Reattaching Google Drive Assignments

This article refers to the Google Drive Assignments app by Schoology. Organizations using the Google Assignments app by Google may copy assignments to courses and retain the Google file attachment.

Google Drive assignments can only be shared with the teacher who created them and the students who open them. Because of this, Google Drive assignments are not portable.

When you copy a Schoology Assignment to another course or save it to Resources, only Schoology-native details like the title, description, and static files, such as links or PDFs, are transferred. The Google Drive assignment itself will not remain attached. You must manually reattach the Google Drive file in the new course.

Use matching names for your Google Drive file and Schoology Assignment so it’s easier to find and re-attach using the search function.

Only Google Drive content added through the Google Drive Assignments app will detach. Shareable links added in the description field of assignments will remain.

Reattach a Google Drive Assignment

1. After copying the assignment to the destination course, click the gear icon and select Edit.

2. From Edit Assignment, click Google Drive Assignments.

3. Use the search bar or scroll to find the desired Google Drive content to reattach.