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How to create assignments for your canvas course.
- Quick Start
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- Student Help
How to Create Assignments
Using assignments in Canvas provides a streamlined process for assigning homework and creating quizzes for students. Canvas considers an ‘assignment’ to be anything that is graded, whether that be a quiz or homework assignment, and whether it’s delivered entirely online, paper-and-pencil, or is a participatory assignment with no actual deliverable.
This Quick Start guide will cover the creation of assignments where the student submits a file electronically, on paper, using an external tool such as Turnitin or Panopto , or where no submission is expected (e.g. class participation). See How to Create Tests and Quizzes for Your Canvas Course and Create and Manage Discussions for more information about using those tools as assignments.
1. In the Course Navigation menu, click the Assignments link.
2. Click “ +Assignment ” at the top right.
3. Write the assignment title and directions for students.
4. Assign the number of points available for the assignment.
5. Choose an “ Assignment Group” . Assignment groups are, in essence, a category of assignment. For more information about using Assignment Groups, see the Canvas guides regarding Assignments.
6. There are four submission types :
- No Submission: an activity where nothing will be collected from students (e.g. a participation grade)
- For the full details about the online assignment subtypes, (text entry, annotation, file upload, etc.), please see the official documentation .
- We have a recorded mini-webinar on annotation assignments, including assignment ideas, available on the Training Webinars page.
- On Paper: assignments/quizzes/activities that were written on paper and collected by the instructor
- External Tool: assignments submitted through a 3rd party tool that is integrated with Canvas, such as a textbook publisher’s website or Turnitin
7. Submission Attempts: You may allow unlimited submission attempts for Online assignments, or restrict attempts to one or more. When a student submits to an assignment they have already submitted to, the previous submission is retained as well, and the instructor may view both.
8. Group Assignments and Peer Reviews: Assignments can be created as either a group assignment or peer review assignment.
9. Assign options- You can assign an assignment to your entire class, a specific student, and/or a section of your class. You can also set the due date and the availability dates (when your students can submit their assignment). Each section can have different due dates and availability dates.
10. If you are finished creating the assignment, click on “ Save & Publish “. If you are not finished creating the assignment, click on “ Save ” and you may come back and work on it more later without students having access to it.
Instructor Help for Assignments
Creating assignments.
- How do I create an assignment?
- How do I add a moderated assignment to be graded by multiple reviewers?
- How do I create an online assignment?
- How do I add or edit details in an assignment?
- How do I add or edit points for an assignment?
- What assignment types can I create in a course?
- How do I limit submission attempts for an assignment?
- How do I add an assignment that includes anonymous grading?
- How do I enable anonymous instructor annotations in student submissions?
- How do I import SCORM files as an assignment?
- How do I publish or unpublish an assignment as an instructor?
Managing Assignments
- How do I use the Assignments Index Page?
- Can a student resubmit Canvas assignments?
- How do I assign an assignment to everyone in a course?
- How do I assign an assignment to a course group?
- How do I assign an assignment to a course section?
- How do I assign an assignment to an individual student?
- How do I view differentiated assignments with different due dates in a course?
- How do I bulk update due dates and availability dates as an instructor?
- How do I delete an assignment?
- How do I duplicate an assignment?
- How do I move or reorder an assignment?
- How do I use Direct Share to copy an assignment to another course?
- How do I use Direct Share to send an assignment to another instructor?
Creating and Managing Peer Review Assignments
- How do I create a peer review assignment?
- How do I use peer review assignments in a course?
- How do I automatically assign peer reviews for an assignment?
- How do I manually assign peer reviews for an assignment?
- How do I view student peer review comments as an instructor?
Creating External Tool Assignments
- How do I add an assignment using an external app?
- How do I create a cloud assignment with a Microsoft Office 365 file?
Using Assignment Groups
- How do I add an assignment group in a course?
- How do I create an assignment shell in an assignment group?
- How do I create rules for an assignment group?
- How do I move or reorder an assignment group?
- How do I weight the final course grade based on assignment groups?
Grading Considerations
- How do I add a grading scheme to an assignment?
- How do I download all student submissions for an assignment?
- How do I upload all student submissions for an assignment?
- How do I exclude an assignment from the course’s final grades?
- How do I give extra credit in a course?
Student Help for Assignments
- How do I view Assignments as a student?
- How do I filter assignments by type as a student?
