Attaching audio, video, and external resources

Google Classroom is very flexible when it comes to adding content and materials. You can attach existing audio files, videos, PDF files, slide decks and images that you have prepared previously. You can add these materials by pasting links to these files or uploading them. This feature is very helpful to provide complementary audio and visual materials, worksheets and exercises to strengthen your online teaching. Whether you want to add these files in assignments, quiz assignments, questions or material, the process is the same.

Here’s how you will upload files.

1. Go to your Classroom.

2. Go to the Classwork tab.

3. Click Create.

4. Select the kind of content that you wish to create. It can be assignments, quiz assignments, questions or material.

5. Provide the information required in the popup window.

6. To upload an existing file, simply click the add button at the lower left corner of the window and choose file. There are several ways in which you can add the file like uploading or grabbing from your Google Drive. The screenshot shows how it looks like when adding a file in Assignments. It looks similar for other kinds of posts as well.

7. Choose the file. It will automatically be uploaded.

8. Click the button at the upper right (Assign, Ask, Post)

You can also add links to files uploaded online as well as websites. Here’s how you can do it:

1. Go to your Classroom.

2. Go to the Classwork tab.

3. Click Create.

4. Select the kind of content that you wish to create. It can be assignments, quiz assignments, questions or material.

5. Provide the information required in the popup window.

6. Click the add button at the lower left corner of the window and choose link.

7. Paste the link.

8. Click the button at the upper right (Assign, Ask, Post)

This is also similar if you wish to share webpages to your students.