Grading made easy with Assignments, an app for your LMS

Aug 11, 2020

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Editor’s note: On August 11, 2020 Google for Education kicked off a global back-to-school event, The Anywhere School. Check out the  full recap of product launches  and  our collection of announcements .

While educators would love to spend every second of the school day teaching students, a good portion of the day has to be devoted to administrative tasks like handing out teaching materials or grading student work. At Google, we’ve watched and listened closely as educators around the world have adapted to distance learning while carrying out the vital job of teaching, administering and engaging students. 

That’s why today we're launching Assignments, an add-on application for your school’s learning management system (LMS) , to general availability as a core service for all G Suite for Education schools. With Assignments as part of your LMS, you’ll be able to easily distribute and grade classwork—all with the collaborative powers of G Suite. And just like Classroom, Assignments comes with originality reports that allow educators and students to review classwork for potential plagiarism.

Bring the G Suite experience into your LMS

Assignments makes Google Docs and Google Drive compatible with your LMS, so it’s easier to assign, collect, and grade student work. It’s built with the latest Learning Tools Interoperability (LTI) standards for robust security and easy installation. Assignments integrates with LMSs such as Canvas, Schoology, Moodle, Brightspace, Sakai, and Blackboard, or any LMS that supports LTI 1.1 or higher. Instructions on getting started and setting up Assignments in your LMS are available in the Assignments help center.  

Save time with a simple solution to distribute and grade

With Assignments, educators can automate repetitive tasks like grading and sharing coursework. For example, teachers can automatically create and distribute personalized copies of project documents for each student to edit and submit or set up Google Drive folders for a whole class. 

Assignments also simplifies the grading process with easy-to-use tools, such as comment banks that store your most frequently used feedback, reusable rubrics to keep grading consistent, and the ability to make direct margin comments, strikethroughs or highlights. Not only do these tools help teachers save time and give feedback that helps students learn, they also help teachers stay organized in the face of disruption. With these tools, educators can plan semesters in advance and adapt previous class materials to be used again.

Assignments is compatible with any LMS that supports LTI 1.1 and higher.

Spot missed citations and possible plagiarism with enhanced originality reports

Reviewing writing projects to make sure they are original helps make sure students are thinking critically and developing authentic work. Originality reports , which are built into both Assignments and Classroom, provide educators with flags for potential plagiarism in student work and also help students quickly identify passages that may need citations. Educators and students can use originality reports without leaving Assignments, making it easier and faster to check work.

Over the coming weeks, we’re improving originality reports so that more educators and students can benefit from them. We’re increasing the number of free assignments educators can use the feature with, making reports available in new languages, and adding the ability to print, save and download reports for easy sharing. And for schools with G Suite Enterprise for Education, teachers will be able to detect potential plagiarism between students, in addition to web pages. Learn more about what’s new in originality reports in this blog post .

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We hope Assignments and originality reports will help you reduce time spent on administrative tasks so you can find more ways to connect and engage with students. If you need more information about Assignments or originality reports, watch our keynote session from The Anywhere School event .

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Using the Google Drive Assignments App

The Google Drive Assignments App enables instructors to assign Google Docs, Spreadsheets, Slideshows, and Drawings from directly within the Schoology platform. When a student opens the assigned file, an individual student copy is automatically generated so that the student can work on it and submit, and the instructor can then provide feedback and grade the assignment, all without leaving Schoology.

  • The Google Drive Assignments App does not support Google Forms.
  • Instructors should continue to use the Google Drive Assignments app if grades are being entered directly in the Schoology gradebook instead of the app.
  • Instructors that wish to use the in-app Google Assignments grading tool can use the new Google Assignments app .

How to install the Google Drive Assignments App

To use Google Drive Assignments, you or your system administrator must install the app from the Schoology App Center, accessible from the header.

If you are a system administrator installing the application for your organization, install the app for All Courses by first selecting Add to Organization , after clicking Install LTI App . You do not need a Consumer Key and Shared Secret for the Google Drive Assignments App.

If you are a Basic instructor, clicking Install LTI App will prompt a pop-up for you to select each Course you would like to install the app for. If you are an Enterprise instructor, your app permissions are determined by your system administrator.

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Clicking Add to Organization will open the Organization Apps view.

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Click Manage Installs . This will prompt a pop-up to bulk install the app.

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Check All Courses and select For All Course Members .

