Google Classroom

62 tools available

Google Classroom is a free web service developed by Google for schools that aims to simplify creating, distributing, and grading assignments

Connect Google Classroom to Definable to automate repetitive tasks, sync data with the rest of your stack, trigger on real-world events. Personas call Google Classroom's 62 tools directly from chat or scheduled flows. You can wire it into any persona to read, write, and react when an event fires.

Common workflows with Google Classroom

01

Trigger on event

  1. Listen for a new event
  2. Parse and validate the payload
  3. Take an action with the linked tool
02

Daily summary

  1. Pull yesterday's activity
  2. Summarise with the model of your choice
  3. Send the digest via email or Slack
03

Cross-tool sync

  1. Read records from one app
  2. Transform with a persona
  3. Write the result back via this integration

Google Classroom actions 62

Every Google Classroom action below is a callable tool any Definable persona can invoke.

Create Course Alias

Tool to create an alias for a course. Use when you need to add an alternative identifier to a course after confirming the course ID.

Delete Course Alias

Tool to delete an alias of a course. Use when you need to remove an alias from a course after confirming the course ID and alias name.

List Course Aliases

Tool to list aliases for a course. Use when you need to retrieve all aliases associated with a specific course.

Create Announcement

Tool to create an announcement in a course. Use after confirming the course ID is valid.

Delete Announcement

Tool to delete an announcement. Use after confirming the announcement ID.

Get Announcement

Tool to get an announcement. Use when you need to fetch an announcement by course and announcement ID.

Get Add-on Context for Announcement

Tool to get metadata for Classroom add-ons in the context of a specific announcement post. Use when validating query parameters and user permissions for add-ons loading in an iframe. Returns the current user's role (student or teacher) with exactly one context field populated.

List Announcements

Tool to list announcements in a course. Use after you have the course ID to page through announcements.

Modify Announcement Assignees

Tool to modify assignee mode and options of an announcement. Use when you need to change who can view an announcement, either making it visible to all students or to specific students only.

Patch Announcement

Tool to update fields of an announcement. Use when you need to modify specific details of an existing announcement after confirming which fields to update.

Delete Add-on Attachment

Tool to delete an add-on attachment from a course announcement. Requires the add-on to have been the original creator of the attachment.

Get Add-on Attachment

Tool to get an add-on attachment from an announcement. Use when you need to retrieve a specific add-on attachment. Requires the add-on requesting the attachment to be the original creator.

List Add-on Attachments

Tool to list all add-on attachments created under an announcement. Use when you need to retrieve attachments added by an add-on. Requires the add-on to have active attachments on the post or permission to create new attachments.

Delete Add-on Attachment

Tool to delete an add-on attachment from course work. Use when the add-on needs to remove an attachment it originally created. Requires the add-on to have been the original creator of the attachment.

Get Add-on Context for Course Work

Tool to get metadata for Classroom add-ons in the context of a specific course work. Use when validating query parameters and user permissions for add-ons loading in an iframe. Returns the current user's role (student or teacher) with exactly one context field populated.

List Add-on Attachments on Course Work Material

Tool to list all add-on attachments under a course work material post. Use when you need to retrieve attachments created by an add-on. Requires the add-on to have active attachments or permission to create new attachments on the post.

Delete Course Work Material

Tool to delete a course work material. Use after confirming the course work material ID and course ID.

Modify CourseWork Assignees

Tool to modify assignee mode and options of coursework. Use when you need to change who can view coursework, either making it visible to all students or to specific students only.

Patch Course Work

Tool to update one or more fields of a course work. Use when you need to modify specific details of an existing course work after confirming which fields to update.

List Course Work Rubrics

Tool to list rubrics for a specific coursework. Use when you need to retrieve grading rubrics that the requester has permission to view.

Create Course

Tool to create a new course. Use when a teacher needs to establish a Classroom course before enrollment.

Delete Course

Tool to delete a course. Use when you need to remove a course after confirming the course ID.

Get Course

Tool to get details for a specific course. Use when you need full course information by ID.

Get Grading Period Settings

Tool to retrieve grading period settings for a course. Use when you need to access the grading periods configured in a course.

List Courses

Tool to list all courses accessible to the authenticated user. Use when you need a paginated list of courses.

Patch Course

Tool to update one or more fields of a Classroom course. Use after retrieving course details and confirming fields to update.

List Post Add-on Attachments

Tool to list all add-on attachments created under a post. Use when you need to retrieve attachments added by an add-on. Requires the add-on to have active attachments on the post or permission to create new attachments.

Get Add-on Context for Post

Tool to get metadata for Classroom add-ons in the context of a specific post. Use when validating query parameters and user permissions for add-ons loading in an iframe. Returns the current user's role (student or teacher) with exactly one context field populated.

Add Student to Course

Tool to add a student to a course. Use when enrolling a user as a student in a course. Domain administrators can directly enroll users; students can self-enroll with an enrollment code.

Delete Course Student

Tool to delete a student from a course. Use when you need to remove a student's enrollment from a specific course. This revokes their access to course materials and participation.

Get Course Student

Tool to retrieve a specific student of a course. Use when you need to get detailed information about a student enrolled in a course by courseId and userId.

List Student Guardians

Tool to list guardians of a student in a course. Use when you need to retrieve and paginate guardians for a given student in a course.

