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Create and publish an assignment

Choose a template, adjust the draft, review settings, and publish the student link.

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Quick answer

Open Assignments and select Create assignment. Choose a template, finish the choices in the Edit tab, review Settings, then select Publish. Publishing creates the student link; it does not automatically post the link to Google Classroom or another LMS.

What to do

  1. Choose a template

    Select MCQ set, FRQ / SAQ, Guide + questions, AMSCO guided notes, Diagnostic, Unit exam, or AP exam. Grade finished work opens the separate import flow instead.

    Choose an assignment type page with MCQ, FRQ, reading, guided notes, diagnostic, exam, and grading templates.
    Choose the template that matches the student task before setting the subject and coverage.

  2. Build and name the draft

    Choose the subject and the template-specific options. In Edit, check every section, adjust what students will receive, and replace Untitled assignment with a clear title.

  3. Review Settings

    Select Review settings or open the Settings tab. Confirm the class, due date, timing, attempts, grading, late-work, reteach, and result-release choices that apply to this assignment.

  4. Preview before publishing

    Select Preview to open the student view. Return to the draft to make any changes. Preview does not publish or create a student link.

  5. Publish

    Select Publish. In How will you share this with students?, choose Google Classroom, another LMS, or the student link. Confirm the title and instructions, then use the publish action shown for your choice.

  6. Finish the handoff

    Copy the link into your LMS, or continue to Google Classroom and choose the class there. The assignment is live on Fiveable as soon as publishing succeeds.

    Published assignment header with Copy link, Open student view, Continue to Google Classroom, status, and Preview.
    After publishing, copy the student link or continue the handoff to Google Classroom from the assignment header.

What students see

Students see the published title and instructions, then sign in and select Start assignment. Draft changes are not visible until they are saved, and an unpublished draft has no student link.

If something is not working

Publish is disabled.

Check that the assignment has a title and at least one valid section. Wait for any section that is still generating, then try again.

I published, but nothing appeared in Google Classroom.

Publishing makes the Fiveable assignment live. Select Continue to Google Classroom and complete the post in Google Classroom itself.

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Verified against the Fiveable interface on 2026-09-03.