- How do I submit an online assignment?
- How do I submit a text entry assignment?
- How do I enter a URL as an assignment submission?
- How do I submit a media file as an assignment submission?
- How do I upload a file as an assignment submission in Canvas?
- How do I upload a file from Microsoft Office 365 as an assignment submission?
- How do I know when my assignment has been submitted?
- How do I manage celebration animations in Canvas as a student?
- How do I submit a cloud assignment with Microsoft Office 365?
- How do I download assignment submissions from all my courses?
- How do I annotate a file as an assignment submission in Canvas?
- How do I use DocViewer in Canvas assignments as a student?
- How do I submit a PDF assignment with annotations in the Student app on my Android device?
- How do I add annotations to a submission in the Student app on my iOS device?
Groups and Peer
- How do I submit an assignment on behalf of a group?
- How do I know if I have a peer review assignment to complete?
- How do I submit a peer review to an assignment?
- Where can I find my peers’ feedback for peer reviewed assignments?
- How do I view the rubric for my assignment?
- How do I view the rubric for my external tool assignment?
- How do I view rubric results for my assignment?
- How do I know when my instructor has graded my assignment?
- How do I view assignment comments from my instructor?
- How do I view annotation feedback comments from my instructor directly in my assignment submission?
- How do I view my Roll Call Attendance report as a student?
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Canvas @ Yale
- Creating an Assignment
Updated on Dec 03, 2021
Instructors can use Assignments to create and track graded and ungraded assignments, including online and offline submission, no submission, discussions, and quizzes.
Table of Contents
This article will address the following information:
Assignment Settings
Creating the assignment.
- Click on " Assignments " from the course navigation .
- Click " +Assignment " at the top-right corner.
- Name your assignment in the top box.
- Enter a description or assignment details in the Rich Content Editor.
- For more information on using the Rich Content Editor, review the " Using the Rich Content Editor " article.
Below the Rich Content Editor are assignment settings that you can selected to fit your assignment's specific needs and configuration.
- Points - Set the number of points the assignment is worth. If ungraded, enter "0."
- See the article " Creating Weighted Assignment Groups " for more information.
- Complete/Incomplete
- Letter Grade - Uses the grading scheme
- GPA Scale - Uses the grading scheme
- Not Graded - If the assignment has no submission AND is ungraded
Check off the " Do not count this assignment towards the final grade " option below the " Display Grade As " drop down if the assignment has a submission, but should not be counted towards the course's final grade.
- No Submission
- Website URL
- Media Recording
- File Uploads
- External Tool
- Group Assignment - Select to designate the assignment as a group assignment.
- Peer Reviews - Select to have students review their peers' work to provide feedback.
- Assign - Select who and when will see the assignment, as well as set the due date.
- Click " Save " or " Save & Publish " when finished.
For more help, please contact [email protected] .
Assessments, Feedback and Grades
- Building Assessments in Canvas
- Creating a Media Recording Assignment
- Creating an Ungraded, No-Submission Assignment (Reading Assignment)
- Submitting a File to a Canvas Assignment on a Student's Behalf
- Implementing Peer Review Assessments
- Duplicating an Assignment
- Setting Lock / Availability Dates
- Due Dates versus Display Dates
- Checking a Canvas Activity in Student View without Releasing It to Students
- Assignments (Vendor Guides)
- Turnitin: Creating a Turnitin Assignment
- Turnitin: Assignment Settings Options
- Turnitin: Viewing the Similarity Report / Originality Score (Instructor Guide)
- Creating a Discussion Board
- Implementing Online Discussions
- Discussions (Vendor Guides)
- Strategies for Delivering Exams / Quizzes in Canvas
- Introducing New Quizzes
- New Quizzes (Vendor Guides)
- Quizzes (Vendor Guides)
- Supporting and Using Feedback in Your Class
- Submitting Audio / Video Feedback to a Student
- Grading Assignments Using the SpeedGrader
- Utilizing Anonymous Grading
- Accessing the SpeedGrader from the Gradebook
- Gradebook Overview and Features
- Understanding Gradebook Views and Filters
- Using the Grade Posting Policy
- Changing Grading Schemes / Grade Letter Ranges
- Creating Weighted Assignments Groups
- Importing Grades into Gradebook
- SpeedGrader (Vendor Guides)
- Rubrics (Vendor Guides)
- Gradebook (Vendor Guides)
- Feedback & Accessibility Barriers Tool: Overview
- Enabling / Viewing the Feedback & Accessibility Barriers Tool
- Mid-Semester Feedback: Overview
- Disabling / Enabling the Mid-Semester Feedback Tool in Your Canvas Course
- Timing of Mid-Semester Feedback
- Managing Mid-Semester Feedback Survey Questions
- Viewing / Downloading Student Mid-Semester Feedback Submissions
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Create an assignment in canvas.
