Install & allowlist Classroom add-ons

This article is for administrators.

As a Google Workspace administrator, you can set up Classroom add-ons so teachers can share engaging activities and content with students. Add-ons can be attached to assignments, quiz assignments, questions, materials, or announcements.

What you need to use add-ons in Classroom

  • You must be using Google Workspace for Education Plus or the Teaching and Learning upgrade.
  • Add-on attachments can only be created and assigned on the web version of Classroom. Some third parties also allow add-on attachment creation from their website.
  • Add-on attachment can be viewed, completed, and graded on both the web and mobile versions of Classroom.

Set up an add-on

There are several ways for teachers to interact with an add-on. They can:

  • Launch the add-on application from within Classroom
  • Upgrade pasted links to add-on attachments
  • Create add-on attachments from third-party websites

There are three ways for administrators to let users access add-ons:

  • Admin install: Install an add-on for teachers within a group, organizational unit (OU), or domain.
    • This is the recommended option, as it enables all interactions for teachers within the group, OU, or domain without any further action or configurations.
      • Important: Only an admin can install some add-ons.
  • Allowlist: Allow teachers to individually install add-ons
    • This option authorizes all teachers to create add-on attachments from authorized third-party websites. Teachers must then install the add-on themselves to enable other interactions.
  • Configure API controls: Lets teachers attach add-ons from third-party websites only.
    • Important: The add-on application must still be installed with the admin install or allowlist options to enable the launch in Classroom and upgrade pasted links.
Admin install a Classroom add-on

From a browser:

  1. Go to Google Workspace Marketplace.
  2. At the top, select the “Works with” filter.
  3. Check the box next to Classroom.
  4. Click Done. Available Classroom add-ons are displayed.
  5. Click the add-on you want to install and then Install.

From the Admin console:

  1. Sign in to your Google Admin console.
  2. Click Apps and then Google Workspace Marketplace apps and then Apps list.
  3. Click Install app.
  4. At the top, select the “Works with” filter.
  5. Check the box next to Classroom.
  6. Click Done. Available Classroom add-ons are displayed.
  7. Click the add-on you want to install and then Install.

Once an add-on is installed, it becomes available for teachers to use with assignments, quiz assignments, questions, materials, or announcements.

Allowlist a Classroom add-on

To manage your allowlist:

  1. Sign in to your Google Admin console.
  2. Click Apps and then Google Workspace Marketplace apps and then Apps list.
  3. At the top, click Allowlist App.
  4. Select add-ons you want to add to your allowlist.
  5. To change your allowlist settings, under "Apps list," click Settings.

Once an add-on is allowlisted, unless the Admin Console setting is “Don’t allow users to install and run apps from the Marketplace,” teachers can create an assignment and install add-ons individually.

Configure API controls for a Classroom add-on

To configure API controls:

  1. On your computer, sign in to your Google Admin console.
  2. Click Security and then Access and data control and then API controls.
  3. Click Add app and then OAuth App Name Or Client ID.
  4. In the search box, enter the name of a third-party application and click Search.
  5. Next to the app name, click Select.
  6. Select all of the OAuth Client IDs that appear and click Select.
    • Tip: One application may be associated with several client IDs.
  7. Select the organizational units that you want to configure and click Continue.
  8. Select Trusted and click Continue and then Finish.
  9. To change configurations, select one or more IDs and click Change access.

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As a reminder, you are responsible for getting parental consent, where required, for the use of third-party applications.

FAQs

Do I need a subscription or licenses for each Classroom add-on?

Some Classroom add-ons require a subscription to access some or all of the content. Access to different add-ons varies by product.

To learn more about the requirements for an add-on, or to get support with using an add-on, find the add-on in Google Workspace Marketplace.

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