Post to the class stream

This article is for students. Teachers look here.

If your teacher allows it, you can communicate with your class in the class stream in the following ways:

• Announcement – Information or a question that you add to the class stream.

  Example: When do we visit the museum?

• Comment – A response to a post or comment.

  Example: We go next Friday. 

• Reply – A response to a comment that mentions the person who made the comment.

  Example: +commenter's name Thanks!

If you don't want to post in the class stream, you can send a private comment to your teacher about an assignment or with a question.

Note: If your teacher mutes you, you can't post, comment or reply to comments. Only teachers can unmute a student.

Create an announcement

1. Tap Classroom .
2. Tap the class.
3. On the Stream page, tap Announce something to your class.

   Note: If you don't see 'Announce something to your class', a teacher has turned off permissions to post.

4. Enter your message and tap Post .

Add an image, file, video or link to your announcement

You can attach items to your post, such as images, files, Google Drive items, YouTube videos or links.

1. Tap Classroom .
2. Tap the class.
3. On the Stream page, tap Announce something to your class. If you don't see Announce something to your class, a teacher has turned off permissions to post.
4. Tap Attach  choose an option:

   Attachment type	Directions
   Drive	Tap Drive . Tap the item.
   Link	Tap Link . Enter the URL  tap Add.
   Attach a photo	Tap Pick photo . Tap the photo.
   Take a photo	Tap Use camera . Take the photo  tap Use photo.

   • Tip: When images and GIFs are attached, a large version of the first one attached appears on your post as a display image.
   • To edit a display image:

     1. Attach the images.
     2. To the right of the image thumbnail, tap the Menu   Set as display image .

   • To remove a display image:

     1. Select the Menu   Remove as display image .
     2. Tap Save.

5. Add a message to the announcement. You can't post an attachment without a message.
6. Tap Post .

   Note: If you see a message that you don't have permission to attach a file, tap Copy. Classroom will make a copy of the file to attach to your announcement and save the copy to the class Drive folder.

Format announcements

Delete an announcement

You can only delete your own posts. 

1. Tap Classroom .
2. Tap the class.
3. On the post, tap More  Delete.
4. Tap Delete to confirm.

Add a comment to an announcement

Comments are text only. You can't add pictures, links or videos. A teacher can delete comments.

1. Tap Classroom .
2. Tap the class.
3. On the post and tap Add class comment Add class comment.
4. Enter your comment and tap Post .

Delete a comment

You can only delete your own comments. 

1. Tap Classroom .
2. Tap the class.
3. Find the post with your comment and tap # class comment.
4. Tap the comment Delete.
5. Tap Delete to confirm.

Send a private comment to your teacher

1. Tap Classroom .
2. Tap the class.
3. On the Stream page, tap the question or assignment.
4. At the bottom, tap Add private comment.
5. Tap Add private comment.
6. Enter your comment and tap Post .

Related resources

• Hand in an assignment
• Answer a question