IN THIS ARTICLE

What You'll Need
Assigning a Feature
Assigning Multiple Features
Assigning from the Dashboard
Sharing to Google Classroom
Next Steps
Frequently Asked Questions

What You'll Need

• An individual educator account included in a School or Homeschool plan
• At least one class with students to receive the assignment

Assigning a Feature

1. Find a topic and choose any available feature (Movie, Quiz, Make-a-Map, etc.).
   
2. Click the Assign button on the feature page.
   
   
   
   

3. Fill in key information about your assignment.

   1. Add a title and optional instructions.

   2. Depending on the feature, you might have an additional option to select: for example, the Pause Point set, or the mode for the Quiz or Challenge.

   3. You can optionally add a due date, and/or schedule the assignment for later (which will delay when the assignment is given to your students).

   
   
   
   
   

4. Click Select Students to choose which classes should get the assignment.
   
   
   
   If you have just one class in BrainPOP, you’ll be able to immediately select individual students to assign to, or assign to the whole class.
   
   

5. Click Select specific students to assign to specific students in one or more classes.
   
   
   
   

6. If you don’t have a class set up yet, you can create one! After clicking “Select students” you’ll be prompted to create a class. At least one student must join the class before you can assign.
   
   
   
   

7. Click OK to return to the assign screen and confirm that the details look correct.
   
   
   
   

8. Click Assign to send your single-feature assignment to your students, or click Add more to go to the assignment builder and add more features!
   
   
   

Continue to the next section of this article to learn how to add more features to your assignment.

Assigning Multiple Features

Once you have chosen your first feature as shown in the previous section, you can use the assignment builder to add more to your existing assignment. You can also mix and match features from different topics.

1. To add more features after you have added your first feature, click Add more just beneath the due date and scheduled date. 
   
   
   
   
2. Select the additional features to include in the assignment.
   
   
   
   Clicking Add Another Topic (at the bottom of the list of activities) allows you to include features from other topics.
   
   
   
   
3. Click Save and Finish Later to save a draft, or click Next to move on to the Select Students step.
   
4. Select classes to assign to, or click Select Specific Students to assign only to some students in a class.
   
   
   
   
   
   If you have just one class in BrainPOP, you’ll be able to immediately select individual students to assign to, or assign to the whole class. You can also create a class at this time if you do not have any. Note that a class must have at least one student before you can publish the assignment.
   
   

5. Click Save & Finish Later to save a draft, or click Next to move on to the Assign step.

   1. The title is required, and the instructions, due date, and schedule for later date are optional.

   2. To change the order of features in the assignment, click and hold the 6 dots next to the feature and drag it to your chosen place in the sequence. 

   3. You can edit the learning activities or class selection as well before assigning.
      
      
      
      

6. When you’re finished, click Assign to send the assignment to your students.

   1. After you have published your assignment, you'll have the option to View Assignment as a Student, copy a link of the assignment to embed the assignment in another platform, or share the assignment to Google Classroom.

   2. If you selected multiple classes, the assignment will be duplicated across each class once it has been assigned. That means any future edits will only apply to one class at a time.

   3. Co-teachers cannot edit assignment drafts of their fellow teachers until the assignment has been assigned & shared with students in the final step. Once the assignment has been published, co-teachers can edit assignments in their shared classes.
      
      

   
   

Assigning from the Dashboard

You may also create an assignment from scratch from your Teacher Dashboard. To assign this way, you'll need to know the topic(s) you're looking for in advance.

1. Go to your Teacher Dashboard and click + New assignment. This will open the assignment builder.
   
   
   
   

2. Select the content area you want to assign. Depending on your subscription, you may need to choose a specific content area. When you make your selection, you'll be able to draw from a specific set of BrainPOP activities to build your assignment.
   
   

   
   
   
   
   1. Clicking 'BrainPOP, Jr., Español, and Français' will take you to a combo search that will search across all four of the sites listed (or whichever you have a subscription to). Search for the topic you want to assign.
      
      
      
      
   2. Clicking Science will take you to the Science homepage. You can search for the content you want to assign within the Science product, and assign from the investigation page or stand-alone resource pages (see Assign a Science Investigation for more information).
   3. Clicking ELL will take you to an ELL-specific search. Search for the lesson you want to assign, or assign the placement test by clicking the button below the search bar.
      
