Ways to Assign Work

Viewing Assignments

Viewing Assignments Establishing due dates helps students anticipate which assignments are approaching soon. Teachers and students see upcoming assignments from all classes in their Classwork section of Classroom. Teachers can see additional details about the assignment, click on the assignment and then "view assignment" for all the details, including individual student work. Students see the Classwork tab and can see all their work under View Your Work. Then students can either start working on an assignment or submit their completed work.

Create an Assignment in Classroom

: Create an Assignment in Classroom In Classroom, go to Classwork. Click on the Create button to create an Assignment. You will be prompted to add a title and an optional description. Choose the class(es) you wish to add the assignment to (That's right, if you teach a class multiple times, you just need only assign it once). Finally, set a date and time that the assignment must be turned in. Click the Assign button and your assignment will be created. You can even save a draft of an assignment or schedule a future date on which it will be assigned, allowing you to prepare for the week ahead without sending your students an assignment on a Sunday! When posting to multiple classes you must post so all students see the assignment. If posting to the whole class does not meet your instructional needs, consider a different option. For example, you create and post an assignment in one class and want to use similar resources in another class. Navigate to the other class where students will need to learn similar material. Instead of creating the same assignment from scratch, click "Reuse post" but this time add additional resources, change the due date, or select the specific students that would benefit from the assignment. Not only does this workflow support individual students learning needs but can save you time and energy. In the GCA Practice Classroom, try creating an assignment telling your class to, "Read chapter 5 of the World History textbook and answer questions 1-4 See here for more detail: https://support.google.com/edu/classroom/answer/6020265

Add Links, Videos, and Files to Classroom Assignments

Add Links, Videos, and Files to Classroom Assignments Google Classroom assignments enhance the way students experience work. By adding media, interactives, rubrics, and personalized documents, students can start each assignment with a better understanding of what you want them to accomplish. To do that, click on the appropriate icon and choose your file, YouTube video or link. You can add one or more elements in a single assignment. For example, instead of only reading chapter 5 of the World History textbook, instruct your students to watch an embedded YouTube video and read an online article. Then have them answer questions on a Google Form to check for understanding. All resources and instructions are included in one assignment post in Classroom. See here for more detail: https://support.google.com/edu/classroom/answer/6020265

Add Drive Files to Classroom Assignments

If you have a document in Drive that you want your students to access, you can add it to an assignment by clicking on the Drive icon when you create the assignment. If you're simply sharing reading material, set the permissions to Students can view the file. If you want your students to work together on a single document, select Students can edit file. Finally, if you have a worksheet, questionnaire or take-home quiz select Make a copy for each student. With this, each student gets their own copy of the doc to work on. Open the assignment we created in the previous steps. What steps could we take so that instead of answering the textbook questions, our students can answer a questionnaire from your Drive? See here for more detail: https://support.google.com/edu/classroom/answer/6020265

Make View-Only Documents for Students to Copy

If you have a worksheet you want your students to access, you can share a file with view-only permissions and have them create a copy. This way, students cannot alter the original document, but each student can make changes to their copy, and can later turn in their work. A quick way of creating copies is to share a URL with, "copy," at the end instead of, "edit." For example, use, https://docs.google.com/document/d/1xTOYv/copy; instead of https://docs.google.com/document/d/1xTOYv/edit. See here for more detail.

Share a Resource Folder in Drive

If, when assigning work, you want to share a number of readings or other resource materials with your students, the best way to do it is to share a folder and not individual files. Create a folder and share it with your students as view-only so they cannot modify the original document. Every file within that folder will inherit the folder sharing permissions, meaning you don't have to share file by file. Point them to the shared Drive folder by sharing the URL, or asking them to view the Shared with Me (https://support.google.com/drive/answer/2375057) section in their Drive app. See here for more detail: https://support.google.com/drive/answer/2494822