How to check for a Successful Installation

To check if the app has been successfully installed, or if your organization's administrators have already installed it for your organization:

  • Navigate to a Course.
  • Click Add Materials at the top of your Course Materials page.
  • Select Add Assignment.

If installed, the Google Drive Assignments App will appear in your Create Assignment screen.

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Before using the Google Drive Assignments app, ensure that third-party cookies are not being blocked on the devices and/or browsers used to access Google Drive assignments by instructors and students.

How to Create an Assignment Using the App

Instructors can add content from their Google Drive accounts directly from within a Schoology Assignment.

Create an Assignment using the Google Drive Assignments App

  • From the Courses menu at the top of the screen, select the course in which you're adding the assignment.
  • Click the Add Materials button at the top of your Course Materials page. You can also access the Add Materials button from within a folder.

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  • From the Create Assignment screen, click Google Drive Assignments to open your Google Drive.

If necessary, click Connect to approve the app and log in to your Google account.

Instructors and Students must also be logged into a Google account through their browser to work on and submit assignments using the Google Drive app.

  • Enter words or phrases in the Search pane to filter your results. Enclose phrases in single quotes (apostrophes) to search for that exact phrase. Items matching your search terms populate automatically in the results list.

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  • You can only choose one Google file per Schoology Assignment. To choose a different file, click the x in the right margin to delete the current file, then re-open the Google Drive Assignments App to select another file from your Drive.
  • Fill in the rest of the assignment and click Create to finish. Note that once you click Create , you can no longer remove the selected Google file from your assignment.

Google Permissions & the Schoology Google Drive Assignment App

Creating the assignment automatically creates a new folder structure in your Google Drive, which Schoology uses to organize student copies of the file to make it easier for you to keep your Drive organized. It is important that you do not delete or rename any of the new folders in your Drive.

Creating an assignment in Schoology does not make any changes to the permissions on the instructor's original Google Document.

The instructor has the option to select any file in their Drive account (they can use a file they own with any level of permission, or any file that has been shared with them). When each student accesses the Schoology Assignment, a unique copy of that original file is created. Each copy is shared with the instructor and the respective student and can then be edited, annotated, and graded from directly within Schoology .

A primary teacher and a co-teacher cannot both grade student work submitted via Google Drive Assignments. Since we are leveraging Google’s permission-sharing capabilities, at this time, all student copies are only shared with the teacher who created the assignment and the student who opens it. All other visitors to the course, whether co-teachers, admins, advisors, will not be able to see the submission. As a workaround, the course admin who created the assignment can share to any co-teachers and other faculty directly from Google Drive. All student copies are organized into Google Drive folders by course and assignment. This way, the primary teacher may push out all assignments to students in Schoology and share submissions directly from Google Drive via the folder with all student work to the co-teacher. The co-teacher can then view the assignments through Google Drive directly.

Google Drive Folder Hierarchy

The first time you create an assignment using the Google Drive Assignments app, a new folder called Schoology Google Drive Assignments automatically generates at the root level in your associated Google Drive. With each new assignment you create, new folders populate automatically with the following hierarchy:

  • A new folder for the course and section named CourseName: SectionName , plus a numeric identifier to ensure uniqueness, is added in the Schoology Google Drive Assignments folder.
  • A new folder with the Assignment name for its title, also appended with a numeric identifier, is added to the course/section folder.

Each time a student makes a copy of the file, it is added to the Assignment folder. The filename is the name you gave it with the student name appended to the beginning.

For example, if you created a new assignment called Grammar Review in Section 1 of an English 101 course, the folder structure would be Schoology Google Drive Assignments > English 101:Section 1 +[numeric ID] . If course member Hannah Atkins then creates a copy of the file, it is named Hannah Atkins - Grammar Review +[numeric ID] and placed in the English 101:Section 1 +[numeric ID] folder.

You and your students should not delete, edit, or rename any of the folders created via the Schoology integration.

Managing and Editing a Google Drive Assignment in Schoology

Once you click Create , the assignment will be available in the course.

Once a student clicks My Document and creates their copy of the assignment, any changes made to the original document will not be reflected in the student copy. However, students who have not yet created their own copy will see the changes once they click My Document.

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Instructor View

As an instructor, you have access to three tabs displayed at the top of the assignment. Each tab has additional controls and information.

Assignment Tab

On the Assignment tab, you can:

  • See the due date and time.
  • See the assignment Description.

Open the Google file you selected in a new tab in your browser.

