Similar to the Question post, many of the Assignment post's features are found in all three post types. If you are not reading the chapters in order, consider reading Chapter 3, Sending Your First Announcement and Chapter 4, Starting a Discussion with Questions. To create an Assignment post, complete the following steps:
In the Stream, click on the + icon and then click on Create assignment:
Fill in the Title and Instructions fields:
Use the Due menu to set up a due date and time:
Use the Upload a file to attach or Attach Google Drive item icons to add files to the assignment. (This step is covered extensively in Chapter 3, Sending Your First Announcement.):
Use the class drop-down menu to select additional classes and then click on the ASSIGN button to post the assignment:
While not necessary, attaching files to an Assignment post separates its features from the Question post. Where the Question post allows grading of student responses to the post, the...