Share a Gemini Canvas game or quiz with your students

Gemini made a vocabulary game in Canvas, and it works when you click through it. Your students need to play it in second period. The quickest route depends on settings you may not control: whether your school turned Gemini on for students, and whether it lets staff share public links.

This page compares the 3 ways to get a Canvas to a class, what each needs from your school, and how to publish the Canvas code as a page any student can open. Google's announcement, admin help, and Gemini help were read October 17, 2026. The Gemini steps and button names here come from Google's help without testing in a school account, so your screen may differ.

3 ways to share a Canvas with your class

Share to Classroom: what your school needs

Google announced on June 29, 2026: “Educators and students of all ages can now seamlessly attach Gemini Canvas artifacts, like websites, quizzes, interactive games, infographics, and more, to Google Classroom assignments and posts.” The same post sets the conditions.

• Editions. Your school needs Education Fundamentals, Standard, or Plus.
• On by default. “The ability to share Gemini Canvas artifacts will be ON by default and can be managed via a new Admin console setting.” Sharing also follows your school's Drive sharing policies.
• Gemini on for you and your students. “To share Gemini Canvas artifacts to Google Classroom, students and educators must also be in a group or OU with Gemini set to On.”
• The steps. To share, you “select Share > Share to Classroom > select the class and/or assignment you want to share it with.”

The post does not say whether a student whose account has Gemini off can open what you shared. It also does not say how it opens on an iPad. If your students have accounts without Gemini, try it with 1 student account before relying on it.

Who can use Gemini at school

Google's admin help article to Turn the Gemini app on or off states that “The Gemini app as a core service with enterprise-grade data protections is available to Google Workspace for Education users of all ages.” It also notes: “By default, the Gemini app is available to all users over age 18 with a license that provides access under your Google Workspace agreement.” An admin can extend it to younger students, group by group.

For students under 18 with Gemini on, the help's table (updated December 19, 2025) lists Canvas as available. Some Canvas features stay 18 and over, per Google's Canvas help:

• Copying a shared Canvas: “For now, this feature isn't available to users under 18.”
• Adding AI to an app: “To add AI to your app, you must be signed in to Gemini Apps and be 18 or over.” A game that asks Gemini questions won't work for those students, or anywhere outside Gemini.

Gemini's public share link

In Canvas, selecting Share & export > Share gives you a g.co/gemini/share link. Using this with a class brings 3 catches.

• Off by default at school. Google's admin help article, Turn Gemini App conversation sharing on or off, states: “Using public links to share conversations is turned off by default.”
• Only on gemini.google.com. The Canvas help explains: “Shared links only open in gemini.google.com. You can't open shared Canvas content in the Gemini mobile app.”
• A snapshot that expires with your chat. A shared conversation is “a snapshot of the conversation up to that point in time.” Under Gemini's sharing help, links “are publicly available for as long as the associated chat is saved in your Gemini Apps Activity,” while the admin help notes a school account keeps that history 18 months by default.

Publish the Canvas as a page in 4 steps

A published page does not depend on any of those settings. Students open it like any web page.

1. Copy the code into the box

In Canvas, click Code at the top right of the panel. Select all and copy. If the game asks Gemini questions, first ask Gemini: “Remove the AI features, and keep everything else working in one HTML file.” Switch the box at the top of this page to Paste code, paste it in, and click Get my preview link. You need no account. When it says “Your preview is ready,” open it and check the layout. The preview runs none of the game's scripts, and the link works 3 minutes. It is for checking, never for students.

2. Keep the page and play it

Click Keep this page — free, no card above the preview link and sign up. The page moves into your account, and its scripts turn on. On the page's screen in the dashboard, click Open preview and play the game through once.

3. Publish it

Click Publish, and a dialog asks who can open the page. Public is free: students with the link can open it right away without an account or password, and it may show up in search results and in Convika's gallery. To keep it out of both, select Private link (Pro or pass). If you prefer a password, select Only people with the password (a Pro feature at $12 a month). Make your choice and click Publish again in the dialog—you can adjust search settings or add a password later in Site settings. The page is then live at an address like yourpage.convika.page. Free requires no credit card and gives you 1 published page. Free includes a small Convika bar at the bottom of each page, and Pro removes it.

4. Post the link or show the QR code

On the page's screen, click Copy next to the Live URL. Post it in Classroom as a link in a material or an assignment: how to post a game in Google Classroom. Or click Show QR code and project it. Clicking Download PNG puts it on a slide. Read more about scanning in class: How to turn an HTML file into a QR code.

Fix the game without a new link

Fix the game in Gemini, and copy the code again. Go to your page's screen. Under New version from a file, click Paste code, paste the code, and click Upload as a new version. A card says “Preview v2 is ready,”. Click Open preview, and click Publish v2 at the same link. The link in Classroom and the QR code open the new version. Do not use Upload an HTML file in the dashboard for a fix. That creates a new page at a new address.

Checks before class

• Open the link on one student device. A school web filter can block a site it has not categorized. If the page does not open, ask whoever runs the filter to allow its address.
• Keep names and grades off the page. Anyone with the address can open it. To keep it to your class, select Only people with the password when publishing. Passwords are part of Pro at $12 a month.
• It's for practice, not grades. The page cannot send answers anywhere. Use a Google Forms quiz to collect each student's score.
• Calls to other sites don't work. On Free, a published page sends requests only to its own address. Pro and the 1-year pass also allow the analytics tools Convika supports, Google's addresses among them, so a game tied to a Google Sheet may run there, then stops once the page is back on Free. A live leaderboard on another server doesn't run on any plan. A best score saved in the student's own browser does.

If you build a website for a business rather than a class, with your own domain and a form, read how to host a Gemini Canvas website.

Frequently asked questions

Can you share a Gemini Canvas with students?

Yes, you have 3 ways to share your Canvas. Through Google Workspace for Education, use Share to Classroom if you and your students sit in a group with Gemini turned on. You can also send Gemini's public link once your admin allows public links, which opens only on gemini.google.com. Or copy the Canvas code and publish it as a page, so students open it in any browser without an account.

How do I share a Gemini Canvas to Google Classroom?

In Canvas, click Share, select Share to Classroom, and pick the class and the assignment. This integration is on by default on Education Fundamentals, Standard, and Plus. You and your students must be in a group or OU with Gemini set to On.

Why can't my students open my Gemini Canvas link?

Shared Canvas links only open in gemini.google.com, not in the Gemini mobile app. School accounts also keep public links turned off by default. Students whose school accounts do not allow Gemini may not get in either. Publishing the Canvas code as a page avoids all 3 barriers, letting students open the file in any browser without an account.

Can students under 18 use Gemini at school?

Yes, the Gemini app is available to Workspace for Education users of all ages. The tool is on by default only for users 18 and over, but an admin can turn it on for younger students. Certain Canvas features remain restricted to users 18 and over. Those features include copying shared Canvas content and adding AI to an app.

Can I share a Gemini Canvas without Google Classroom?

Yes, you can copy the Canvas code and publish it as a page. Share that link anywhere, such as an LMS, a class chat, an email, or a QR code on the board. Students open the page without a Google account.