This is the file that your students will use to create their own copies of the file, and any edits you make do not automatically update in previously-created copies of the file. That is, only students who create their copy after you make the edits will have versions that contain the edits. Updates to the file are not reflected for students who've already made their copies.

  • Review a rubric if one is being used to grade the assignment.
  • Use the section switcher to change the course section you're viewing if you have linked sections taking the assignment.

In Progress Tab

Click In-Progress to see a list of all students who have not yet made an assignment submission. View a student's copy of your original document before they submit by selecting their name from the list of the In Progress tab.

Monitor the progress of your students before they submit. Provide feedback directly on submissions using the native Google Drive feedback tools.

To open the student's copy of the document directly within Google Drive, click Open in the top right corner.

In Progress displays a list of both students who have clicked My Document and created their own copy of your Google file, as well as students who have not yet made their copy of the distributed file.

When you select a student’s name who has not yet clicked the My Document tab in their view of the assignment, the following message displays:

It looks like [student’s first name] has not opened this assignment yet. Once your student clicks on “My Document,” a copy of your original file will be created and the document will appear here.

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Students can edit their files while submissions are still In Progress . Once students make a submission, they can no longer edit their files (from either Schoology or Google Drive). As the instructor and owner of the file, you will always have edit access to each of your students' files.

This copy displays when you select a student from the list in your In Progress tab until the student makes a submission. Once the student submits, his or her name and document display in the Submissions tab instead.

Submissions Tab

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Submissions displays a list of students who have submitted the assignment. Select a student’s name to view his or her document.

From Submissions you may:

  • Click into the grade input field along the top of the document header to grade the submission, enter a score, or add a comment.

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  • Click Unsubmit below the student name to move the assignment back into the In Progress tab and enable the student to continue working on the assignment.

Provide feedback using native Google features, including commenting and annotation tools, as well as advanced editing tools like insert math formula and insert charts.

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Student View

The student view of the Google Submission Assignment displays the Assignment and My Document tabs.

If the student view is not displaying, ensure that third-party cookies are not being blocked on the devices and/or browsers used to access Google Drive assignments.

  • The Assignment tab displays the Assignment Description , including the due date. If you're using a rubric to grade the assignment, it also displays in this tab.

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Student Experience

Students have access to two tabs displayed at the top of their assignment: Assignment and My Document . Clicking the My Document tab will generate a copy of the original file that will then be shared between you (the instructor) and the student. This copied file will then be placed and organized in your drive.

In the Assignment tab, students can:

Students click the My Document tab in their view of the assignment to create their own copy of your original file. As the instructor, you are the owner of the document in Google, and the file is shared with your students.

When accessing Schoology via a web browser, students must be logged into their own Google Drive accounts through their browser in order to create a copy of your original file.

Submitting Assignments

Once students authorize the app and log into their Google Drive account through their browser, they can edit their file from within Schoology.

Click Submit Assignment at the top of the document to submit.

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Students may no longer edit the Google file after submitting the assignment. Instead, any edits a student makes after submitting the assignment are added as "suggestions" to the Google file. Teachers can review the suggestions to approve or deny the edits that were suggested after submitting the assignment.

However, students may click Unsubmit at any time before the due date, and before you have graded their work. This includes applying an exception code.

Unsubmitting an assignment returns it to In Progress in your view of the assignment as the Instructor. When an assignment is unsubmitted, the student re-gains edit access to the file and may continue working on the assignment.

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When you create an assignment, you can post it immediately, save a draft, or schedule it to post at a later date. After students complete and turn in their work, you can grade and return it to the students.

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Create & post assignments

When you create an assignment, you can:

  • Select one or more classes

Select individual students

Add a grade category, add a grading period, change the point value, add a due date or time, add a topic, add attachments, add a rubric.

  • Turn on originality reports

Go to classroom.google.com  and click Sign In.

Sign in with your Google Account. For example,  [email protected] or [email protected] .  Learn more .

and then

  • Enter the title and any instructions.

You can continue to edit and customize your assignment. Otherwise, if you’re ready, find below to post, schedule, or save your assignment .

Select additional classes

Assignments to multiple classes go to all students in those classes.

  • Create an assignment (details above).

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Unless you’re selecting multiple classes, you can select individual students. You can’t select more than 100 students at a time.

  • Click a student's name to select them.

Use grade categories to organize assignments. With grade categories, you and your students can find the category an assignment belongs to, such as Homework or Essays . Teachers also find the categories on the Grades page.

For more information on grade categories, go to Add a grade category to posts or Set up grading .

