Creating Assignments

In the Classwork tab, you will create assignments and post questions for your students.

Click on the Create button to start making an assignment. There are a number of different types of assignments you can make:

• Assignment: Any classroom you need to share with students, and assignments you need them to turn in.
• Quiz Assignment: A Google Forms quiz.
• Question: Ask a short answer or multiple choice question.
• Material: Post resource materials, such as class rules, syllabus, etc.
• Reuse post: Prevents you from starting from scratch by selecting a post that you have already created and changing the information, if needed.
• Topic: Create topics so that the posts are sectioned accordingly.

When creating an assignment, quiz assignment, or question, first name the assignment, then enter its instructions. You can add attachments, such as a Google Drive document, a link to a website, a file from your computer, or a YouTube video, by clicking the "Add" button. (For more information on adding attachments, see the attached in-depth PDF.) You can also make a new Google Doc, Slide, Sheet, Drawing, or Form by clicking the "Create" button, and this document will be attached to the assignment. 

On the right side of the screen, if you have multiple classes, you can choose which classes to post the assignment to. This is useful if you have multiple sections of the same class. You can choose which students will see the assignment (all of them, or individual students). You can enter the number of points the assignment is worth, the due date, and the assignment's topic. For regular and quiz assignments, you can attach a rubric and automatically check for plagiarism. Quiz assignments will automatically attach a blank Google Form quiz that you can create. If you have already made the quiz, you can attach it to a regular assignment instead.

When creating a question, you can set the question as a short answer or multiple choice question. For short answers, you can choose whether students can reply to each other, and whether they can edit their answer after submitting.

When you have finished making the assignment, click on the "Assign" or "Ask" button on the top right, or click on the arrow to the right of the button to schedule the assignment for a certain time, save it as a draft, or discard the assignment.

Editing an Assignment

To edit an assignment, simply click on the three dots icon to the right of the assignment in the Classroom tab, then choose "Edit".

Organizing Assignments

Here are some ways to organize assignments by topic:

• Organize by Units or Modules - Create topics for each unit and put all of the assignments for that particular unit under that topic 
• Organize by Week - Create a new topic each week and name it “Week 1” or “Week of September 9-13” 
• Organize by type of assignment - ex. “Daily Work,” “Bellringers,” “Projects,” “Quizzes,” “Videos,” etc. 
• Create a “Resources” Topic - Post your Class Rules, Syllabi, Website Link, Textbook Link, Frequently Used Sites, etc.