

Add attachments

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

1. Follow the steps above to add material.
2. Click Addchoose an option:

   Attachment type	Directions
   File	Click File . Select the file and click Upload.
   Google Drive	Click Google Drive . Select the item and click Add. Note: Google Drive items are view-only to students and editable by co-teachers. To change these sharing options, see Stop, limit, or change sharing.
   YouTube	Search for a video: Click YouTube . Enter keywords and click Search . Click the videoAdd. 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.

3. If you see a message that you don’t have permission to attach a file, click Copy. Classroom makes a copy of the file to attach to the material and saves it to the class Drive folder.
4. (Optional) To delete an attachment, next to it, click Remove .

Post to additional classes

Materials posted to multiple classes go to all students in those classes.

1. Follow the steps above to add material.
2. Under For, click the Down arrow select the class or classes you want to include.

   

Post to individual students

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

1. Follow the steps above to add material.
2. Next to All students, click the  Down arrow  All students to deselect it.
   
3. Click a student’s name to select them.

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

Add a topic

You can only add one topic to an item.

1. Follow the steps above to add material.
2. Next to Topic, click the Down arrow .
3. 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 add topics to the Classwork page.

You can post material immediately, or you can schedule it to post later. If you don’t want to post it yet, you can save it as a draft. To see scheduled and drafted items, click Classwork.

Post material

1. Follow the steps above to add material.
2. Click Post to immediately post the material.

Schedule the material to post later

1. Follow the steps above to add material.
2. Next to Post, click the Down arrow Schedule.
3. Next to the date, click the Down arrow  and select a date and time.
4. Click Schedule. 
   The material automatically posts at the scheduled date and time.

Save material as a draft

1. Follow the steps above to add material.
2. Next to Post, click the Down arrow Save draft.  

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

Edit posted material

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

Edit scheduled material

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

Edit draft material

1. On the Classwork page, next to the material, click More Edit.
2. Enter your changes.

   Changes are automatically saved.

3. Choose an option:
   • Post it immediately (details above).
   • Schedule it to post at a specific date and time (details above).
   • To keep it a draft and return to the Classwork page, at the top, click Close .

Reorder materials on the Classwork page

If you add a topic to an item, you can change the order of the topics and posts on the Classwork page. For details, go to Reorder posts under a topic or Reorder topics.