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Getting Started with Canvas Assignments

• Last modification date Updated On June 8, 2023
• Categories: Assignments , Canvas , Uncategorized
• Categories: assessment , Getting Started , Grading

Canvas  Assignments  are a way for instructors to provide students opportunities to practice using the knowledge and skills they have gained or to assess student performance related to such knowledge and skills. (Creating an Assignment is the  only  way to create a new column in the Gradebook.)

In Canvas there are four basic  Submission Types  for assignments. The submission types include:

• No Submission : For assignments for which you are not collecting any content from the students.
• Text Entry : For students to enter text directly into a text box on Canvas.
• Website URL : For students to enter a URL (usually to a blog, video, podcast, etc.).
• Media Recordings : For students to upload or record media for submission.
• File Uploads : For students to upload files for submission ( Restrict Upload File Types  will allow you to limit which types of files may be submitted).
• On Paper : For assignments students will submit in person.
• External Tool : For assignments which students will submit through a third-party tool (such as Turnitin, Panopto Video Quiz, and PlayPosit).

Managing an Assignment

Managing assignment groups.

When getting started with Assignments, learn to

• Create an assignment shell with the Canvas guide  How do I create an assignment? 

If you select  Peer Reviews Appear Anonymously , annotation tools in  SpeedGrader  will become unavailable.

If you change the  Assign To  area from  Everyone  to select students after submissions have already begun, and do not have a second set of Assign To dates, submissions from unassigned students will disappear.

• Published assignments are visible as existing outside of availability dates, but students cannot see the details.
• If looking to update the due and/or availability dates on multiple assignments, see   How do I bulk update due dates and availability dates as an instructor?
• If choosing the option to make an assignment a  Group Assignment : If only assigning to specific groups, make sure to click the  X  on the  Everyone Else  choice under  Assign to .

Media Recording  Assignments are not recommended due to technical reasons. Instead, have students submit media by embedding it in a  Text Entry  assignment through Panopto .

Clearly express expectations and criteria for grading by using a  Rubric .

Be cautious limiting submission attempts, as students often make mistakes loading documents and need multiple attempts to ensure you have the correct submission.

• Delete an assignment with the Canvas guide  How do I delete an assignment?
• This duplication process will not work for Quizzes.
• Attach a rubric to an assignment for grading or to communicate expectations to students with the Canvas guide  How do I add a rubric to an assignment?

Accessibility Tips

• Use descriptive text for links, instead of long URLs or ‘click here’. 
• Make instructions brief and to-the-point. Avoid long paragraphs and sentences.
• Consider allowing multiple submission types to accommodate technical limitations students may face.

Assignment Groups  are a way to categorize different graded items in Canvas. For example, you may have journals, blogs, and essays which your students create in your course. Assignment Groups allow you to label and group different types of assignments separately in order to better organize and for ease when applying weighting (see  How do I weight the final course grade based on assignment groups? ). When getting started with Assignment Groups, learn to

• Add and delete assignment groups with the Canvas guide  How do I add an assignment group in a course?
• Move or reorder an assignment group with the Canvas guide  How do I move or reorder an assignment group?
• Make rules governing grading expectations within assignment groups with the Canvas guide  How do I create rules for an assignment group?

Additional Resources

• CTI Resource: What is the Assignments Index Page?
• How do I bulk update due dates and availability dates as an instructor?
• How do I weight the final course grade based on assignment groups?
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About assignments in Canvas

Watch a video overview of Canvas assignments

Why do I have to re-create my assignments in Canvas?

If you already have assignments created in Word or Google docs, Catalyst tools, or posted online, you might wonder, “What’s the point is of recreating them in Canvas?” Not only does Canvas make it easy to create assignments with lots of options (selective release, group assignments, peer review, submission type) it also adds convenience for you and your students.

What are Assignment Groups?

Like Catalyst Gradebook, Canvas prefers for you to create assignment groups for organization. The groups you create control how the gradebook is structured and you can choose to weight final grades based on those groups. By default you begin with a group called Assignments. You can choose to keep all of your assignments in this one group, or create as many new ones as you like.

Where do I create assignments?

You can create assignments in the Assignments area of Canvas or in the Calendar. Your Assignments page will show the work you have assigned. In student view, the Assignments page will show all assigned work and the point value of each (if you set point values when setting up an assignment). Any graded activity (such as a discussion, quiz, essay or project) can be an assignment.

When you create an assignment in your Canvas course it is automatically added to the assignment list on the Syllabus page, the course calendar, and your gradebook. If you change the due date for an assignment, Canvas updates it course-wide. If you alter the assignment you can have Canvas notify your students.

What can I do with assignments?

Assignments can be used to:

• Set up online submissions that can be quickly graded in the SpeedGrader™
• Grade online submissions work submitted on paper
• Set up peer review
• Grade Discussions, either among the whole class or student groups
• Open Quizzes for a limited amount of time
• Create ungraded activities that align with course outcomes

Assignments and Grading

Having your assignments in Canvas and automatically linked to the gradebook means you can take advantage of SpeedGrader and rubrics to make the grading process faster and more efficient. Canvas communication tools allow you to provide your students with text or multimedia feedback on all assignments.

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Print from Canvas

In general, Canvas pages can be printed via any web browser. To print annotated student submissions requires Adobe Acrobat and a few more steps. Please see below for directions. If you need help printing from Canvas, please contact Academic Technologies for assistance.

