Actively Learn Assignment Sync and Grade Passback with Google Classroom™
Sync Actively Learn assignments and grades with Google Classroom.
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This article applies to districts that use the SSO and Auto-Rostering Access Service. SSO applies to districts that use an SSO portal, district website, or Learning Management System (LMS) to access McGraw Hill digital programs. Auto-Rostering means that account creation, class setup, and roster management are automated through a process handled by your district.
Not sure which Access Service your district uses? Click here to learn more about the four Access Services that we support.
This article walks teachers using Google Classroom and Actively Learn through the Assignment Sync and Grade Passback process.
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The McGraw Hill K-12 for Google Classroom™ app syncs assignments and grades between Actively Learn on the McGraw Hill platform and your Google Classroom account.
Important! The integration reviewed in this document is not the same as the “Share with Google Classroom” options available within the McGraw Hill platform, nor do these integrations work together. You cannot use both. Attempting to use both will prevent both from working properly.
Article Contents
Class Pairing
Prior to syncing assignments and grades between your McGraw Hill classes and Google Classroom, you need to pair your class(es). Your McGraw Hill class is automatically generated by your district's nightly roster file sent to McGraw Hill.
1. Navigate to your class list within Google Classroom.
The following steps can be completed from the class list page or within each individual class.
2. Click to open the Google waffle menu at the top-right.
3. Launch the McGraw Hill K-12 for Google Classroom™ app.
Installation of this app is completed by your District Administrator. If you do not see the app, please reach out to your District Administrator or Curriculum Coordinator.
Note: You may be prompted to confirm which Google account you want to use after launching the app.
The McGraw Hill K-12 for Google Classroom™ page will open in a new tab.
4. Click the Pair Course button for the class.
You will be able to see all of your classes that are within McGraw Hill.
5. Click the Pair button on the class tile.
Note: You want to make sure the class matches that in which you selected in the previous step.
Repeat steps 4 and 5 as necessary until all classes are paired.
Stop and Double Check - Take time to double check and ensure your class pairings are correct before moving on. Incorrect class pairings, and any resulting issues, is a common issue.
Unpairing Classes
If a class has been paired by mistake and/or incorrectly, you can unpair it. Only classes paired in error should be unpaired.
Note: McGraw Hill content and assignments will not launch from your Google Classroom class if you unpair the class.
Important!
If a Google Classroom class is deleted prior to unpairing it from the McGraw Hill class, you will not be able to fully unpair it. You MUST unpair the classes before deleting the Google Classroom class.
If you deleted the Google Classroom class before unpairing it, you will need to contact our DTS Customer Support team.
1. Click to open the Google waffle menu at the top-right.
2. Launch the McGraw Hill K-12 for Google Classroom™ app.
Installation of this app is completed by your District Administrator. If you do not see the app, please reach out to your District Administrator or Curriculum Coordinator.
Note: You may be prompted to confirm which Google account you want to use after launching the app.
The McGraw Hill K-12 for Google Classroom™ page will open in a new tab.
3. Click the Launch Course button on the class you want to unpair.
4. Click the Unpair button in the top tile.
5. On the pop-up, click the Unpair button.
Create Assignments
1. Click to open the Google waffle menu at the top-right.
2. Launch the McGraw Hill K-12 for Google Classroom™ app.
Installation of this app is completed by your District Administrator. If you do not see the app, please reach out to your District Administrator or Curriculum Coordinator.
Note: You may be prompted to confirm which Google account you want to use after launching the app.
The McGraw Hill K-12 for Google Classroom™ page will open in a new tab.
3. Click the Launch Course button on the class.
4. On the Add Assignments tile, click the Create Actively Learn Assignments button.
Actively Learn will open in a new browser tab.
5. Create an Actively Learn assignment as normal. Refer to the Grades & Assignments blade on the DTS Community Help site for more information.
You can create more than one assignment at a time, if preferred.
6. Close your Actively Learn tab and return back to your Google Classroom tab.
All created assignments will be viewable in the Sync Assignments tile on the Google Classroom page.
7. Click the Sync Assignments button.
Wait for the screen to close automatically. The loading screen may take 10-20 seconds to process the new assignments before closing.
If you close the screen manually, the assignments will not be created successfully.
View Assignments
1. On your Google Classroom page, click Classwork at the top.
2. Click on the assignment to expand the blade.
3. Click the Sign in - Google Accounts link.
The assignment will launch in a new tab.