In Canvas, any activity with an associated point value is considered an Assignment and will appear on the Assignments page, as well as in the gradebook. Assignment formats include quizzes, discussions, online document submission, and no submission, and external tool assignments. You can give an assignment to everyone in the course or target it to a specific section or user.
Types of Graded Activities in Canvas
The following table lists the types of graded activities in Canvas and their strengths and weaknesses.
| Multiple submission types, alignment with rubrics and outcomes, no paper waste, easier to control content, easier to randomize, faster grading, student submission directly to instructor and TAs | Potential technical problems such as network problems or internet connectivity loss, possible file size limitations, less personal feedback, learning curve for teachers or students not familiar with Canvas or technology in general | |
| Quizzes | Automatic grading and regrading, multiple attempts, instant feedback | No regrading if you pulled questions from a question bank, cannot add points automatically, limited regrading options |
| Surveys | Instant feedback, faster grading, no paper waste, faster than passing out paper surveys to hundreds of students Points awarded based on survey submission | Potential technical problems Not available in New Quizzes format |
| Discussions | Discussions not limited to a single class period. Students have more time to formulate responses, keeps a record of comments for grading purposes, shy students more likely to participate. All students in the class can see the submission so students can get ideas from each other. | Potentially time-consuming to read comments from large groups of students, potential technical problems, students may not do their own work after seeing work of others (can be circumvented using the requirement to post before seeing other student replies) |
To Create an Assignment
On the Course Navigation menu, click Assignments
On the Assignments list page, click Add Assignment
On the Assignment edit page, create the assignment by adding a name, instructions, and specifying the assignment options
(See the Assignment Options table for details)
Assignment Options
The following table describes the options for creating assignments.
| Option | Description |
|---|---|
| Points | Determines the point value of the assignment. |
| Assignment Group | Places the assignment into an assignment group. You can use this option if you want to organize the Assignment list by assignments, discussions, and quizzes. Groups can also be used to filter assignments in the gradebook. The default group is Assignments, so Canvas places all assignments, discussions, and quizzes in that group unless you specify otherwise. For more information, see Create an Assignment Group. |
| Display Grade as | Determines the method of grading. Methods include points, percentage, complete/incomplete, letter grade, GPA Scale, or Not Graded. |
| Submission Type | Indicates how you want your students to submit the assignment. Submission types include No submission, Online, On paper, or External tool. For more information, see Submission Types. |
| Group Assignment | Makes the assignment a group assignment. You can indicate if you will give a group grade or an individual grade. |
| Peer Reviews | Requires the students to have the assignment reviewed by another student. |
| Assign | Assigns the assignment to a specific group or to everyone. Sets the due date for the assignment. |
Canvas - Get Started
The following list of pages will guide you through getting started with this tool. The current page is listed in bold.
- Log into Canvas
- Notification Preferences
- Access your Course
- Create an Assignment
- Create a Quiz in Canvas
- Add a Syllabus to Canvas
- Early Course Access for Students
- Communication
- Five Keys to Grading
- Prepare Final Grading
Canvas Tutorials
- Getting Started in Canvas
- Syllabus & Home Page
- Files & Pages
- Using Images & Videos in Canvas
- Assignments, Discussions, and Rubrics
- Gradebook, SpeedGrader, Attendance
- Announcements
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Assignments, Discussions, Rubrics
Assignments.
- Discussions
- Using .csv Files to Create Assignments
- Kaltura Video Quizzes
- Video Tutorials: Assignments, Discussions, Rubrics
Canvas Instructor Guide: Assignments • Assignments Video Tutorial
Canvas allows you to create many different types of assignments, so you can choose the best format for your courses. Broadly speaking, Canvas supports five assignment types : Quizzes, Discussions, and assignments that take online submissions (including entries into text boxes, uploaded files, and so on), external tools, and ungraded assignments. Assignments can be assigned to everyone in a course to to specific groups. When you create any type of assignment, it automatically shows up in the grade book and can be graded using the SpeedGrader tool. As an instructor, you can select an assignment type when creating an assignment shell. However, you can also create assignments within an assignment type by visiting each type's respective Index Page.
