Google Drive Assignments app (students)

Your instructor uses the Google Drive Assignments app to assign Google Docs, Spreadsheets, Slideshows, and Drawings directly within Schoology. You automatically create copies of the assignment to complete and submit. Your instructor provides feedback and grades the assignment. You access Google Drive Assignments via a web browser or the Schoology mobile app.

Using the Google Drive Assignments app in your web browser

• If you encounter trouble or receive an error while opening the assignment, check that third-party cookies are not blocked on the device or browser used to access Google Drive assignments.

• To access a Google Drive assignment, sign in to your Google Drive account before creating a copy of the assigned file.

The student experience of the Google Drive assignment includes the Assignment and My Document tabs.

In Assignment, you can:

• Review the due date and time.

• Review the assignment description.

• Review a rubric if your instructor uses one to grade the assignment.

Select My Document to create your own copy of the original Google file your instructor attached to the assignment. This copy is shared between you and your instructor and placed in your Google Drive.

Submitting Google Drive Assignments

1. Authorize the Google Drive Assignments app and sign in to your Google Drive account through your browser.

2. Edit your file from within Schoology.

3. Select Submit Assignment.

After you submit the assignment, you can’t edit the Google file. Your instructor can unsubmit your work to restore edit access and allow you to continue working on the assignment.

Reviewing grades

View grades for your Google Drive assignment from the My Document area:

Click Comments in the upper-right corner of the assignment to view any comments posted by your instructor:

Using the Google Drive Assignments app on a mobile device

• Your mobile device must have version 4.2 or later of the Schoology iOS app or version 5.1 or later of the Schoology Android app installed in order to access assignments created via the Google Drive Assignment app.

• We recommend downloading Google mobile apps (Google Drive, Docs & Sheets) if you plan to access Google Drive assignments from Schoology on your mobile device.

Access assignments created from the Google Drive Assignments app from the materials page of your course, just like any other course material. When you open the assignment, the layout matches what you experience in the web browser.

1. Tap My Document in the Schoology mobile app.

2. Tap the file icon.

3. Tap Open in app. This launches the file in the respective Google app on your mobile device.

For example, if a student launches the Google Docs app on their tablet by tapping Open in app, the file will launch in the Google Docs app where they can edit their own copy of the assignment file.

4. When the work is complete, tap Schoology to return to the Schoology app.

5. Tap Submit to submit the Google file to your instructor. After you submit the assignment, you can’t edit the Google file. Contact your instructor if you need to make changes to your submission.