How to Roster Classes and Students with Google Classroom

💡 Since the classes are coming from Google Classroom, no class code or invite link will be generated, and students cannot be manually added to the classes. 

With this integration, teachers and students can enjoy a seamless experience without manual roster management or separate login credentials. Check out the sections below to learn how to roster your classes and students with Google Classroom!

Sync with Google Classroom

Teachers can sync classes from Google Classroom directly into NoRedInk to help streamline student rostering. To begin syncing courses from Google Classroom, you can follow these steps:

1. Sign up or log in to your NoRedInk teacher account. 
   • If you are signing up for a new NoRedInk account, select Sign up with Google to connect your Google account after you finish account creation.
2. Select your name at the top right of your dashboard. 
3. Select Account Settings in the drop-down menu that appears. 

4. Head to the Integrations page of your Account Settings.
5. If your NoRedInk account is not connected to Google, you'll need to connect the two programs first! Select Link with Google account under the Google section to log in to your account.

6. Once you're logged into your Google account, you'll toggle the Sync classes option that will appear under your email. 

❗You can only sync your classes from one integration at a time! If you start syncing classes from a different integration, your Google Classroom classes will be automatically archived.

After a teacher connects their NoRedInk and Google accounts and begins syncing their classes, those Google Classroom-synced classes should automatically populate in NoRedInk. A Google Classroom icon will display next to the name of the class on the teacher dashboard and the Manage Classes page to indicate that it's syncing directly from Google Classroom.

 

Add Students to a Google Classroom-Synced Class

⚠️ Important: Students must create a NoRedInk account

NoRedInk does not automatically create student accounts from Google Classroom.

For students to appear in your class, they must:

• Have a NoRedInk account
• Link that account to Google using the same email they use in Google Classroom

Once both steps are completed, students are added automatically—no class code required.

How students get rostered:

Does the student already have a NoRedInk account?

❌ No

1. Go to noredink.com/signup/student

2. Choose Sign up with Google

3. Log in using the same email used in Google Classroom

➡️ The student will be added automatically to the class once the account is created and linked.

✅ Yes

1. Log in to NoRedInk

2. Select their name (top right) → Account Settings

3. Go to Integrations

4. Select Link with Google account

5. Use the same email as Google Classroom

➡️ Once linked, the student will appear in your class automatically.

You can provide the following article to your students to help them join your class: Join a Google Classroom-Synced Class. 

🛠 If students aren’t appearing in your class roster:

• Confirm they are rostered in Google Classroom first
• Confirm they have a NoRedInk account
• Confirm they logged into NoRedInk with Google SSO

• Try resyncing the class under Manage Classes → Sync now.

I've synced my classes, but my students are waiting to join...

On the Manage Classes page, you will see a banner showing students who are waiting to join, along with a list of names at the bottom of the page. Students appear in these sections when they have not yet created a NoRedInk account or have not logged into their existing NoRedInk account and linked it to Google.

Please have any students listed as Waiting to join follow the steps above to complete their enrollment.

🍎 Once you've completed this initial rostering with Google Classroom, any additional students will need to be added and synced via Google Classroom. Check out this article to learn how to manage students in Google Classroom-synced classes!

❗ If your students are connected to Google and are still not appearing in their classes, we recommend checking with your school's Google admin or IT department to ensure that the student is properly rostered to the class! You can also reach out to us via our Support form.