>> Be sure to set a due date when you create an assignment; when you do this, Canvas creates an entry in the To Do list on the student's Dashboard to help them track their assignments.
When creating an assignment in Canvas, instructors can specify the following information:
- Assignment name and description: This is where instructors can provide students with details about the assignment, such as its purpose, requirements, and due date.
- Submission type: Instructors can specify how students should submit the assignment, such as uploading a file or typing directly into a text box.
- Grading criteria: Instructors can specify how the assignment will be graded, including the grading scale, rubrics, or criteria for partial credit.
- Availability and due dates: Instructors can specify when the assignment is available to students and its due date.
- Assignment group: Instructors can group assignments by category, such as "quizzes," "papers," or "presentations."
Adding Documents to an Assignment:
You can attach documents to an assignment by clicking the Attach button and selecting the file you want to attach. You can choose from course files and/or your computer.
Editing Assignments
When editing assignments, make sure to click the notification box at the bottom of the page before saving so students receive a notification about any changes made, if necessary.
Peer Review
Canvas peer review is a feature that allows instructors to enable students to review and provide feedback on each other's work. Setting up Peer Review:
- Create an assignment: To enable peer review, you must first create an assignment in Canvas.
- Enable peer review: In the assignment details page, click on the "Peer Reviews" tab. From there, you can enable peer review and configure the settings for the review process. You can choose whether reviews are anonymous or not, how many reviews each student should complete, and the criteria for review.
- Assign reviewers: Once peer review has been enabled, you can assign reviewers to each submission. Canvas will automatically assign reviewers based on the settings you specified, but you can also manually assign reviewers if necessary.
- Review submissions: Once peer review has been completed, you can review the feedback provided by each reviewer. You can access the reviews by going to the "SpeedGrader" tab in the assignment details page. From there, you can view the original submission, the reviewer's comments, and the reviewer's score.
External Tools
Canvas features integrations for Perusall, Turnitin, and VoiceThread, which allow instructors to incorporate additional feedback and promote academic integrity.
Additionally, Canvas's analytics tools allow instructors to track student progress on assignments and identify areas where students may need additional support.
- View Course Analytics
- What are Assignments?
Allowing or Restricting Late Assignments
When you create or edit an assignment you can set limits on how many times a student can submit an assignment under the "Submission Attempts" section.
You set the assignment due date in the "Assign" section at the bottom of the page. In this section you also set when an assignment is available to students. Be sure to enter a date in the "Available from" box, or students will not be able to make a submission. If you do not want to allow late assignments, enter the submission cut off date in the "Until" box.
Ungraded and Graded Discussions
Discussions allow students and instructors to create posts in response to a prompt you create, or they can take the form of a group discussion. You can choose to make your Discussions ungraded or graded.
Canvas Instructor Guide: Discussions • Discussions Video Tutorial
Discussion Types
- Focused Discussion: Use a focused discussion for single posts and related comments. One discussion leader typically posts a message and multiple learners comment on it.
- Threaded Discussion: This type of discussion allows participants to respond to a post and create a thread of replies. Threaded discussions include infinite layers of response nesting, allowing commenters to continue responding on a single nested thread. Threaded discussions lend themselves to the refining of complex ideas.
- Student-Generated Discussions: Students are able to create their own discussions. If you would like to remove this option, open "Discussions" from the course navigation menu at left and click the settings gear (first image below), then unclick the "Create Discussion Topics" box under "Student Settings" in the pop-up modal that will appear on the screen (second image below).
Creating a Discussion
To begin, click on "Discussion" in the the course's left side bar. Then on the Discussion's page, click the red "+ Discussion" button in the top right corner.
On the new Discussion page, you can enter your prompt. If you look for the word "Options" near the bottom of the page, you'll see check boxes that allow you to allow students to respond to each other in threaded replies, you can require students to post before viewing other responses by checking the appropriate box, and you can check a box to set a Discussion as graded or ungraded.
Because I want this to be a graded discussion, I checked the "Graded" box in this options section, which brings up more fields like "Points Possible," a drop down menu for the groups you want to assign the discussion to, and information to fill out about when the Discussion assignment is due.
