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Google Classroom - Invite Students to Your Class

Modified on: Tue, Jan 28 2025 9:30 AM

You can invite students to enroll in your class in 3 ways:

  • Share a class code—Students enter the code in Classroom.
  • Send an invite link—Students click the link to join.
    This feature is rolling out over the next week. 
  • Send an email invite—Students can join from the email or in Classroom. 

If students have trouble with the link or code, you can reset them, or send students an email invite instead.


Invite students with a class code:

Each class you create has a class code. You can share the code with students so they can join your class. To share the code, paste it into an email, display it with a projector, or write it on the board.

  1. Click the classand thenSettings
  2. (Optional) To copy the code so you can paste it into an email, under General, next to Class code, copy the code
  3. (Optional) To display the code with a projector, under General, next to Class view, click Display class code .
    To get a larger view of the code, click Full Screen .
    Tip: In any class, you can quickly display the code from the Stream page. Under the class name, next to the code, click Full Screen . For a larger view, click Full Screen  again.
  4. Along with the code, give the students these instructions:
    1. Go to classroom.google.com.

    2. On the Classes page, click Add and thenJoin class.
    3. Enter the code and click Join.


Invite Students with an Invite Link


Each class you create has an invite link. You can share the link with students so they can join your class.

  1. Go to classroom.google.com.

  2. On the class card, click More and thenCopy invite link
  3. Paste the link into an email for your students. 
    When students get your email, they click the link to join your class. 
Note: If you don’t see Copy invite link, make sure you have Invite codes enabled.



Invite Students with an Email Invite


You can send an email invite to individual students or to a group of students. Students can accept the invite in the email or in Classroom.

  1. Click the class you want to invite students to.
  2. At the top, click Peopleand thenInvite students . Enter the email address of a student or group.
  3. As you enter text, an autocomplete list might appear under Search Results.
  4. (Optional) Under Search results, click a student or a group.
  5. (Optional) To invite more students or groups, repeat steps 4 and 5.
  6. Click Invite.
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