Google Assignments and Schoology expanded Google Docs Editors and Google Drive to be compatible with Schoology for file submissions. With Assignments, you can distribute and grade student work, analyze student submissions for plagiarism detection, and use Google Docs and Drive with Schoology.
Learn about the features & benefits of Assignments
When admins enable Google Assignments in Schoology settings, instructors can:
- Add Google Assignments materials to your courses, which lets you:
- Grade in Google’s grading interface.
- File attachments to an assignment so each student gets their own copy to edit and submit.
- Detect missed citation checks and possible plagiarism with the originality reports feature.
- Add Drive files as Schoology resources.
- Open the course.
- Under “Materials,” click Add Materials
Google Assignments (LT1 1.3).
- Sign in with your Google Account.
- Click Continue. A popup window of Google Assignments opens.
- Enter the details for your assignment.
- Click Create. This assignment is added to your materials.
Google Assignments (LT1 1.3).You can download Drive files as Schoology resources.
- Open the course.
- Under “Materials,” click Add Materials
- Click Apps.
- Select the resource app you want to use.
- Sign in with your Google Account.
- Click Select file. A popup window to insert files with Google Drive opens.
- Select the file you want to attach as a Schoology resource.
- Click Attach. This file is added to your materials.
FAQ
If my organization uses Schoology apps for Google integrations, should we also use Assignments?Google Assignments has all the functionality as the Schoology apps and includes:
- Improved security
- Flexibility
- Integrations
Current Schoology apps for Google users won’t lose access but should transition over to Google Assignments LTI 1.3.
In addition, all new features will only launch to Google Assignments. To use the latest Assignments features, you can install and migrate to Google Assignments LTI 1.3.
No. Currently, you can’t embed a form or select one as a file type for quizzes. To use Forms for quizzes, create a form and share the link with your students. Learn how to create a Google Form.