4. Hover over the assignment and click Open to launch Actively Learn.
Note: It may take 2-3 minutes for assignments to appear for students and before the assignment can be successfully launched within Google Classroom. If you attempt to launch the assignment too quickly after creation, both students and teachers will receive a "CI2" error message.
Adjust Assignment Settings
If you need to later adjust the settings of an assignment, you must complete these changes within the McGraw Hill platform directly, or by launching the assignment as a teacher in Google Classroom.
If you attempt to make assignment edits within Google Classroom directly, they will not be reflected in McGraw Hill and may stop the assignment from functioning in Google Classroom.
1. On your Google Classroom page, click Classwork at the top.
2. Click on the assignment to expand the blade.
3. Click the Sign in - Google Accounts link.
The assignment will launch in a new tab.
4. Hover over the assignment and click Open to launch Actively Learn.
5. Make any changes needed to the assignment.
These changes will not be reflected in Google Classroom until you have resynced the assignments.
Important!
You may see a Share with Google Classroom option available. Do not use this. As a reminder, this is a separate integration from Assignment Sync and Grade Passback and these two integrations will not work together. You cannot use both. Attempting to use both will prevent both from working properly.
Resync Assignments
Resyncing assignments is an option available within the McGraw Hill K-12 app. This option syncs all assignments and their settings from McGraw Hill into Google Classroom.
This allows you to sync settings back into Google Classroom if you made any changes to your assignments. This also gives teachers a direct way to manually trigger the assignment syncing process in the event any assignments have not automatically appeared in Google Classroom.
1. Click to open the Google waffle menu at the top-right.
2. Launch the McGraw Hill K-12 for Google Classroom™ app.
Installation of this app is completed by your District Administrator. If you do not see the app, please reach out to your District Administrator or Curriculum Coordinator.
Note: You may be prompted to confirm which Google account you want to use after launching the app.
The McGraw Hill K-12 for Google Classroom™ page will open in a new tab.
3. Click the Launch Course button.
4. Click the Sync Assignments button.
McGraw Hill will automatically check to see if there are any assignments that have not yet been synced to Google Classroom. These will be listed in the area below the Sync Assignments button.
Resync Grades
Resyncing grades within the Google Classroom gradebook may be necessary if some students are not showing grades for an assignment.
1. Click to open the Google waffle menu at the top-right.
2. Launch the McGraw Hill K-12 for Google Classroom™ app.
Installation of this app is completed by your District Administrator. If you do not see the app, please reach out to your District Administrator or Curriculum Coordinator.
Note: You may be prompted to confirm which Google account you want to use after launching the app.
The McGraw Hill K-12 for Google Classroom™ page will open in a new tab.
3. Click the Launch Course button.
4. On the Re-Sync Grades tile, checkmark the assignment(s) that need to be resynced.
5. Click the Sync Grades button.
Troubleshooting Tips
Error Messages on Student Launch
Common Errors: ID5, ER4, SE4 Most likely caused by a rostering mismatch between Google Classroom and McGraw Hill.
1. Ensure your class(es) are paired correctly. If your class(es) are not paired correctly, then the rosters will not match.
2. Ensure the student is properly enrolled in the class within McGraw Hill. New students may take several days after enrollment to sync into McGraw Hill
3. Ensure you are not using a “Student View” in Google Classroom. This view will not work and is not indicative of the experience students will have.
Most of the time this is caused when launching an assignment too quickly after creation.
1. Ensure you and students are waiting 120 seconds after assignment creation to launch it.
2. Ensure the assignment “start date” has passed. Assignments with future start dates cannot be launched by students.
"L500" Error Message
Often indicative of a greater issue with the districts installation of the app. The issue may exist on either the district side or the McGraw Hill side.
Reach out to your District Administrator contact support with this error.
Assignments and Grades Not Syncing Properly
Most of the time this is caused by incorrect class pairings.
Ensure your class(es) are paired correctly by reviewing the class pairings section. If your class(es) are not paired correctly, assignments and grades will not function as needed and may result in additional errors.
Grades Not Syncing for Some Students
If only some students within a class do not have grades populating in the Google Classroom Gradebook, but other students do, this indicates some students have not launched an assignment directly from within Google Classroom this school year.
Ensure the student launches any active assignment from directly within Google Classroom. You can then manually sync grades through the McGraw Hill tool to populate all grades for this student within the Google Classroom Gradebook.