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Who can use this?

  • Who: Teachers and co-teachers
  • Plans: All plans, with the All Assignment Types add-on on Lite
  • Where: New assignment, then the Video & Audio card

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Limits and notes

  • 250 MB per file, media only: MP4, MOV, WebM and the other video types; MP3, WAV, M4A-style audio and the rest. A document dropped in is refused: “This is a video assignment — only video & audio files can be graded.”
  • No mixing. One assignment can’t hold documents and media.
  • No Batch Scan. One file per student.
  • Ask GradingPal cannot watch or listen to a recording. Grading comments are yours to place; the assistant helps with wording.

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Set it up

A video or audio assignment is set up like any open-response work: against a rubric. In Guided the steps are Type, Details, Rubric, Feedback, Student work; choose Video & Audio under Open response and follow Create a writing or essay assignment from there. In Instant, choose Video & Audio as the type and add the recordings under 4. Student submissions as Separate files. Tell students the limit before they record. A phone video at full quality passes 250 MB in a few minutes; exporting at 720p is usually enough.

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What grading looks like later

The grading screen has a player with a scrubber. You add a comment at the moment it applies, and the student sees it at the same moment on their player. Scoring against the rubric sits beside it. Grade a video or audio assignment covers the screen.

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How to tell it worked

The type card in the assignment’s Overview reads Video & Audio, and the upload dialog says Video & audio must be under 250 MB.

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If something goes wrong

Ask for a smaller export. 720p is usually enough. For work already in Google Classroom, the row says so and asks for a smaller version to be uploaded there.
On Lite, video needs the All Assignment Types add-on. Work uploaded before you add it is held, not lost.
Opens GradingPal on the screen this page describes.

Last updated 19 September 2026

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