Create a question

When you create a question, you can:

• Select one or more classes
• Assign it to one or more students
• Add a mark category
• Change the point value
• Create a multiple-choice question
• Add a due date or time
• Add a topic
• Add attachments

Create a question

1. Go to classroom.google.com and click Sign in.

   Sign in with your Google Account. For example, [email protected] or [email protected]. Learn more.

2. Click the classClasswork.
3. At the top, click CreateQuestion.
   
4. Enter the question and any instructions.
5. For short-answer questions, students can edit their answer and reply to each other. You can turn these options on or off.
   • Students can edit answer – To allow students to edit their answer after submitting, click the switch to the on position  .

     Note: Students can only edit their answer before you mark it.

   • Students can reply to each other – To allow students to view and comment on classmates' answers after answering the question, click the switch to the on position .
     To prevent students from seeing each other's answers, click the switch to the off position .

Note: There is no character limit for short-answer questions.

Select one or more classes

Under For, click the down arrow select the class or classes that you want to include.

Note: You can't post to individual students across multiple classes. Posts to multiple classes are shared with all of the students in the classes.

Assign to one or more students

By default, a question is posted to all of the students in the class. You can post a question to individual students. However, you can't post to individual students if more than one class is included. Plus, you can't post to more than 100 individual students at a time.

1. Next to All students, click the down arrow All students to deselect it.
   
2. Select the students for the question.

   Note: On the Stream page, on the question, you'll see the number of students asked. To view the students' names, click number students on the question.

Add a mark category

For organisation, you can add mark categories to questions. With mark categories, you and your students can see the category that a question belongs to, such as Homework or Essays. Teachers also see the categories on the Marks page.

Under Mark category, click the down arrow select a category from the menu.
For more information on mark categories, go to Add a mark category to posts or Set up marking.

Change the point value

You can change the point value of a question or make it unmarked. By default, questions are set at 100 points.

1. Under Points, click the value.
   
2. Enter a new point value or select Unmarked.
   Note: When students answer an unmarked question, they click Hand in. If students miss a due date, the work status shows as Missing or Handed in late. Work without a due date shows as Assigned.

Create a multiple-choice question

1. Next to Short answer, click the down arrow Multiple choice.
   
2. Click Option 1 and enter the first answer option.
   
3. Click Add option and add as many options as you want.
4. (Optional) To delete an option, next to it, click Remove .

5. By default, when students hand in a question, they can see a class summary of answers. To turn off this feature, next to Students can see class summary, click the switch to the off position .

Add a due date or time

By default, a question has no due date. To change this:

1. Under Due, click the down arrow .
   
2. Next to No due date, click the down arrow .
   
3. Click a date on the calendar.
4. (Optional) To set a due time, click Timeenter a time and specify a.m. or p.m.
   Note: Work is marked as Missing or Handed in late as soon as the due date or time arrives. For example, for work to be on time at 9.00 a.m., set the time due to 9.01 a.m. For instructions on checking work status, go to See work status and student answers.

Add a topic

1. Under Topic, click the down arrow .
   
2. Choose an option:
   • To create a topic, click Create topic and enter a topic name. 
   • To select a topic in the list, click it.

Learn more about how to organise your class stream.

Add attachments

You can add materials, such as Google Drive files, links or YouTube videos to your question.

To upload a file, click Attach . Select the file and click Upload.

To attach a Google Drive file:

1. Click Drive .
2. Select the item and click Add.
   Note: If you see a message stating that you don't have permission to attach a file, click Copy. Classroom makes a copy to attach to the question and saves it to the class Drive folder.

To attach a YouTube video, click YouTube and choose an option:

• To search for a video to attach:
  1. In the search box, enter keywords and click Search .
  2. Click the videoAdd.
• To attach a video link:
  1. Click URL.
  2. Enter the URL and click Add.

To attach a link, click Link , enter the URL and click Add link.

To delete an attachment, next to it, click Remove .

Note: If you see a message stating that you don't have permission to attach a file, click Copy. Classroom makes a copy to attach to the question and saves it to the class Drive folder.

To post the question immediately, click Ask.

To schedule the question to be posted later:

1. Follow the steps above to create a question and select classes.
   • To schedule the same question across multiple classes, make sure that you select all of the classes that you want to include.
2. Next to Ask, click the down arrow Schedule.
3. Next to the date, click the down arrow  and select a publish date and time for each class.
   • When you enter a time, Classroom defaults to p.m. unless you specify a.m.  
4. For multiple classes only:
   • (Optional) Select a due date and topic for each class.
   • (Optional) To replicate your selected time and date for the first class for all of the subsequent classes, click Copy settings to all. 
5. Click Schedule. The question will automatically post at the scheduled date and time.
   Note: Scheduled questions might be delayed by up to five minutes after the post time.

To save the question as a draft, next to Ask, click the down arrow Save draft.  

To see scheduled and draft questions, click Classwork.

Note: If a question is posted to several classes, editing it in one class doesn't change it in any other class.

1. Go to classroom.google.com and click Sign in.

   Sign in with your Google Account. For example, [email protected] or [email protected]. Learn more.

2. Click the classClasswork.
3. Next to the question, click More Edit.
   
4. Choose an option:
   • For a posted question: Make your changes and click Save.
   • For a scheduled question: Make your changes and click Schedule.
   • For a draft question: Make your changes. Then, next to Ask, click the down arrow Save draft.

1. Go to classroom.google.com and click Sign in.

   Sign in with your Google Account. For example, [email protected] or [email protected]. Learn more.

2. At the top, click Classworkthe questionView Question.
3. To add a comment to the class, at the top, click Question.
   
4. Click Add class comment, enter your comment and click Post.

To reuse a question, see Reuse a post.

If you delete a question, all of the marks and comments related to the question are deleted. However, any attachments or files created by you or your students are still available in Google Drive.

1. Go to classroom.google.com and click Sign in.

   Sign in with your Google Account. For example, [email protected] or [email protected]. Learn more.

2. Click your classClasswork.
3. Next to the question, click More Delete.
4. To confirm, click Delete again.

When you create a question, you can instruct students to leave class comments. In both multiple-choice and short-answer questions, students can read and respond to class comments. Students can also comment privately to teachers.

To learn how to manage student comments, go to Set student permissions to post and comment.