Create assignments in Schoolwork
Create an assignment to send students activities, request work from your students or send announcements. Your students can view assignments across all their classes to keep track of everything they need to complete.
You can send an assignment to your entire class or you can send an assignment to one or more students based on their specific needs. Schoolwork does not support sending an assignment to multiple classes. To assign the same activities and work to more than one class, copy the assignment, then send the new assignment to another class.
If there are co-teachers in your class when you post an assignment, your assignment is visible and editable by the other teachers. Draft assignments are not visible to other teachers until you post the assignment.
Note: You need an internet connection to post an assignment. If your internet connection is interrupted, you can save your assignment as a draft to send at a later time, as long as it does not contain any file attachments.
Create an assignment in Schoolwork
In the Schoolwork app
, tap 
in the upper right-hand corner 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 assignment (swipe down to search for students), then tap Done.
Enter a name for your assignment.
To set a different deadline for your assignment, tap the date, then choose the date you want.
If you add a deadline to an assignment, any activities or work a student submits after the deadline are late. Schoolwork automatically sets deadlines to 23:59 local time for the specified day. To remove a deadline, tap
.Add an activity to your assignment:
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 co-teachers can edit the file.
Enter instructional text for your assignment, then do one of the following:
If you are ready to post your assignment, tap
.If you are not ready to post your assignment, tap Cancel, then tap Save as Draft to save it as a draft to send at a later time.
To view an assignment you saved as a draft, tap Drafts in the sidebar.
Create an assignment from another iPadOS app
Open an iPadOS app with the Share with Schoolwork enabled, then open an activity to use in your assignment.
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 Assignment 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 assignment (swipe down to search for students), then tap Done.
Enter a name for your assignment.
To set a different deadline for your assignment, tap the date, then choose the date you want.
If you add a deadline to an assignment, any activities or work a student submits after the deadline are late. Schoolwork automatically sets deadlines to 23:59 local time for the specified day. To remove a deadline, tap
.Enter instructional text for your assignment.
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 are ready to post your assignment, tap
.If you are not ready to post your assignment, tap Cancel, then tap Save as Draft to save it as a draft to send at a later time.
To view an assignment you saved as a draft, tap Drafts in the sidebar.
Create assignments by importing content
In the Schoolwork app
, tap Imports in the sidebar, then tap 
in the upper right-hand corner 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 information, tap the name, then enter a new name.
Tap to select the content you want to import as new assignments and activities, then tap Import.
Schoolwork imports your content and displays the new assignments in the Imports view. To delete a group of imported assignments, tap Delete All in the Imports view. Before an import is complete, if you want to stop importing the assignments, tap Cancel Import in the Imports view.
Important: Imported assignments are not visible to others until you copy the assignments, add recipients, and post the assignments.
When creating assignments, keep the following in mind:
You cannot add more than 20 activities or a file larger than 2 gigabytes (GB) per assignment.
When you create an assignment from an app and add a file, a copy of the file is added to your assignment. To edit the shared copy, open the new file in iCloud Drive or Schoolwork.