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Start using Assignments

Create new classwork »
Turn on originality reports »
Attach a file »

Let’s get started

Create a new rubric »
Share with your class »
Share classwork via a link »

Running originality reports

Follow these step-by-step guidelines
Turn on originality reports for classwork »
to begin creating, distributing,
Enable students to support their ideas »
analyzing, and grading schoolwork. Run originality reports to ensure authenticity »
Save, share, and print originality reports »
View student-to-student matches »

Grading using Assignments

Start to grade classwork »
Provide feedback and save time using your comment bank »
Provide additional feedback using suggesting mode »
Grade with your rubric »
Return classwork to students »
Sync grades automatically with your LMS »
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Assignments
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Create new classwork

First, make sure your admin has turned on Assignments

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within your learning management system (LMS)

Open your LMS and navigate to where you would create

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a new classwork

Fill in any important information as usual – for example,

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classwork name, description, and point value

Click the box for External Tools and select

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Assignments

An Assignments window will pop up and show you all of

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the classwork customizations you can enable, like
originality reports, file attachments, rubrics, due dates,
and so on
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Turn on originality reports

Click the toggle next to originality reports to

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turn it on. Originality reports help educators
assess authenticity of student work.
Learn more about originality reports.

Note: Educators can turn on five originality reports

per class and students can scan their own work up
to three times before submitting, within institutions
that have Google Workspace for Education
accounts.

Get unlimited access to originality reports with

the Teaching and Learning Upgrade or Google
Workspace for Education Plus accounts.
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Attach a file

1 To attach a file to classwork, click the Attach button

From the Drive window, select the files you want to

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attach and then click Add

Students will each get their own copies of any files you
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attach, which will be organized in each student’s
specific Drive folder

Take full advantage of Google Workspace collaboration

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tools by adding Docs, Slides, Sheets, and even Sites
templates for your students
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Create a new rubric

As a timesaver when setting up new classwork, you can

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import and reuse an existing rubric, or create a new one

In the Create a Google assignment window, click

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the + next to Rubric and select Create rubric

2 Type in a title and point value for the first criterion

To add more, click Add a criterion at the bottom

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of the form

When you’ve finished adding criteria to your rubric,

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click the Save button

The completed rubric will display alongside

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student work
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Share with your class

When you’re finished adding details and ready to share

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the classwork with your students, click Save & Publish
or Save

For any files that are attached to that classwork,

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Assignments will automatically create personalized
versions and distribute them to each student’s
Drive folder

Note: You can save classwork and come back to it

later. Each LMS is di erent, so confirm with your
LMS to enable this functionality.
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Share classwork via link

Use the classwork link to communicate the new

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assignment on your class website or in an email

Students can click the link to view the classwork

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within your LMS
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Running originality
reports
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Turn on originality
reports for classwork
1 First, make sure originality reports are turned on

Start by creating a new assignment, or turn on

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originality reports for an existing assignment by going
to the archive of your classes’ assigned schoolwork

In the Assignments window, find Check plagiarism

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(originality) and click the toggle to the right of it to
turn it on

Congratulations, you’ve turned on originality reports

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for that classwork! This will allow students to scan
their own work to check for missing citations up to
three times before turning it in – available in multiple
languages.
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Enable students to
support their ideas
Once a student adds their file from Google Docs, Slides,
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or Microsoft Word to the assignment, they can run a
report by clicking Run originality report, and then Run
in the pop-up window

When the report is complete, click View originality

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report to explore the report

Students can then edit or add citations as needed by

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clicking the yellow highlighted text and reviewing the
matched passages in the right window

Once finished, return to the Summary view by clicking

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the back arrow ←

5 Click Submit to turn in the classwork

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Run originality reports to

ensure authenticity
Open a student submission within the right panel – you
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will be able to see the originality report automatically

The number of flagged passages will be listed under

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the file name

Click the X flagged passage notification to see

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the report

Educators can view the flagged passages as a number

or as a percentage. Flagged passages in the document
are highlighted in gray.
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Run originality reports to

ensure authenticity (cont.)
To examine flagged passages, click the highlighted text
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to display the student’s passage right above the web
match in the right column

5 Click the link under the web match to go directly to the

online source as needed

6 To return to the Summary view, click back arrow ←

Note: Educators can turn on five originality reports

per class. Get unlimited access to originality reports
with the Teaching and Learning Upgrade or Google
Workspace for Education Plus accounts.
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Save, share, and print

originality reports
Educators can now save, share, and print
originality reports directly through the application.

Within the originality report, click the print

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icon at the top right of your screen

2 Choose between:
● Save as a PDF
● Save to your Google Drive
● Print the report

Note: Educators can also share the report with

others by sending via Gmail.
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View student-to-
student matches
With the Teaching and Learning Upgrade or
Education Plus, student-to-student matches
are available within your secure, private
repository of student work, which is solely
owned by your school.

You’ll automatically have student-to-student

matches available in the report – there’s no need to
turn anything on.

In the report, you’ll not only see web matches but

also matches to other students’ previous
submissions.

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content available to scan by backfilling your
school repository with previously submitted
student work from past classes.
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Grading using
Assignments
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Start to grade classwork

Open your LMS and choose the specific classwork

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you would like to grade.

It will display your class roster with the status of

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date. Click the name of the student whose work
you would like to grade.

Within the student’s submission, you can suggest

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edits, provide feedback, run an originality report,
and grade using rubrics.
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Provide feedback and

save time using your
comment bank
Assignments comes with a comment bank for you
to store your most commonly used feedback.

Add comments by selecting copy and then clicking

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the Add comment button that appears on the right
edge of the document. Enter your feedback into the
comment box and click Submit.

You can bring up comments from your comment

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bank by typing in a keyword, selecting a comment
to add, and then clicking Submit.

You can add to your comment bank by clicking

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Add to bank in the right column. In the dialog
box, type in your new comment, then click Add.
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Provide additional
feedback using
Suggesting mode
1 Turn on Suggesting mode in the upper-right corner

Select the copy you would like to edit and start typing
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to track your direct edits within your student’s work

Provide further explanation to this edit by adding

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a comment under the suggested edit comment
box and clicking Submit

All of your feedback is automatically saved, so you

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won’t lose any of your input
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Grade with your rubric

If you set up a rubric for your classwork, click the

rubric icon to display the criteria in the right column.

You can assign a point value to each criterion by clicking

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on the scale below the criterion name. The total points
will automatically display in the Total grade box at the
top.

Enter general comments in the Overall feedback

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section.

This automatically saves and your student will not see

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any of the grading or feedback until you return the
classwork back to the student.
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Return classwork
to students
When you’re finished grading, send the assignment
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back to the student by clicking the Return button in the
upper right-hand corner of your screen. When the
drop-down menu appears, select either:
● Return this submission
● Return multiple submissions

When the list of students appears, select individual

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students or check the box at the top of the list to select
all students.

Click Return to send the submissions back to the

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selected students.
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Sync grades automatically

with your LMS
1 Navigate to your class’s grades within your LMS

Here you’ll find the rubrics grades automatically

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synced

3 You can export or even import grades, if needed

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Get started
Admins can turn on the Assignments
application within your LMS.

Learn how to get set up

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