      
      
      
      
      
3. Once you’ve selected a topic, select the learning activities you want to assign. You can click Preview to preview activities in a new tab.
   
   
   
   Clicking Add Another Topic (at the bottom of the list of activities) allows you to include features from other topics.
   
   
   
   
4. Click Save and Finish Later to save a draft, or click Next to move on to the Select Students step.
   
5. Select classes to assign to, or click Select Specific Students to assign only to some students in a class.
   
   
   
   
   
   If you have just one class in BrainPOP, you’ll be able to immediately select individual students to assign to, or assign to the whole class. You can also create a class at this time if you do not have any. Note that a class must have at least one student before you can publish the assignment.
   
   

6. Click Save & Finish Later to save a draft, or click Next to move on to the Assign step.

   1. The title is required, and the instructions, due date, and schedule for later date are optional.

   2. To change the order of features in the assignment, click and hold the 6 dots next to the feature and drag it to your chosen place in the sequence. 

   3. You can edit the learning activities or class selection as well before assigning.
      
      
      
      

7. When you’re finished, click Assign to send the assignment to your students.

   1. After you have published your assignment, you'll have the option to View Assignment as a Student, copy a link of the assignment to embed the assignment in another platform, or share the assignment to Google Classroom.

   2. If you selected multiple classes, the assignment will be duplicated across each class once it has been assigned. That means any future edits will only apply to one class at a time.

   3. Co-teachers cannot edit assignment drafts of their fellow teachers until the assignment has been assigned & shared with students in the final step. Once the assignment has been published, co-teachers can edit assignments in their shared classes.
      
      

Sharing to Google Classroom

If you use Google Classroom to post assignments for your students, you can share any BrainPOP assignment directly to your classroom. This feature will automatically create an assignment in Google Classroom which links to your BrainPOP assignment. Here's how:

1. Create an assignment in BrainPOP, as shown in the steps above.
2. Once you have completed creating the assignment, select Share to Google Classroom.
   
        
   
   
3. The Google Classroom assignment builder will open, with the link to your assignment, as well as the instructions, date, and topics you set, pre-populated.
   
   
4. Edit the assignment as desired and click Assign.

You can also share an assignment you have already created, directly from your dashboard:

1. Go to your Teacher Dashboard in BrainPOP and locate the assignment you want to share
2. Click the three dots at the right end of the assignment box.
   
                  
   
   
3. Select Share to Google Classroom.
4. On the panel that pops up, click Share to Google Classroom again to continue.
   
   
   
   
5. The Google Classroom assignment builder will open, with the link to your assignment, as well as the instructions, date, and topics you set, pre-populated.
6. Edit the assignment as desired and click Assign.

When your students click the link, they will be asked to log in and given the option to enter a username and password, sign in with Clever, or sign in with Google. They should use whichever method they normally use to log in (ex. If your students normally sign in with Clever, they should still select 'Sign In with Clever' in this case, even though they are clicking a link from Google Classroom.).

Once the student logs in, they will be redirected to the assignment page and can get started!

NOTE: Any edits made to the assignment in Google Classroom will not sync back to your BrainPOP assignment. Grades are not passed back to Google Classroom from BrainPOP.

Next Steps

Now that you’ve created your first assignment, you can find out more about managing, editing, and grading assignments in Managing Assignments.

Frequently Asked Questions

Can I include features from multiple BrainPOP products in a single assignment?

If your school has a plan that includes BrainPOP, BrainPOP Jr., BrainPOP ELL, BrainPOP Español and/or BrainPOP Français, you can add topics and features from any of these products into the same assignment when creating it. You can also add any GameUp title(s) to an assignment.

You cannot mix BrainPOP Science investigations with topics and features from the other products.

Can I save an assignment as a draft and assign it later?

You can save your assignment at any point by clicking Save at the bottom of the screen. The draft will appear with your other assignments.

                     

Can I assign features that don’t include submittable work, such as a movie, Related Reading, or game without SnapThought?

Yes. When a student watches a movie, reads a Related Reading, or plays a game without SnapThought, the task will display as “Completed” in your class timeline. This does not include "Practice" or "Flash Words" for BrainPOP ELL.

Can I assign one assignment to multiple classes?

Yes! You can select multiple classes when you create your assignment.