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title: "Choose between Quiz Builder and Assignments"
description: "Use the tool that matches how students will receive and complete the work."
canonical: "https://fiveable.me/help/teachers/legacy/quiz-builder-or-assignments"
type: "teacher-help"
lastUpdated: "2026-09-03"
---

# Choose between Quiz Builder and Assignments

## Quick answer

Use Assignments for new work that students will complete in Fiveable and that you want to review, grade, or analyze there. Use the older Quiz Builder only when you specifically need to finish or recreate a Google Forms or Google Docs export.

## What to do

1. **Choose Assignments for a Fiveable workflow**: [Assignments](/assignments) can publish a student link, collect responses, show review tasks in Inbox, hand grades back, and add class-level information to Insights.

   ![Choose an assignment type page with current Fiveable assignment templates.](/img/teachers/assignment-types.jpg)

   *Use Assignments when students will complete the work in Fiveable and you want responses, grading, and Insights together.*

2. **Choose Quiz Builder for a Google file**: [Quiz Builder](/create/quiz/form) creates a Google Form or Google Doc. The student work and results stay in the Google tool rather than the Fiveable assignment workflow.

   ![Older Quiz Builder with subject and question-set controls for creating a Google export.](/img/teachers/quiz-builder-controls.jpg)

   *Use Quiz Builder only when the output you need is a Google Form or Google Doc.*

3. **Keep existing work in place**: Finish an existing quiz export or grading session in the older tool. Use Assignments when you begin the next activity.

## If something is not working

### You need a printable activity, not an online assignment.

Use the Print center. It includes ready-to-print resources and Google export options for supported formats.

## Related guides

- [Choose an assignment type](/help/teachers/assignments/choose-assignment-type): Pick the template that matches what you want students to do.
- [Finish a quiz in the older Quiz Builder](/help/teachers/legacy/use-quiz-builder): Create a Google Forms or Google Docs quiz in the older export tool.
- [Choose the right printable resource](/help/teachers/print-center/choose-printable): Match the Print center resource to your class task without hunting through every option.

## About This Document

Canonical Fiveable pages are available as Markdown at the same path plus `.md`.

- [llms.txt](https://fiveable.me/llms.txt): index of Fiveable's sections and URL patterns
- [llms-full.txt](https://fiveable.me/llms-full.txt): complete subject and unit listing
- [MCP server](https://fiveable.me/mcp): call Fiveable as tools instead of fetching pages (`https://fiveable.me/api/mcp`)