Google Classroom

Using Classroom files with Study Games

MStudy can see files attached to Classroom assignments and class materials, but some teacher-owned files need an extra step before MStudy can read their contents.

Why this happens

Google Classroom may tell MStudy that a file exists without giving MStudy permission to read the file itself. MStudy deliberately uses limited Google Drive access and does not ask to read your entire Drive.

What “Authorise Drive file” means

When you use Authorise Drive file, you choose one supported file from your own Google Drive and give MStudy access to that file only.

PDFs
Google Docs
Google Slides
Google Sheets
Common text files
Supported images and scanned pages, where OCR can read the text

If the file belongs to your teacher

1
Open the assignment in Google Classroom.
Open the attached PDF, Doc, Slides file or other study material.
2
Check whether Google lets you save or make a copy.
If your teacher has allowed it, save a copy to your own Drive.
3
Return to MStudy.
Open Google Classroom in MStudy and select Authorise Drive file.
4
Select your copied file.
MStudy will extract the readable study content and make it available in Study Games.

Respect your teacher’s sharing settings.

If copying or downloading has been disabled, take a screenshot or contact Hammad Abdullah for help.

Other ways to create a Study Game

You do not need to use a Classroom attachment. You can also build games from your own authorised Drive files, MStudy Notes, pasted study text, or readable Classroom content.

Troubleshooting

I can’t find the file in Drive

The file may belong to your teacher or school rather than you. Open it through Classroom first and check whether you are allowed to save a copy to your own Drive.

The file belongs to my teacher

MStudy cannot automatically claim access to teacher-owned Drive files. If copying is permitted, save your own copy and authorise that copy instead.

MStudy says the PDF has no readable text

The PDF may be a scan or image-only document. MStudy can use OCR for supported scanned pages, but very unclear scans may still fail.

The file contains mostly images or diagrams

OCR can read text inside many images, but understanding complex diagrams, arrows, graphs or relationships may be limited.

My school blocks Google Drive access

Your school’s Google Workspace administrator may restrict Drive or third-party app access. MStudy cannot bypass school controls.

I authorised the file but the questions are not about its contents

Authorise the file again, then make sure you select that authorised Drive file directly in Study Games. MStudy should use extracted document text rather than the filename.

Privacy

MStudy intentionally uses Google’s limited per-file Drive permission instead of asking to read your whole Google Drive. You choose which Drive files MStudy can access.

Still stuck?

Contact Hammad Abdullah and include the type of file you were trying to use and the exact message MStudy displayed.