Google classroom gives you the ability
to create and assign work for your
students all without having to print
anything questions essays quizzes and
more can all be posted online and made
easily available to your class to get
started navigate to the class work tab
from here you can create new assignments
and also view all of your current and
past assignments to create an assignment
click the Create button
you'll find assignment at the top of the
list but there are other options as well
you can create a quiz ask your students
a standalone question or just post
supplemental materials like readings or
visuals you can even reuse a post that
you have created in the past in this
example we're going to click assignment
this will bring up the assignment form
where you can enter all the necessary
info for students to complete their work
let's take a look first you'll want to
add a title for your assignment if you'd
like to include instructions you can
enter them into the box here if you
click the Add button you can attach
files from Google Drive links to other
content on the web files from your
computer and even YouTube videos if you
click the button that says create you
can create a new Google Drive file from
scratch let's look at the options on the
right hand side using this menu you can
choose who to send the assignment to you
can leave it set to all students or use
the checkboxes to make different
selections here you can set how many
points the assignment is worth by typing
the number in the forum you can also
click the drop down arrow and choose
ungraded if you don't want the
assignment to be a graded one as we
mentioned in our getting started video
you can set up a grading system in your
classes settings if you've chosen waited
by category there's an additional step
for you in the assignment forum you'll
need to select a grade category for the
assignment or your students averages
won't be calculated correctly if you're
not using weighted grading don't worry
you won't see this menu at all to set a
due date
the assignment open the menu here and
then click this menu to access the
calendar you even have the option of
setting a time if you want using the
topic feature you can sort and organize
your assignments into custom topics from
here you can either create a new one or
choose an existing one from the list if
you'd like you can add a rubric to the
assignment and then use it later during
grading this menu makes it easy to
create one from scratch reuse one from
another assignment or import one from a
spreadsheet once you're happy with your
assignment you can send it using the
button here you can also use the drop
down menu to schedule the assignment for
later or save a draft if you're not
quite finished
once you click assign you'll be asked to
confirm and then your students will
receive an email letting them know that
they have a new assignment Google
classroom takes all of your assignments
and automatically adds them to your
Google Calendar you can click the Google
Calendar button to get an overall view
of your classrooms timeline when
creating an assignment there may be
times when you want to attach a file
from Google Docs these can be helpful
for giving instructions study guides and
other class materials when you use this
type of file it's important to choose
the right settings for the way you want
your students to interact with it you
can do that using the menu here let's
look at what each option means students
can view file use this option if the
file is something you want your students
to view but not be able to make changes
to students can edit file this option
can be helpful if you're attaching
something you want your students to work
on together or fill out collectively
make a copy for each student if you're
sending a worksheet or document that you
want each student to complete
individually this option will create a
separate copy of the same file for every
student on the class work tab you can
easily create topics to group your class
materials to create a topic click the
create button then choose topic from the
menu topics can be helpful in lots of
different situations for instance
you can use them to organize your
content into the various units that you
teach you could also use them to
separate your content by type splitting
it into homework classwork readings and
other topic areas now you know how to
create assignments quizzes and other
materials all in Google classroom to
learn more check out our video on
grading assignments
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