How to Use Assignments in Microsoft Teams: Quick 12-Minute Tutorial for Teachers
Sara Wanasek
Using Microsoft Teams in the classroom gained popularity during the pandemic. However, it can, and is, being used in both online and physical classrooms today. As a learning management tool, Teams works seamlessly with other Microsoft products like Word, Excel, and PowerPoint which are classic favorites for students and teachers alike.
This multi-functional tool allows you to stay in touch with your students not only through video calls, but with chats, files, and assignments in Microsoft Teams. Teams can seem daunting when you first begin to use it, but it really is quite simple and easy to use. To make it seem less intimidating, we have broken down and explained some main features of Teams separately. Here are links to our other guides on features of Microsoft Teams:
- Microsoft Teams for Online Teaching – A Guide for Teachers
- Using Breakout Rooms in Microsoft Teams
- Assignments in Teams
- Class Notebook in Microsoft Teams
- 15 of the Best Teams Tips and Tricks .
Below is a quick, everything-you-need-to-know guide on assignments in Microsoft Teams. Let’s get started!
Create an Assignment in Microsoft Teams
To begin creating assignments in Microsoft Teams, you first need to be sure of two things:
- You are logged in with a Microsoft EDU account
- The Team you have created is a Class Team type
If both of those things are complete you will be able to see the Assignments tab on the side ribbon and on the top ribbon in the General channel. If you need help getting to know the interface and basics of Teams, check out our Teams Guide for Teachers.
Start a New Assignment
Now, to create your assignment, click on the Assignments tab from the top ribbon under your General Channel. Click Create , and then Assignment , to begin your first assignment. You can explore creating a quiz with the help of Microsoft Forms and creating an assignment based on a pre-existing assignment another time.
Add Assignment Details
In your new assignment, add a title and a description to let your students know what to do to complete the assignment.
If you prefer to attach the instructions as a document, or have supporting materials to the assignment, you can attach them under the Add Resources link. Teams allows you to attach files in many different ways: through your OneDrive, ClassNoteBook, from a link, by creating a new file, or from uploading a document from your computer.
When you attach a resource, you have the option to allow students to edit it or not. By default, they cannot edit; however, if you prefer to change this, just click on the three dots at the end of the resource and click, Students edit their own copy. Now, when students edit this file, a new copy will be made for them, and it is automatically attached to this assignment for an easy turn-in.
Set Points and a Rubric
To easily grade this assignment in Teams, assign the number of points it is worth, or add a rubric . Similar to creating assignments, you can use a pre-existing rubric, upload one, or create a new one.
Creating a new rubric is very customizable so you are able to add all the information your students need to complete the assignment. Just add a title , and a description , then fill in the rest of the rubric. If you need more categories , just click the plus button at the end of the columns, or after the bottom row. In addition, you can assign points to each category of the rubric.
Choose Students to Assign the Work to
The next step in creating an assignment is to assign it to your students. You can assign it to all of them, or a certain student(s) for more individualized work. Just click Assign to All, or go through the list and click the students you would like to assign this to.
Give a Due Date & Close Date
In Teams, there are two different categories of dates for when the assignment is due.
Due Date: This is when the assignment is due, however, students are still able to turn in the assignment late, after the due date has passed.
Close Date: This is when the assignment closes and no more submissions are allowed.
To set both of these, and schedule this assignment for the future, click Edit under the Due Date section. To set a Close Date , click the checkbox on the side and set the date.
When all of your setups are complete, back at the top of the page, click assign, or save for later if it still needs a bit more work.
How Students Can Turn in Assignments
After you assign an assignment, students will receive a notification. They are able to view the assignment in the General Channel or on the Assignment tabs.
The student’s view of the assignment is very similar to the teacher’s view. They will see the Due Date and Close Date, the instructions, any files you have attached, and a rubric if there is one.
