Create graded coursework in a Google Classroom course using the Classroom API.
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Request the https://www.googleapis.com/auth/classroom.coursework.students OAuth scope needed to create and manage coursework as a teacher/domain admin.
POST a CourseWork resource to courses.courseWork.create (POST https://classroom.googleapis.com/v1/courses/{courseId}/courseWork).
Set required fields title and workType (e.g., ASSIGNMENT), plus optional description, materials (up to 20 items), dueDate/dueTime, and maxPoints.
Explicitly set state to PUBLISHED if students should see the coursework immediately, since it otherwise stays in DRAFT.
Note that creating the CourseWork implicitly creates a StudentSubmission for every currently enrolled student.
Known gotchas
workType is immutable after creation — you cannot change an ASSIGNMENT to a QUESTION type later.
Coursework/submissions are scoped to the OAuth client project that created them; a different OAuth client generally cannot modify coursework it didn't create.
Leaving state unset or as DRAFT means students won't see the coursework until it's explicitly published.
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