To organize assignments and grades into your school or district’s grading structure, create grading periods, such as quarters or semesters.

  • From the menu, select a grading period.

Tip: Before adding a grading period to an assignment, create a grading period for the class first. Learn how to create or edit grading periods .

You can change the point value of an assignment or make the assignment ungraded. By default, assignments are set at 100 points.

  • Under Points , click the value.
  • Enter a new point value or select Ungraded .

By default, an assignment has no due date. To set a due date:

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  • Click a date on the calendar.
  • To create a topic, click Create topic and enter a topic name.
  • Click a topic in the list to select it.

Note : You can only add one topic to an assignment.

Learn more about how to add topics to the Classwork page .

  • Create an assignment.

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  • Important: Google Drive files can be edited by co-teachers and are read-only to students. To change these share options, you can stop, limit, or change sharing .

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  • To add YouTube videos, an admin must turn on this option. Learn about access settings for your Google Workspace for Education account .
  • You can add interactive questions to YouTube video attachments. Learn how to add interactive questions to YouTube video attachments .

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  • Tip: When you attach a practice set to an assignment, you can't edit it.

File upload

  • If you find 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 assignment and saves it to the class Drive folder.
  • Students can view file —All students can read the file, but not edit it.
  • Students can edit file —All students share the same file and can make changes to it.

Note : This option is only available before you post an assignment.

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Use an add-on

For instructions, go to Use add-ons in Classroom

For instructions, go to Create or reuse a rubric for an assignment .

For instructions, go to Turn on originality reports .

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

Post an assignment

  • Follow the steps above to create an assignment.
  • Click Assign to immediately post the assignment.

Schedule the assignment to post later

Scheduled assignments might be delayed up to 5 minutes after the post time.

  • To schedule the same assignment across multiple classes, make sure to select all classes you want to include.
  • When you enter a time, Classroom defaults to PM unless you specify AM.
  • (Optional) Select a due date and topic for each class.
  • (Optional) To replicate your selected time and date for the first class into all subsequent classes, click Copy settings to all .
  • Click Schedule . The assignment will automatically post at the scheduled date and time.

After scheduling multiple assignments at once, you can still edit assignments later by clicking into each class and changing them individually.

Save an assignment as a draft

  • Follow the steps above to create an assignment

You can open and edit draft assignments on the Classwork page.

Manage assignments

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

Note : If you change an assignment's name, the assignment's Drive folder name isn't updated. Go to Drive and rename the folder.

Edit a posted assignment

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  • Enter your changes and click Save .

Edit a scheduled assignment

  • Enter your changes and click Schedule .

Edit a draft assignment

Changes are automatically saved.

  • Assign it immediately (details above).
  • Schedule it to post at a specific date and time (details above).
  • Click a class.

You can only delete an assignment on the Classwork page.

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

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As educators, you strive to make a difference every day in your students' success while balancing your fast-paced and multi-faceted lives. From lesson planning to reviewing student work to managing your classrooms, you need all your teaching and learning tools to work seamlessly together in one place. It's essential your edtech tools are meaningful, secure, and flexible so that you can focus on student outcomes and not on technology.

Today, we're announcing that Google Assignments LTI 1.3 now integrates with Collaborations in Canvas LMS, the latest feature to round out the Google Assignments LTI 1.3 tool. With the addition of Collaborations, teachers and students can work together in the same document at the same time, optimizing the teaching and learning experience with Google Docs, Sheets, Slides, and now Forms, Drawings, Sites, and Jams.

Here's what's new from Google integrations:

  • Collaborations feature enabled across Google Docs, Sheets, Slides, Forms, Drawings, Sites, and Jams in Google Assignments LTI 1.3
  • Educators should start transitioning to Google Assignments LTI 1.3 (from Google Apps LTI)
  • There is additional security with LTI 1.3
  • Google Apps LTI will end-of-life in 2024
  • Google Meet LTI will be available for free for back-to-school 2024

Additionally, in the spirit of collaboration, Google is announcing plans to build Google Meet LTI for Canvas, which will be available at no charge to all Canvas LMS users by back-to-school 2024. Whether teaching remotely, in-person, or in a hybrid model, video collaboration helps your school community stay connected and keeps continuity of learning through sick days, snow days, or other unforeseen events.

Improving collaboration and streamlining coursework

In 2020, Google released Google Assignments LTI 1.3, which uses the latest Learning Tools Interoperability (LTI) standards. Leveraging the collaborative power of Google Workspace for Education, it allows educators to distribute, analyze, and grade student work—for no additional charge for Canvas and Google customers.

