Google assignment

Google assignment

Overview

Google Assignments is an add-on application that integrates with Google Workspace for Education to help educators distribute, analyze, and grade student work.

The Google Assignments feature requires schools to be using Google for Education and all instructors and learners to have their email addresses set to their Google email accounts.

Configuring Google Assignments

To install Google Assignments, administrators:

  1. Click Admin from the primary navigation menu.
  2. Click App center from the fly out menu.
  3. Install the Google Assignments app from the Assessment section.
    1. For business platform users, install the Google Assessments app.

Admin, App center with the Google assignments app highlighted in the Assessment section

To configure Google Assignments:
  1. Click the Configure icon on the Google assignments tile in the App center.

Google assignments tile in the App Center with the Configure icon highlighted

The Admin LTI Assessments page displays.
  1. Click + Add.
LTI Assessments page with the Add button highlighted

The Build Tool pop-up displays. 
  1. Type Google to find Google Assignments in the list.
  2. Select the Google Assignments radio button.
  3. Click Submit.

The Built Tool pop-up with Google Assignments selected
Google Assignments now displays as an LTI Assessment tool.
  1. Click the Edit icon for Google Assignments.
LTI Assessments page with the Edit icon highlighted for Google Assignments

The Edit pop-up displays. 

  1. Enter the Public Key and Secret from your Google Assignments admin console.
  2. Click Save.
The Edit LTI assessment pop-up with the Public Key and Secret highlighted

Adding Google Assignments

To add a Google Assignments assessment to a course:

  1. Access the course or class.
  2. Click the Assessments tab.
    1. For academia users, click the Assignments tab.
  3. Click + Add. 

Course, Assessments, All tab with the Add button highlighted

The Add assessment pop-up displays.
  1. Click the Integrations tab.
  2. Click Google Assignments.
The Add assessment pop-up, Integrations tab with Google Assignments highlighted

The Add Google Assignments assessment pop-up displays.

  1. Enter the name of the assessment and configure the details of the assessment based on your school or organization's standards.
  2. Enter learner instructions using the HTML editor.
  3. Click Save.
The Add Google Assignments assessment pop-up

Learner submissions

To submit an answer for a Google Assignment, learners:

  1. Access the course or class with the assessment.
  2. Click Assessments from the course navigation menu.
    1. Academia users will click Assignments from the navigation menu.
  3. Click the Google Assignment.

Learner perspective of a course, Assessments tab, All tab with a Google Assignment highlighted

The Google Assignment will display on the Instructions page. To open the assessment, learners:
  1. Click Open assignment.
Learners perspective of a course, Assessments tab, Google Assignment Instructions page with the Open assignment button highlighted

Learners are redirected to the Google Assignments site, where the assignment details will display. In the example below, learners can attach files or create documents to submit the assessment.

  1. After learners have added their documents, they click Submit.
Learner perspective of a Google Assignment with the Add files, Create, and Submit buttons highlighted.

After learners submit an answer, it will be indicated on the Instructions page of the assessment.

  1. Learners can click Open assignment to view the assignment.
Learner perspective of a course, Assessments tab, Google Assignment, Instructions page with a submitted assignment

Once an instructor has entered a score or grade for the submission, the score will be visible to learners in the Score widget. 

Learner perspective of a course, Assessments tab, Google Assignment, Instructions page with a submitted assignment and score

Scoring and grading Google Assignment assessments

To score or grade a learner's Google Assignment assessment submission:
  1. Click Assessments from the course navigation menu.
  2. Click the Google assessment.
Course, Assessments, All tab with a Google Assignment highlighted

If learners have submitted assignments, they will display on the Assessment page. To access submissions:

  1. Click the learner's Google Assignment.
Course, Assessments, Google Assignment Assessment page with a learner submission highlighted

You will be redirected to the Google Assignments site.

  1. Review the learner's submission.
  2. Enter a Grade for the assignment.
  3. Click Return. 

The score or grade will be returned to the platform and the assessment will be indicated as graded. 

Course, Assessments, Google Assignment Assessment page with the number of returned submissions and a graded learner submission highlighted

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