Be sure to save and publish your Discussion!
Canvas Instructor Guide: Rubrics • Canvas Rubrics Overview Video
Rubrics in Canvas are a feature that allows instructors to create a set of criteria for evaluating student work and assigning grades. Rubrics provide a clear and transparent framework for grading assignments, making it easier for instructors to provide feedback and for students to understand what is expected of them.
To create a rubric in Canvas, instructors can navigate to the Assignments tool and select the assignment they want to create a rubric for. They can then select the "View Rubric" option and create a new rubric, or edit an existing one.
Rubrics in Canvas can be based on a variety of criteria, such as content, organization, grammar, and citation. Instructors can also customize the criteria to align with specific learning objectives and course outcomes.
Once a rubric is created, instructors can use it to evaluate student work by selecting the appropriate rubric when grading an assignment. The rubric provides a clear set of expectations and criteria for each level of achievement, which allows instructors to assign grades more accurately and provide more effective feedback to students.
Rubrics can also be added to discussions and Quizzes .
Demonstration of Rubrics
Here is a sample rubric in editing mode.
To add a rubric to an assignment, open the assignment and click the "+ Rubric" button at the bottom of the assignment's page.
This will open a pop-up with any rubrics you have created. Select the rubric you want to apply to the assignment, then click the "Use This Rubric" button at the bottom of the pop-up.
Here is what a sample assignment with a rubric looks like.
Using .csv Files to Create Assignments in the Gradebook
If your class involves repeated in-class assignments like workbook page, you may prefer to create assignments through a .csv file. This allows you to bypass creating assignments in Canvas. Instead, you download a spreadsheet, open it with a program like Excel or Google Sheets, and create columns for assignments. You would then track the grades in your spreadsheet. After each assignment, you are able to save your spreadsheet as a .csv file and re-upload it to Canvas, thus keeping your grades up-to-date for your students. You can use Canvas-created and .csv-created assignments with each other in the same course.
Videos demonstrating the process can be found below the written directions.
To create the initial .csv file, navigate to the course gradebook. It does not matter if you have already created assignments in Canvas or not. Click on the "Export" button at the top right corner of the page, and select "Export Entire Gradebook."
Canvas will create a .csv file that downloads to your computer. Open the file, which should look something like the image below (shown in Excel).
Add columns for your desired assignments following the directions on this Canvas help page . Then import the file back into Canvas. Your new assignments should appear in the gradebook!
- Canvas Community Page: How do I import grades in the Gradebook?
Creating Video Quizzes Using Kaltura
Kaltura gives you the ability to create quizzes by embedding questions within a video. As a student watches the video, it will pause and provide a question that they must answer before they move on (you may have experienced this format in video trainings you have done).
You have the option to upload a video that you want to embed questions in, or to create video using the Kaltura recording tools in My Media.
Note: Even though you are creating a quiz, you will create an Assignment in Canvas.
Directions are available below in both video and written format.
Step 1. Creating a Quiz
You can create a quiz from your My Media folder, or by following these steps as you create a Canvas assignment. I will demonstrate the process by creating a quiz from the My Media folder, then embedding it in a Canvas Assignment.
First, create a video in My Media or upload a video to your My Media folder.
Open My Media and click the "Add New" button in the top right corner of the page, then select "Video Quiz" from the dropdown menu.
Select a video from your My Media collection. This will open a video editing window. Select a timestamp where you want to add a question, then click the blue "+ Add a Question" button on the video screen. You will be given several different types of questions to choose.
Note: if you create a True/False question be sure that the green check appears next to the correct answer.
Once you have finished adding questions. Click the blue "Done" button at the top right of the screen. If you want to edit questions or add more, click the blue "Edit Quiz" button that appears at the top of the quiz page.
The edit page gives you several different settings that cam be adjusted in terms of details, scoring, and experience (allowing the viewer to change or skip answers).
You will be able to view and edit your Kaltura quizzes anytime by navigating to your My Media folder.
Step 2. Creating a Quiz Assignment in a Course
First, navigate to the course where you want to use your Kaltura Quiz.
Next, create an Assignment by clicking on the Assignments tab or by creating an Assignment within a module.
Note: You are going to create a Canvas Assignment , NOT a Quiz!