Students can begin their assignments right away in Teams if you have attached a document for them to work on. In the example below, students would be using PowerPoint on their desktops simultaneously with ClassPoint to make their presentations more interactive. As they work, their changes will be saved automatically. If you don’t have a document attached, students can upload and attach their work instead.
When they have completed their work, they just need to click Turn In. They will see a fun animation appear indicating the turn-in is successful.
How to Grade Assignments
Once students have turned in their work, you will receive a notification. Now, you can easily look over and grade their work. Click into an assignment to view how many students have turned in their work, how many need grading, and how many you have already graded.
To grade an assignment, click on the Turned in status. Here, you are able to view their work alongside a tab for you to give them feedback. If you have a rubric , it will open for you to assign the points for each category. Scrolling down, you can leave feedback to let them know what they excelled at and what needs more work.
When the grading is completed, you can return it to the student. They can view your feedback, make changes, and turn it in again if necessary.
To easily jump between students for a continuous grading experience, click the arrows on the side of the student’s name, or click on the student’s name for a drop-down menu of your other students.
Export Grade Data
In Teams, it is really easy to export data, especially for assignments. You can export data for certain assignments, in addition to exporting all assignments and student grade data. This can be done from the Grades pivot on the top toolbar. You will see a complete list of your students, and of each assignment on this tab that you have assigned throughout the year.
Frequently Asked Questions
And that completes this tutorial on Assignments in Microsoft Teams! There is plenty you can do with this feature on Teams to make it suitable for your students and classroom. Enjoy using it to its fullest potential.
We have put together some frequently asked questions in case you still have some lingering questions before you get started!
What if I don’t see the Assignments tab?
If you don’t see the Assignment tab on the top ribbon in your General channel, or on the side ribbon, you are not logged in with a Microsoft EDU account. Create your own, or get in touch with your IT department for your login.
What is the difference between the Due Date and the Close Date?
Students can still turn in Assignments after the Due Date has passed, but once the Close Date has passed, no more submissions are allowed.
If I return the assignment to my student does that mean I want them to redo it?
Not necessarily. You can return all assignments to the students so that they can see your feedback. If you want a student to redo the assignment, you should let them know in your feedback.
Can I attach a PDF for my students to edit to the assignment?
You can do this through your Class Notebook! Insert the PDF to a Class Notebook page and set it as the background. Then, you can assign this page to your students.
Watch this for a visual guide on how to insert a PDF to a Class Notebook page.
Can I assign an assignment to a certain channel?
Unfortunately, no. You can only assign to the General Channel, which is all your students, or assign to individual students when setting up the assignment.
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Organize content, create assignments, and assess learners’ understanding in Teams
Learn how to use Classwork to organize content, Grades to streamline assignments, Microsoft Forms to simplify assessments, and Insights to track academic and SEL trends.
Learning objectives
Upon completion of this module, you'll be able to:
- Create and organize class resources and assignments efficiently with Classwork in Microsoft Teams.
- Create, distribute, collect, and grade assignments with Assignments in Microsoft Teams.
- Create and embed polls, quizzes, and surveys with Microsoft Forms.
- Track learner progress with Insights in Microsoft Teams.
ISTE Standards for Educators :
Educator - Citizen
Educator - Facilitator
Educator - Collaborator
UNESCO Standards for Educators :
Application of Digital skills
Organization and Administration
- Introduction min
- Organize class resources and assignments with Classwork min
- Customize Assignments to support learning goals and foster engagement and collaboration min
- Check for understanding with Forms in Teams min
- Create assignments in Teams min
- Maximize flexibility with the Assignments app min
- Support efficiency with the Grades app min
- Improve learner outcomes with the feedback cycle min
- Teams provides insights min
- Knowledge check min
- Summary min
Create an assignment in Microsoft Teams
Create assignments for your students in Microsoft Teams for Education . Manage assignment timelines, add instructions, create resources to turn in, and more.