Educators with paid editions of Google Workspace for Education get access to premium features, like new collaboration features in Docs and unlimited originality reports , which encourage critical thinking while helping instructors scan for potential plagiarism.  

Google Assignments LTI 1.3 now integrates with Collaborations and allows teachers and students to work together in the same document at the same time. With this launch, Google Assignments LTI 1.3 has all of the functionality of the older Google Apps LTI and now includes improved security, flexibility, and integrations.

With the older Google Apps LTI, educators and students can collaborate on Docs, Sheets, and Slides. The new Google Assignments LTI 1.3 with Collaborations also supports Collaboration in Forms, Drawings, Sites, and Jams. Additionally, Google Assignments LTI 1.3 is built on the latest security standards of LTI 1.3. Google Assignments LTI 1.3 provides flexibility with the choice to grade using Canvas Speedgrader or Google Assignments, whichever tool best fits your needs.

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Transitioning from Google Apps LTI to Google Assignments LTI 1.3

It's time to start transitioning to Google Assignments LTI 1.3. Beginning in August 2023, Canvas users will need to install the Google Assignments LTI 1.3 tool going forward and will no longer be able to install Google Apps LTI. No further development will be made on the Google Apps LTI tool. Current Google Apps LTI users will retain access but should start transitioning to Google Assignments LTI 1.3 to improve collaboration in your class. When moving over to Google Assignments LTI 1.3, educators will need to re-create their assignments and can leverage this step-by-step guide to help with the transition. Google Apps LTI will reach end of life in 2024, meaning users will no longer be able to access the Google Apps LTI tool.

Secure, reliable meetings in Canvas, powered by Google Meet

Another new tool integration between Google and Instructure announced today is Google Meet LTI. Meet LTI is an integrated application that will give students and educators an easy-to-use, reliable, and secure video conferencing tool within Canvas. Canvas users will be able to virtually connect school communities for classes, parent-teacher conferences, professional development, and more. Meet LTI will be available at no charge to all Canvas and Google Workspace for Education users by back-to-school 2024.

Ready to get started? Administrators can turn Google Assignments LTI 1.3 on within Canvas now. Visit this page to learn how to get started and make teaching and learning even more collaborative.

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  1. Get Started with Assignments

    Assignments is an app that helps educators distribute, grade, and analyze student work with Google Workspace tools. It integrates with your LMS and offers originality reports, rubrics, comment bank, and more.

  2. Google Assignments Training

    See how Assignments can help you easily distribute, analyze, and grade student work. Learn more. Assignments, an application for your learning management system, gives educators a faster, simpler way to distribute, analyze, and grade student work - all while using the collaborative power of Google Workspace.

  3. Google Classroom

    About this app. Classroom makes it easy for learners and instructors to connect—inside and outside of schools. Classroom saves time and paper, and makes it easy to create classes, distribute assignments, communicate, and stay organized. • Easy to set up - Teachers can add students directly or share a code with their class to join.

  4. Introducing Google Assignments, an application for your ...

    Assignments, an application for your learning management system, gives educators a faster, simpler way to distribute, analyze, and grade student work - all w...

  5. Create an assignment

    Open the course. In the sidebar, click Assignments. Next to the assignment, click More Copy To. Under Select a Course, enter the name of the course click the course. (Optional) To copy the assignment to a specific module, under Select a module (optional), enter the name of the module click the module. Click Copy.

  6. Google Assignments, your new grading companion

    Assignments brings together the capabilities of Google Docs, Drive and Search into a new tool for collecting and grading student work. It helps you save time with streamlined assignment workflows, ensure student work is authentic with originality reports, and give constructive feedback with comment banks. You can use Assignments as a standalone ...

  7. About Assignments LTI™

    About Assignments LTI™. Assignments is an add-on application for learning management systems (LMSs) that helps you distribute, analyze, and grade student work with Google Workspace for Education. Assignments makes Google Docs and Google Drive compatible with your LMS for file submissions. You can use Assignments to save time distributing and ...

  8. Learn how Assignments LTI™ works

    Step 1: Instructor creates an assignment. The instructor chooses to use Google Assignments when adding new course material, and configures assignment settings, including: When a student opens the assignment in their LMS, the student can attach files from their Google Drive to their submission, including: Students can also upload files from ...