Type any directions you want to include on the Assignments page in the rich content editor box. Adjust the "points," "Assignment Group," and "Display Grade as" fields according to your preferences. For Submission Type, select "External Tool" from the dropdown menu.
Click the "Find" button and select "In Video Quiz Kaltura" from the menu.
The next screen will allow you to select your pre-made quiz, or create a new Kaltura quiz (follow the steps from step 1 if you want to create a Kaltura quiz from scratch).
Set your "Submission Attempts" field, Assignment group, due date, availability date range, and click the red "Save" button at the bottom of the page.
The student view of your quiz will show an embedded video on the Assignment page, along the lines of the screenshot below.
Kaltura automatically creates a column in the gradebook, and should grade the assignment for you. You can adjust the grade either by going into SpeedGrader or the gradebook.
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- How do I add a My Media or Media Gallery video to a Canvas Module?
- How do I create a Playlist of Videos in the Media Gallery tool?
- How do I embed a Media Gallery Playlist in a Canvas text-editing window?
- How do users add Comments to a Media Gallery video?
- How do I remove commenting permissions from a Media Gallery video?
- How do I upload iPhone or Android phone videos (and images) to Media Gallery?
- How do I download a My Media video?
- How do I allow downloading of video from the Media Gallery?
- How do I change the ownership of a My Media video?
- How do I allow other users to edit and publish a video in My Media?
- Instructors: How do I create an Assignment allowing students to submit a video from their My Media storage? (New)
- Students: How do I submit a video to an Assignment or a Discussion? (New)
- How do I copy Media Gallery Videos from one Canvas Course site to another Canvas Course site?
- Enabling third-party cookies
- How can I get captions on My Media videos?
- How can I see general and individual viewer statistics for videos in Media Gallery?
- How can I see aggregate video viewing statistics for the Media Gallery in my course?
- How do I remove a video from the Media Gallery?
- How do I edit a pre-existing playlist?
- How do I upload a Youtube video to My Media?
- How can I edit captions on my media videos? (New)
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- Updated Kaltura My Media and Media Gallery Player
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- How do I create a Peer Reviewed Assignment?
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- Department Administrator - Delegated Access
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- Student: How do I submit an Office 365 document to an assignment?
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- Post to a Canvas discussion
Updated on May 15, 2024
1. In Course Navigation, click Discussions.
2. Click the title of the discussion.
3. To reply to the main discussion, type your reply in the Reply field.
4. Write your response in the Rich Content Editor. Once you finish, click the Post Reply button.
5. Your reply will be posted at the bottom of the discussion reply thread.
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Canvas How-To: Assignments
Section menu close, office of academic technology.
- Canvas Administration
- External LMS User Requests
- Canvas Basics
- ⚙ Ally & Accessibility
- ⚙ Analytics
- ⚙ Announcements
- ⚙ Assignments
- ⚙ Attendance
- ⚙ Closing Courses & Incompletes
- ⚙ Collaborations
- ⚙ Combine Courses
- ⚙ Discussions & Discussions Plus
- ⚙ Group Assignments
- ⚙ Inbox & Messaging
- ⚙ Journals, Blogs, & Wikis
- ⚙ Extra: Create Tabs on a Page
- ⚙ Panopto Recordings
- ⚙ People, Rosters, & Roles
- ⚙ Profile & User Settings
- ⚙ Quizzes & Accommodations
- ⚙ New Quizzes
- ⚙ SpeedGrader
- ⚙ Turnitin Assignments
- ⚙ Video-Based Assessments
- ⚙ VoiceThread Group Projects in Canvas
- ⚙ Zoom in Canvas
- Instructional Technology
- Online Course Design
- Training Opportunities
- OAT Updates & Tech Tips
- Copyright & the TEACH Act
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Adding an Assignment
Canvas Assignment can be used to collect a submission from students electronically, provide instructions for and remind students about an in-class activity, and track extra credit.
How do I create an assignment?
How do I add assignment types, pages, and files as module items?
Editing Assignment Details
After creating an assignment, modify the assignment details and settings by clicking the action menu and select Edit. Update the assignment instructions and guidelines, set the due date, and number of points to earn.
How do I add or edit details in an assignment?
Removing or Duplicating Assignments
Clean up unused assignments by removing them from Modules, or by deleting them from the Assignments page of your course.
How do I delete an assignment?