Note: Assignments is only available in class teams . You can assign assignments to classes of up to 1000 students. Classes larger than 300 can't use a Class Notebook or Makecode.
In this article
Create a new assignment, title and category, instructions and attachments.
Points, rubrics, and grading
Assigning to students or groups
Due dates and scheduling, assign, save, or discard, classwork modules.
Navigating the Grades tab
Navigate to the desired class team, then select Assignments .
Select Create > New Assignment .
At a minimum, you must give the assignment a title. This is required. You can optionally add a tag, which will make this assignment easier to search for in the future.
Assignments only supports the following image file types: .png, .jpeg, and .gif.
On mobile, Images will resize to the screen.
On desktop, you can use sizing handles on images to resize them.
You can also attach existing files, links, or assignment integrations and create and name a new file right from here for students to turn in.
Note: You can add up to five files for students to edit. The total number of resources you can add to an assignment is 10, whether editable or non-editable. Read-only reference files can be up to 500 MB in size. Files for students to edit can be up to 50 MB in size.
Select Attach to attach resources to the assignment. Choose a file from your OneDrive, upload a file from your device, or choose one of the other options set by your admin, such as MakeCode.
Note: If you're assigning a Class Notebook page, check what version of OneNote your students are using to ensure that their assignment pages will lock after the assignment due date passes.
Select +New to create a blank Word (.docx), Excel (.xlsx), PowerPoint (.pptx), or Whiteboard document, or a new video recording to hand out to your students.
Select Apps to attach content from an app to the assignment. Admins can manage Teams apps in the Microsoft Teams admin center .
Select Learning Accelerators to add Reading Progress , Search Progress and other Learning Accelerators to the Assignment.
By default, Students can't edit attached documents, meaning the document is read-only. This is a great option for reference materials.
Note: If you have older documents with the file extension .doc, .xls, or .ppt, students won't be able to edit them. You can either attach them as read-only reference material or create a new file in Teams, copy in the old content, and save it. All new files you create in Teams or other Microsoft 365 apps will have the correct extension.
The Assign to field is where you choose the class for this assignment. By default, the class team you are in will be selected.
Multiclass Publish
Multiclass publish allows educators to create an assignment for multiple classes with the same due date.
Do this by navigating to the Assign to field and check the boxes for classes the assignment will be published to.
Points and rubrics
You can select which grading scheme, grading categories , and points the assignment is worth.
If you have configured the class to use Grading Categories, you need to select a Grading Category for assignment with points.
Select the amount of points this assignment is worth, if any. You can use points on any number-based scale including whole numbers of 100 and set your own denominator. Examples: 88/100 or decimals 3.7/4.0.
Select Add rubric to create a rubric .
Select Manage grading categories to create or edit the grading categories for the class.
Setting up Grading Schemes
Letter grading and grading categories must be set as a Grading Scheme in the Grade settings section to display these options.
2. Navigate down to Grade settings .
3. Choose Add Schemes or Manage schemes .
Note: If no other grading schemes other than "Points" have been set, this link will read Add Schemes . Once you have gone through the steps to add a new scheme, the link will change to Manage schemes.
5. Set the grading levels. Letter grades will be the normal A, B, C, D, F, scheme. Ensure that there are enough levels to cover the entire 0-100 percent range.
6. Select the Save button when complete.
Finish by choosing the Done button.
Choose multiple classes, individual students, or groups of students in one class to assign to.
By default, only students who are in your class now will receive this assignment. Change this by selecting an option from the dropdown menu.
Note: If you choose a close date, any student who joins will receive this assignment until the close date.
Select a time and date for the assignment to be due. To schedule an assignment, next to Assignment will post immediately with late turn-ins allowed select Edit assignment timeline . Here, you can customize when your assignment will be posted to students and when it will close for turn-ins. By default, no close date will be selected, which allows students to turn in assignments late.
