Create Handouts in Schoolwork
Create a Handout to assign students activities, request work from your students, or send announcements.
You can send a Handout to your entire class or you can personalize instruction and send a Handout to one or more students based on their specific needs. Schoolwork does not support sending a Handout to multiple classes. To assign the same activities and work to more than one class, copy the Handout, then send the new Handout to another class.
Your students can view Handouts across all their classes to keep track of everything they need to complete.
If other teachers are contributors to your class when you post a Handout, your Handout is visible and editable by the other teachers. Draft Handouts are not visible to other teachers until you post the Handout.
Note: You need an Internet connection to post a Handout. If your Internet connection is interrupted, you can save your Handout as a draft to send at a later time, as long as it doesn’t contain any file attachments.
Create a Handout in Schoolwork
In the Schoolwork app
, tap 
in the upper right of the window.Tap in the To field, tap a class if you have more than one, then tap to add your entire class or one or more students in your class to your Handout (swipe down to search for students), then tap Done.
Enter a name for your Handout.
To set a different due date for your Handout, tap Date, then choose the date you want.
If you add a due date to a Handout, any activities or work a student submits after the due date are late. Schoolwork automatically sets due dates to 11:59 p.m. local time for the specified day. To remove a due date, tap
.Add an activity or request to your Handout:
To add an activity, tap the type of activity you want to add (swipe left to see more options if necessary), then choose an activity.
If you added a file, photo, video, or scanned document activity, you can specify how to share the activity by tapping
, then tapping one of the following:“Each student can edit their own file.” Schoolwork sends each student their own copy of the file. You work with each student in their own file.
“Students collaborate together on the same file” (iWork file only). Schoolwork sends all students one copy of the file. You and the entire class work together in a single file.
“Only you can make changes.” Schoolwork sends all students one copy of the file. Students can view the file, but only you and other teachers can edit the file.
To request work from your students, tap Hand-in Request.
To rename the item, tap the name, then enter a new name.
Enter instructional text for your Handout, then do one of the following:
If you’re ready to post your Handout, tap
.If you aren’t ready to post your Handout, tap Cancel, then tap Save as Draft to save it as a draft to send at a later time.
To view a Handout you saved as a draft, tap Drafts in the sidebar.
Create a Handout from another iPadOS app
Open an iPadOS app with the Share with Schoolwork enabled, then open an activity to use in your Handout.
Do one of the following:
For iWork apps: tap the More button, then tap the Share button.
For other apps: tap the Share button.
In the first section of share options, tap Schoolwork (swipe left to see more options if necessary).
Schoolwork displays the New Handout pop-up pane and adds your new activity (app, file, photo, video, link).
Tap in the To field, tap a class if you have more than one, then tap to add your entire class or one or more students in your class to your Handout (swipe down to search for students), then tap Done.
Enter a name for your Handout.
To set a different due date for your Handout, tap Date, then choose the date you want.
If you add a due date to a Handout, any activities or work a student submits after the due date are late. Schoolwork automatically sets due dates to 11:59 p.m. local time for the specified day. To remove a due date, tap
.Enter instructional text for your Handout.
If you added a file, photo, or video activity, you can specify how to share the activity by tapping
, then tapping one of the following:“Each student can edit their own file.” Schoolwork sends each student their own copy of the file. You work with each student in their own file.
“Students collaborate together on the same file” (iWork file only). Schoolwork sends all students one copy of the file. You and the entire class work together in a single file.
“Only you can make changes.” Schoolwork sends all students one copy of the file. Students can view the file, but only you and other teachers can edit the file.
Do one of the following:
If you’re ready to post your Handout, tap
.If you aren’t ready to post your Handout, tap Cancel, then tap Save as Draft to save it as a draft to send at a later time.
To view a Handout you saved as a draft, tap Drafts in the sidebar.
Create Handouts by importing content
In the Schoolwork app
, tap Imports in the sidebar, then tap 
in the upper right of the window.Search for a file or navigate to a file on your iPad or in iCloud Drive, then tap the file to import the content.
You can import content from a Common Cartridge file (CC 1.0 to 1.3). See Common Cartridge.
To rename the imported info, tap the name, then enter a new name.
Tap to select the content you want to import as new Handouts and activities, then tap Import.
Schoolwork imports your content and displays the new Handouts in the Imports view. To delete a group of imported Handouts, tap Delete All next to the name in the Imports view.
Important: Imported Handouts are not visible to others until you create a copy, add recipients, and post the Handouts.
When creating Handouts, keep the following in mind:
You can’t add more than 20 activities or a file larger than 2GB per Handout.
You can’t send a Handout to more than a combined total of 100 teachers and students, and you can’t include more than 15 teachers.
When you create a Handout in an app and add a file, a copy of the file is added to your Handout. To edit the shared copy, open the new file in iCloud Drive or Schoolwork.