Establish a routine pattern of assignments and activities for students. When assigning an assignment that students will complete each week, create the assignment once, then duplicate it and move it to subsequent weeks.
How do I duplicate an assignment?
Allowing a Resubmission
By default, resubmissions are always allowed if the instructor leaves the Attempts setting at "Unlimited". After students submit their assignment, they may revisit the assignment to submit a new version. As the instructor, you can view the various versions of the submission, deciding which version to accept and grade. Prevent students from revisiting the assignment by limiting the number of attempts in the assignment settings or set an Until availability date.
Can a student resubmit an assignment?
Creating Group Assignments
To create an assignment that the students will submit as part of a group, check the box for "This is a Group Assignment" in the Group Assignment area.
Understand groups in Canvas
Configuring Peer Reviews
Use the peer review option to pair students up with a partner to review and provide feedback of their work.
How do I create a peer review assignment?
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Use Assignments with Canvas
Google Assignments and Canvas expanded Google Docs Editors and Google Drive to be compatible with Canvas for file submissions. With Assignments, you can distribute and grade student work, analyze student submissions for plagiarism detection, and use Google Docs and Drive with Canvas.
Features and benefits of Assignments
When admins enable Google Assignments in Canvas settings, you can use its features and benefits.
- Grade in Google’s grading interface or in SpeedGrader™.
- File attachments to an assignment so each student gets their own copy to edit and submit.
- Detect missed citation checks and possible plagiarism with the originality reports feature.
- Students can submit Drive files to Canvas assignments, which instructors can grade in SpeedGrader™.
- Embed Drive files with the Canvas rich text editor.
- Add Drive files to Canvas Modules.
Assignments also provides improvements from Google Apps LTI:
- Officially supported by Google and covered by the Google Workspace for Education Terms of Service.
- Provides an option for admins to require students to use their school-issued Google accounts.
- Uses Learning Tools Interoperability (LTI) 1.3 for stronger security.
- Create a new Canvas assignment.
Students can submit Drive files that you can grade with SpeedGrader™.
For teachers
Allow students to submit drive files with canvas assignments.
- After you create a new Canvas assignment, next to "Submission Type", select Online .
- Under "Online Entry Options", select File Uploads.
Important: You must select File Uploads or the submission will fail.
For students
Turn in assignments.
- Ensure you're signed into your school account.
- Next to "File Upload", click Google Drive.
- To open a Google Drive window, click Select file.
- Select the Drive file.
- Sign in to Canvas.
- Open the course.
- Sign in to your Google Account.
- Click Allow .
- Select the Google Drive file.
- Click Submit.
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From October 2023, Instructure will no longer support the Google Apps LTI. This means:
- No new installs will be allowed.
- No further development will be made on it.
- No customer support will be available.
Google and Instructure makes sure that Google Assignments LTI 1.3 has the Google Apps LTI functions, and includes:
- Improved security
- Flexibility
- Integrations
Current Google Apps LTI users won’t lose access but should transition over to Google Assignments LTI 1.3.
To use the latest Assignments features, you can install and migrate to Google Assignments LTI 1.3.
No. Currently, you can’t embed a form or select one as a file type for quizzes. To use Forms for quizzes, create a form and share the link with your students. Learn how to create a Google Form.
- Any submitted work for the Google Apps LTI Cloud assignment that you want to migrate will reset.
- If you want to keep your previous submissions, make a copy of the Canvas assignment .
- Find the Canvas assignment you want to migrate to Google Assignments LTI 1.3.
- Click Find .
- If you can’t find this option, request your Canvas administrator to turn on Google Assignments LTI 1.3 .
- Link your Google Workspace for Education account.
- Click Continue .
- Attach the Drive worksheet files.
- Choose your grading tool, then make sure the due date and points are updated.
- Click Create .
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Select Online Entry Options. Select the online entry options you want to allow for the assignment. You can select up to four options: Text Entry [1]: Students can submit their assignment directly in the Rich Content Editor. DocViewer annotations are not available for text entry submissions. Additionally, text entry submissions cannot be re ...
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You can also see details about your assignment and links to additional feedback in your Grades page. Notes: Your assignment still displays in Assignments page and the Syllabus; the listing is not removed with assignment submissions. When you resubmit an assignment, you can only access and view your most recent submission.
