What is a Google Assignment
- Yaddira Smalls
- Elizabeth Ellison
Google Assignments is replacing Google Cloud Assignments which works the same way but there are different features & Benefits like:
Supports Canvas Collaborations
Checks for missed citations and possible plagiarism with the originality reports feature (Limited to 5 assignments per course).
Canvas Speedgrader is still supported.
Users MUST use their school issued Google accounts (no more re-authorizing Google Drive accounts).
You can still create Rubrics.
You can monitor student’s progress and leave feedback before students submission by opening files in Google Drive.
Google Assignments is providing more robust security, stability and reliability.
Each student receives their own copy of an instructor created Google formatted document (Docs, Sheets, Slides, ect.) in their Google Drive.
You can freely edit and comment on the original Google Drive files.
When work is returned to a student the ownership is returned to the student, but teachers keep the ability to edit. This feature allows students to resubmit a new version of the same file.
🛑Comparing Google Cloud (GC) to Google Assignments (GA)
| GC | GA |
Students can submit Docs, Sheets, and Slides directly from their Google Drive. | ✓ | ✓ |
Instructors can attach a file to an assignment so each student gets their own copy to edit and turn in. | ✓ | ✓ |
Instructors can add Drive files in Canvas Modules. | ✓ | ✓ |
Instructors can embed Drive files in the Rich Content Editor. | ✓ | ✓ |
Instructors can create a link to a Drive file in the Rich Content Editor. | ✓ |
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Drive files are editable in Drive. | ✓ | ✓ |
Drive files are editable in Canvas. | ✓ | ✓ |
Supports grading in Canvas SpeedGrader. | ✓ | ✓ |
Supports Canvas Collaborations. | ✓ | ✓ |
Rubrics are created in Canvas. | ✓ | ✓ |
Students and Instructors can use any Google account. | ✓ |
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Checks for missed citations and possible plagiarism with the originality reports feature. |
| ✓ |
Create Comment Banks. | ✓ | ✓ |
Will embed non-Google Drive files (pdfs, videos, etc). |
| ✓ |
Instructors are required to have a Google Workspace for Education (formerly G Suite for Education) account. |
| ✓ |
Instructors can monitor student progress and leave feedback before student submission by opening files in Google Drive. |
| ✓ |
Officially supported by Google and covered by the G Suite for Education Terms of Service. |
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Provides options for admins to require that students use their school-issued Google accounts. |
| ✓ |
More robust security, stability, and reliability. |
| ✓ |
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