Note: If you choose multiple classes to publish the assignment to, you can select Set due date per class to set individual schedule , due and close date for each class
You can choose whether to add this assignment to your calendar on Outlook, students' calendars, and other educators or staff in your class team. Set this preference for all assignments in Assignments Settings .
Next to Add assignment to calendars , select the dropdown and pick one of the following options:
Students only adds the assignment to just student calendars.
Students and me adds the assignment to both student calendars and your calendar.
Students and team owners to adds the assignment to both student and other educators or staff in the class team calendars.
Choose the channel where you'd like notifications for this assignment to post. This allows you to keep student work and discussion organized by unit, topic, or subject. By default, assignments will be posted in the General channel or your selection in Assignments Settings.
To choose a channel to post in, next to Post assignment notifications to: select the down arrow for a list of available channels.
Pick the channel you’d like this assignment notification to post in, your selection will be applied immediately.
To post assignment notifications to a channel, make sure bot posting is enabled. You can check that here or ask your IT Admin for help.
Assignments will post to channels that are visible to all students. Private channels will not appear during this step.
If you have selected multiple classes, select Set per Class to set which channel to use or just use the General channel. Assignments to individual students do not post to channels.
When you're ready, you can finish the process of creating your new assignment by assigning it to students.
Note: If your school uses Turnitin, you can sync assignment turn-ins to Turnitin .
Assign will immediately publish the assignment and your students will be notified of the new assignment on the day you specified and the notification linking to this assignment will post in the channel you selected. They'll also have an entry on their Teams and Outlooks calendars if you've selected that option.
Save will save a draft of the assignment. Students will not receive any notification, and nothing will be added to any calendar.
Discard will delete the draft of the assignment. Students will not receive any notification, and nothing will be added to any calendar.
Create a New Module
1. Navigate to the desired Class Team, then select Classwork.
2. Select Add module.
3. Enter a title for the new module.
4. Optionally, enter a description.
5. Select Save to save the module as a draft.
Note: Draft modules are only visible to Team owners (teachers) until published. All new modules are created in draft states.
Learn more about managing classwork modules in Microsoft Teams.
Navigate the Grades tab
To open the Grades tab, navigate to your desired class team and select Grades .
You'll see that students appear in a column, with their assignments in a row next to their name. Assignments are listed in order by due date with the nearest date at the beginning.
Learn more about the Grades tab.
Create a group assignment
Edit an assignment
Save an assignment as a draft
Grade, return, and reassign assignments
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Turn in an assignment in Microsoft Teams
Review and submit assignments directly in Microsoft Teams for Education !
How to turn in an assignment
To turn in an assignment:
Navigate to the desired class team, then select Assignments . You can also use your search bar to search for an assignment by keyword.
Tip: Select the Expansion icon (diagonal, double sided arrow) to work in full-screen mode.
If your educator specified a document for you to turn in, or if you have other files to attach to this assignment, select +Add work and upload your file. You can attach up to 10 resources to an assignment. 500mb is the maximum file size for a resource.
Tip: Work on Office files associated with this assignment right from here—no need to leave the app. Older files with .doc, .xls, and .ppt file extensions can only be edited in the desktop versions of those apps. You can copy content into a new file created in Teams to edit them again.
Select Turn in to submit an assignment before its deadline. This button will change depending on the status:
Turn in for group if you're working on a group assignment. Only one member of the group needs to turn in the assignment.
Turn in again if you’re editing an assignment you’ve already turned in and need to submit work again.
Turn in late if you’re turning in your assignment after the due date, but your educator has allowed late turn-ins or asked for a revision.
Not turned in if the assignment is past due and your educator is no longer accepting turn-ins. You cannot turn in work.
Undo turn in if you decide you want to edit your assignment before the due date. You'll need to turn it in again after you make your edits.
After submitting your assignments, track your progress in the Grades tab to review points earned and educator feedback.
View assignments across classes
View assignment details
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