In the Course Navigation menu, click the Assignments link. 2. Click " +Assignment " at the top right. 3. Write the assignment title and directions for students. 4. Assign the number of points available for the assignment. 5. Choose an " Assignment Group".
Click " +Assignment " at the top-right corner. Name your assignment in the top box. Enter a description or assignment details in the Rich Content Editor. If you would like to attach files, you can select the file from the Documents icon. For more information on using the Rich Content Editor, review the "Using the Rich Content Editor" article.
Create an Assignment in Canvas. In Canvas, any activity with an associated point value is considered an Assignment and will appear on the Assignments page, as well as in the gradebook. ... (can be circumvented using the requirement to post before seeing other student replies) To Create an Assignment. 1. On the Course Navigation menu, ...
You can create assignments on your calendar, on the modules page, or on the assignments page. Let's create one on the assignments page. Click Assignments. 2. Click the Add Assignment icon. 3. Here you'll enter some basic information to get started. Begin by typing a Name for your assignment.
Scroll to the bottom of the assignment page and select Upload. From here you have two options for bringing in your document: Use the "drag and drop" option to click on the doc in your files pane and drag it to the area inside of the dotted line. Or, click Choose a file to upload. A file pane will open and you can navigate to the file location ...
If enabled in your account, Canvas plays a celebration animation (confetti) when you submit an assignment on time. However, if you prefer, you can disable this feature option in your user settings. If the assignment you are accessing displays differently, your assignment may be using the Assignment Enhancements feature.
STEP BY STEP PROCESS WITH EXAMPLESThis Canvas online tutorial video explains how to create assignments, how they function, and how you grade them using speed...
When creating an assignment in Canvas, instructors can specify the following information:. Assignment name and description: This is where instructors can provide students with details about the assignment, such as its purpose, requirements, and due date. Submission type: Instructors can specify how students should submit the assignment, such as uploading a file or typing directly into a text box.
Under Assign / Assign To, select the section from the dropdown box. Note: You can remove the "Everyone" by clicking on the "X".
Post to a Canvas discussion. 1. In Course Navigation, click Discussions. 2. Click the title of the discussion. 3. To reply to the main discussion, type your reply in the Reply field. 4. Write your response in the Rich Content Editor.
Creating Group Assignments. To create an assignment that the students will submit as part of a group, check the box for "This is a Group Assignment" in the Group Assignment area. Understand groups in Canvas. Configuring Peer Reviews. Use the peer review option to pair students up with a partner to review and provide feedback of their work.
After clicking Start Assignment, you will see tabs that indicate different submission types. To upload one or more files as your submission, click the File Upload tab. To upload a file from your device, click the Upload File button. Click the Choose File or Browse button to select a file to upload. A pop-up window will display in your browser.
Turn in assignments. Ensure you're signed into your school account. Next to "File Upload", click Google Drive. To open a Google Drive window, click Select file. Select the Drive file. Click Add Attach Submit assignment. Embed Drive files with the rich text editor. In the Canvas rich text editor, you can embed a Google Drive file into ...
Locate the Canvas Assignment and click the Submit Assignment (A) button at the top right. Click the Text entry tab, move the insertion point to the desired location in the text box. Click on the Apps (B) plug-in icon to open a new window. Click the Embed Kaltura Media (C) logo. Note: Depending on the resolution of your screen, you may have to ...
To create an assignment shell, locate an assignment group and click the Add Assignment button [2]. Assignment shells only include fields for the assignment type, name, due date (optional), and points. You can add assignment details at any time by editing the assignment.
This video tutorial walks you through how to set up a Google Assignment assignment in Canvas. Google Assignments allows you to make a copy of a Google Drive ...
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In Canvas, you can enter a website URL as an assignment submission. When a URL is submitted as an assignment, Canvas takes a screenshot of the web page at the time it was submitted. Before submitting an assignment, you may want to review all assignment information, such as the assignment rubric, if any. You may also have the option to resubmit ...
I was told by my school's IT that I cannot manually delete "4 students" myself in the calendar entry, so this will have to be a software change by Instructure. Proposed solution: This requires some kind of software change, to eliminate the information about the number of students who were assigned the assignment from the calendar entry seen by ...
Before submitting an assignment, you may want to review all assignment information, such as the assignment rubric, if any. You can also submit assignments using your Android or iOS device. To learn more about available options for using media files in Canvas, view the Canvas Media Comparison resource document .