Can Teachers See Unsubmitted Work on Google Classroom?

The pandemic has brought about drastic changes in many aspects of our life, one of them being education. When online classes started, a number of applications were employed for better communication between students and teachers, like Zoom, Google Meet, and Google Classroom. Even now, most schools are using these apps for hybrid classes or for small children who still cannot attend offline school.

In today’s blog, we will be talking about a feature on the Google Classroom app where you can submit and unsubmit (or unsend) an assignment.

Most students use this feature when they have accidentally sent an incomplete assignment or when they remember that they have made a mistake in their last assignment.

Read on to find the answer to “Will my teacher know if i unsubmit in Google Classroom”.

Later in the blog, we will also answer other queries, such as how to turn in late work on Google Classroom on time and if your teacher can tell if you copy/paste your assignment.

Can Teachers See Unsubmitted Work on Google Classroom?

Yes, teachers see unsubmitted work on Google Classroom. Whenever you submit a document, it is saved on your submission history. All teachers on the app have complete access to every student’s submission history. Unless you manage to unsend it in the first three seconds, there is no other way to remove it completely from the teacher’s visibility.

Moreover, if your copy of the assignment was generated in Google Classroom, your teacher can also see your edit history. This will include how much work you have done so far, what changes you have made on it, and also the last time it was opened by you. Lastly, they will also be able to see any collaborators you have added to that assignment.

Let us tell you why this happens:

Whenever your teacher creates an assignment with an already existing document on their Google Drive, they have three options to choose how it is displayed.

First: The student can view the document.

Second: The student can edit the document.

Third: Google Classroom will make a copy of the document for the student(s).

The first two options are convenient for one student only.

But if your teacher chooses the third option, the Classroom app makes a copy of the original file for each student. When this happens, your name and account are linked to your copy, but it is also linked to your teacher’s account. This is why they can access it and see all the work done on it at any given time.

Advantages:

Suppose you forgot to submit your assignment before the given time, or the assignment was not updated due to some internet connection issue or a glitch. If the teacher has sent you a copy of the assignment, they would still be able to see if you had completed your work on time and grade you accordingly.

Disadvantages:

If you make a number of mistakes that you don’t want your teacher to see, that can become a problem because all the edits you make will be visible to your teacher.

How to Turn in Assignments in Google Classroom

Now that we have covered the initial question, let’s move on to another frequently asked query about this app: How can you turn in your assignments on Google Classroom?

The whole process is quite easy, and we have included a step-by-step guide on how to do that below. Take a look:

Step 1: Open the Google Classroom app on your smartphone.

Step 2: You’ll see all your classes in a listicle format on the home screen. Click on the classroom in which you have to submit the assignment.

Step 3: Once you do that, you can see all the work assigned in that classroom. Tap on the assignment that you have to submit.

Step 4: On the top of the screen, you can see the Due date and time. Below that, you’ll see the option of adding a class comment, and right after that you’ll see the attachment/copy of the assignment that the teacher has assigned. At the bottom of the screen, you’ll see an option named + Add work. Click on it.

Step 5: Now, you can see a number of formats using which you can submit your assignment.

So, there you go. Now you can submit all your assignments within the due time.

Can Teacher See if You Copy-Paste Assignment on Google Classroom?

With so much technology involved in education, many students try to use it to their advantage during their tests. This is a completely unethical practice, which we do not promote in any way.

One common way used by students for cheating on tests is by copy-pasting the assignments they are given. Although this might have worked at the very beginning of the pandemic, it is no longer possible today. Wondering why?

It is because most school teachers run the assignments submitted by students through different plagiarism checker tools now. So, if you’ve copied your assignment from someone else and are planning on getting away with it, you must think twice.

Conclusion:

Today’s question was: Can teachers see your unsubmitted work on Google Classroom? Yes, any assignment that you have ever posted on Google Classroom will be visible to your teacher. However, it is up to them if they wish to open and inspect it.

On the other hand, if you are a new user on this app, we have already mentioned how you can submit an assignment in Classroom.

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