List Course Students

Tool to list students in a course. Use after you have the course ID to page through enrolled students.

Delete Course Teacher

Tool to delete a teacher from a course. Use when you need to remove a teacher's enrollment from a specific course. This revokes their teaching access to the course.

Get Teacher

Tool to get teacher enrollment. Use when you need to retrieve a specific teacher in a course by courseId and userId.

List Course Teachers

Tool to list teachers in a course. Use after you have the course ID to page through enrolled teachers.

Create Course Topic

Tool to create a course topic. Use when you need to organize course content into named sections.

Delete Course Topic

Tool to delete a course topic. Use when you need to remove a topic from a course after confirming the course and topic IDs.

Get Course Topic

Tool to get a course topic. Use when you need to retrieve details of a specific course topic by ID after confirming the course and topic IDs.

List Course Topics

Tool to list topics in a course. Use when you have confirmed the courseId and need to retrieve its topics.

Patch Course Topic

Tool to update fields of a course topic. Use when you need to rename a topic after confirming its current details.

Update Course

Tool to update a course. Use when you need to modify course details like name, description, or state. This performs a full update (PUT) of the course.

Patch Course Work Material

Tool to update fields of a course work material. Use when you need to modify specific details of an existing course work material after confirming which fields to update.

Create CourseWork

Tool to create a CourseWork item in a course. Use when you need to assign an assignment or question to students immediately or on a schedule.

Delete CourseWork

Tool to delete a specific CourseWork. Use when you need to remove a coursework item from a course after confirming the IDs.

Get CourseWork

Tool to get details of a specific coursework. Use when detailed information about a particular assignment is needed.

List CourseWork

Tool to list coursework in a course. Use after verifying courseId.

Create Course Work Material

Tool to create course work material. Use when adding resources or notes to a course.

Get Coursework Material

Tool to get a coursework material. Use when you need to retrieve details of a specific coursework material by course and material ID.

List CourseWorkMaterials

Tool to list course work materials in a course. Use when you need to retrieve and paginate materials for a given courseId.

List Student Submissions

Tool to list student submissions for a specific coursework. Use when you need to fetch or paginate student submissions by course and coursework, optionally filtering by user, state, or timeliness.

Reclaim Student Submission

Tool to reclaim a student submission for editing. Use after a student requests to edit their turned-in submission, resetting its state to CREATED.

Get CourseWork Add-on Attachment

Tool to get an add-on attachment from course work. Use when you need to retrieve a specific add-on attachment. Requires the add-on requesting the attachment to be the original creator.

Get Add-on Context for Course Work Material

Tool to get metadata for Classroom add-ons in the context of a specific course work material. Use when validating query parameters for add-ons loading in an iframe. Returns course/item identifiers and role-specific context.

Create Invitation

Tool to create an invitation for a user to a course. Use after confirming the course ID is valid.

Delete Invitation

Tool to delete an invitation. Use when you need to remove an invitation after confirming the invitation ID.

Get Invitation

Tool to retrieve an invitation by its identifier. Use when you need to view invitation details.

List Invitations

Tool to list invitations that the requesting user is permitted to view. At least one of userId or courseId must be supplied.

List Course Student Groups

Tool to list student groups in a course. Use when you need to retrieve groups within a specific course.

List CourseWork Add-on Attachments

Tool to list all add-on attachments created by an add-on under a course work. Use when you need to retrieve attachments added by an add-on to course work.

Create Registration

Tool to create a registration for push notifications from Google Classroom. Use when you need to set up notifications from a specific feed to a Cloud Pub/Sub topic. Requires the OAuth scope https://www.googleapis.com/auth/classroom.push-notifications.

Get User Profile

Tool to retrieve a user profile by user ID. Use when you need to get information about a specific user including their name, email, photo, and permissions.

Frequently asked questions

What can I automate with Google Classroom on Definable?

Anything Google Classroom exposes through its API. Common education workflows on Definable include automate repetitive tasks, sync data with the rest of your stack, trigger on real-world events. Personas can call any of the 62 Google Classroom tools directly, then chain the result into another integration without you writing code.

How does Google Classroom authentication work?

Google Classroom uses OAUTH2 on Definable. You connect once from the integrations page, scoped to the permissions you choose, and from then on any persona that has the integration enabled can act on your behalf. Tokens are encrypted at rest and rotated automatically.

Is the Google Classroom integration included in my Definable plan?

Yes — every Definable plan, including Starter, includes access to all 62 Google Classroom tools. You only need a separate Google Classroom subscription if Google Classroom itself charges per seat or per API call.

Is using Google Classroom through Definable secure?

Every call from a persona to Google Classroom is logged with the user, persona, prompt, and response. Tokens never leave Definable's secrets vault, scopes are configurable per persona, and you can revoke access at any time from the integration page.

How do I get started with Google Classroom on Definable?

Sign up for Definable, open the integrations page, find Google Classroom, and connect via OAuth or API key. You can immediately attach Google Classroom to any persona and start running workflows. The free Starter plan includes 5,000 credits/month.

What Google Classroom actions does Definable expose?

Definable exposes all 62 Google Classroom actions as callable tools — including `Create Course Alias`, `Delete Course Alias`, `List Course Aliases`, plus 59 more. Each tool gets a typed parameter schema so personas know exactly how to call it.

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