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Syncing Kognity assignments with Google Classroom

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Written by Karla Cetina
Updated over 2 weeks ago

This article provides a guide on automatically creating assignments in Google Classroom from Kognity, covering both the teacher's and student's views.

Sync Between Google Classroom and Kognity

This article focuses on the sync between Google Classroom and Kognity and does not delve into the details of assignment capabilities in Kognity. For more information on assignment capabilities, refer to the following articles:

Enabling the "Send to Google" Option

To enable the "Send to Google" option for your assignments in Kognity, the class must be created using the rostering integration with Google.


You can receive automatic updates on Completion and Score (aka Grade Passback) only if your school was rostered via Edlink. Contact your LMS administrator to set up the integration if you do not see the "Send to Google" option.

For further assistance, reach out to the Kognity support team via the chat in the bottom right corner or send an email to support@kognity.com.

Sending an assignment to Google Classroom

This section describes how to create an assignment that automatically syncs with your course in Google.

Assignments can include various types of tasks for students, such as:

Each student's submission and the corresponding assignment grade will automatically sync with Google if the assignment was created with the "Send to Google" option.


To create an assignment in Kognity:

  1. Create an assignment in Kognity from the "Assignments" menu or send a Reading assignment via the "Assign to students" option on the right side of each module or lesson in the class overview. 

    Create a book assignment
  2. Once you click on the "Assign to students" option, a new menu will appear to the right of the screen. Configure the assignment by entering the title and instructions. Ensure the correct recipients are selected by clicking on "Change recipients". Set the deadline, ensure the "Send to Google Classroom" feature is enabled, and set the points.

    Book assignment menu
  3. Click "Send" to create the assignment in Kognity and sync it with Google Classroom. You will receive a confirmation.


    The assignment will appear in both Kognity and Google. In Google Classroom, it will be under the "Assignments" menu. Students will see a link to Kognity in the assignment.

    Google Classroom assignment view


Student view - Completing an assignment

Students will see the assignment details, including the Title, Instructions, Number of tasks, and the link to the assignment.

Student view of the assignment in Google Classroom
  1. Once the students click on the link to the assignment (Kognity link) they will enter a view focusing on completing that specific assignment.

    Assignment view on Kognity
  2. Once finished, students can click "Submit result to Google Classroom" to hand in the assignment and sync the results with Google Classroom. The button will change text and color to indicate that the assignment has been submitted.​

    Submit result to Google Classroom


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