  9. Google Workspace LTI Help

    Google Meet LTI™ Admins: Set up Google Meet LTI™ ... Google apps. Main menu. Official Assignments Help Center where you can find tips and tutorials on using Assignments and other answers to frequently asked questions. ...

  10. Using the Google Assignments App

    Learn how to create and grade Google assignments directly in Schoology using the Google Assignments app. Find out how to install the app, set up permissions, and access originality reports and rubrics.

  11. Grading made easy with Assignments, an app for your LMS

    Assignments makes Google Docs and Google Drive compatible with your LMS, so it's easier to assign, collect, and grade student work. It's built with the latest Learning Tools Interoperability (LTI) standards for robust security and easy installation. Assignments integrates with LMSs such as Canvas, Schoology, Moodle, Brightspace, Sakai, and ...

  12. How to use Google Assignments within your LMS

    Assignments is an application for your learning management system (LMS) that gives educators a faster, simpler way to distribute, analyze, and grade student ...

  13. Google for Education

    Bring flexible innovation to your school at scale. Spend less time on administrative tasks and more time making an impact on student education. Equip your teachers with tools, resources, and professional development so they can focus on their students. Discover K-12 solutions. Connect with a partner.

  14. Classroom Management Tools & Resources

    Manage classes at scale. Create classes automatically and sync class lists from your student information system (SIS) with Clever. In the Admin console, set default class and grading settings for your district. Connect Classroom to select OneRoster-supported SIS partners - including PowerSchool, Infinite Campus, Skyward SMS, Skyward Qmlativ ...

  15. PDF Get starte d wit h Assignment s

    Create new classwork. First, make sure your admin has turned on Assignments within your learning management system (LMS) Open your LMS and navigate to where you would create a new classwork. Fill in any important information as usual - for example, classwork name, description, and point value. Click the box for External Tools and select ...

  16. Use Assignments LTI™ with Canvas

    Any submitted work for the Google Apps LTI Cloud assignment that you want to migrate will reset. If you want to keep your previous submissions, make a copy of the Canvas assignment. Find the Canvas assignment you want to migrate to Google Assignments LTI 1.3. On the right of the assignment, click More Edit More options.

  17. Using the Google Drive Assignments App

    The Google Drive Assignments App does not support Google Forms.; The new Google Assignments App can be used as an alternative to the Google Drive Assignments app.. Instructors should continue to use the Google Drive Assignments app if grades are being entered directly in the Schoology gradebook instead of the app.; Instructors that wish to use the in-app Google Assignments grading tool can use ...

  18. Create an assignment

    Create an assignment (details above). Under Due, click the Down arrow . Next to No due date, click the Down arrow . Click a date on the calendar. (Optional) To set a due time, click Time enter a time and specify AM or PM. Note: Work is marked Missing or Turned in late as soon as the due date and time arrive.

  19. Get Started with Assignments

    Easily distribute, analyse and mark student work with Assignments for your LMS. Assignments is an application for your Learning Management System (LMS). It helps educators save time marking and guides students to turn in their best work with originality reports — all through the collaborative power of Google Workspace for Education.

  20. Explore Apps for Learning & Teaching

    Apps with seamless integrations. Learn about the apps that connect with Google for Education, to find ones to help enrich and enhance teaching and learning. Beyond our latest integrations, we have hundreds of apps integrating across Chromebooks and Google Workspace for Education, whether through our APIs , Single Sign On, and more.

  21. Schoology: Google Assignment App

    The assignment will open up for them to work on directly in Schoology (Chromebooks) or the Google App (iPads) When they are finished, they simply return to Schoology and tap "submit" and ...

  22. Collaboration is the theme of new Canvas integrations from Google

    No further development will be made on the Google Apps LTI tool. Current Google Apps LTI users will retain access but should start transitioning to Google Assignments LTI 1.3 to improve collaboration in your class. When moving over to Google Assignments LTI 1.3, educators will need to re-create their assignments and can leverage this step-by ...

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    it's a Revolutionary App powered by Artificial intelligence because you can search anything on any topic, the AI Assignment Writer will answer all your questions & fulfill all your need for knowledge & learning. It can summarize for you. it can Paraphrase for you. It can answer all your subject questions (Science, Arts, Maths, and Every Subject ...

  24. Google Tasks

    • Bring Google's suite of powerful, intelligent apps to your business • Leverage Google's AI to bring data insights and analysis to every employee • Connect with your team seamlessly using one suite: Gmail, Tasks, Calendar and more Take control of your task management and install the Google Tasks mobile app. Start managing your to-do ...