To print a Canvas page via the web browser

• Navigate to the page you would like to print
• Use the print function to preview the page to double-check you're getting all pages

How to print student submissions to include annotations, annotated comments and feedback left in sidebar comments field:

Part 1: create a pdf of the student submission via canvas.

• Go to SpeedGrader
• Navigate to/open the student's submission in SpeedGrader
• Use the down-arrow button at upper left of the student submission to download the student submission as a PDF file to your computer

Part 2: Print via Adobe Acrobat to capture comments/feedback:

Open the PDF in Adobe Acrobat, go to File and select Print to preview the document

• In the print settings window that comes up, go to Comments & Forms at right
• this should open another (smaller) pop-up window asking,
• "Do you want to include the text of summarized comments in the document being printed?"
• Click on the Yes button
• Allow Adobe Acrobat a minute or so to process this request
• After the request has processed, you should see there are additional pages to print (the comments are printed on separate pages following the original submission)
• Click Print in the lower right of the print dialogue window
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Downloading submitted assignments

You can download assignments from the assignments section:

1. Click Assignments in the course navigation sidebar on the left.

2. Find the assignment name of the assignment you want to download and click on the name.

3. Click Download Submissions in the Related Items sidebar on the right.

4. The assignments will be zipped and automatically downloaded. If the zip file doesn't automatically download when finished, click the Click here to download link.

5. Once you have finished marking, you can re-upload the marked or annotated files back into Canvas for students to view.

Zip all of the marked assignment files into a single zip file. Make sure the file names are the same as when they were unzipped.

In the same assignment, click Re-Upload Submissions in the Related Items sidebar on the right.

3.  Select the zip file using Choose File  [1] and upload it by clicking Upload Files  [2].

4.  A success screen will display the results of the upload.

Canvas Tutorials: Assignments, Discussions, and Rubrics

• Getting Started in Canvas
• Syllabus & Home Page
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• Using Images in Canvas
• Assignments, Discussions, and Rubrics
• Gradebook, SpeedGrader, Attendance
• Announcements
• Google Assignments (LTI 1.3)
• Kaltura & Media
• VoiceThread
• Accessibility Tools
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Assignments, Discussions, Rubrics

Assignments.

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• 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.

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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.

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View and Print Feedback (as a student)

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Updated at April 27th, 2020

How to View and Print Canvas Feedback

In Canvas, go to the Grades tab .

The image below explains the information available on the grades page.

Click on each icon to see the specific feedback for the assignment.

To see the comments written on your work, click on the Assignment Name .

A new window will open as shown below.

You can click on different areas to see the different types of feedback.

Click on View Feedback to see your paper with teacher comments

To print your feedback,

Open the downloaded file with Adobe Acrobat Reader DC

Click Print to open the print menu

Click Summarize Comments

Then click Yes when prompted

Print your file – the comment locations will be numbered and the actual comments will print in a numbered list on the last page.

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Using the image tool in designplus.

How to use the Image tool to insert and style images to your course. You will also learn how to use the alt text input field to update an image's alt text.

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Add an Image to Any Page

Add alt text to any image (using the image alt checker), add a caption to any image.

You can add an image or replace an existing image with the Image tool. The image tool also has many other options including adding style and alt text.  

Navigate to  Pages

Click + Page

Give the page a title

Launch DesignPLUS by clicking on the Rocket Ship icon in the top-right corner

Users should have  updated the Legacy Design Tools sidebar to the new DesignPLUS sidebar . 

Place your cursor in the editor where you want the image to go

Try to keep the larger text on a single line, but if you need to explain more, put it in the text below.

Click the Add New Elements tab if not already selected

Select Image from the Basic Content panel

This will insert an image placeholder at your cursor position. Note: You can also search for “image” or, if used recently, it may also appear in Recently Used Tools.

Select the image source where your image is located in the Edit Current Element tab

You may have to click the up arrow next to Change Image to expand the image options. You can choose from:

• User Images : Select the image to upload and embed the image in your Canvas page. If you are choosing an image file from a course other than the current course, you will be prompted to import the file into the current course. Select the destination and click "Copy to Course". This will import the file and update the image source path in the Rich Content Editor, so it is viewable by anyone in the course.  
• Course Images : Use the search field or Folders/Filters dropdown to locate the file. Once you find your image from the course files, select it and the image placeholder will update with the image path to the original image.    
• Primary images : Select "All Folders" to display course files and images.

Provide Alt Text or select image as Decorative

Alternative text provides information for an image if a user for some reason cannot view it (because of slow connection, an error in the src attribute, or if the user uses a screen reader).

(Optional) Click on Add Link to add a link to the image

Doing so will load the Link tool so that you can update the URL.  

Use the Style panel to add borders, shadow, or round the edges

In the style panel you can adjust the dimensions of an image, float an image around text, and specify the maximum width settings.

• Image Alignment floats the image left or right, centers the image, or resets the image to the default alignment.  
• Fill Container Width fills the entire width of the container with the image. Max Width Fill will display an image at a set width. The image will be responsive and will reduce in size as your students’ browser size decreases, but it will never expand beyond the size set. This is helpful for images that are not high resolution and may become pixelated as your students’ browser size increases. 
• Border Options applies the selected border to the image.  

Click  Save to keep your changes

The DesignTools Sidebar also provides a panel where you can update alt text (alternative text) for all images embedded on a page. Alt text is an alternative (non-visual) way to describe the meaning of an image. Alt text should be specific and not overly descriptive. Good descriptions are concise, but describe what's in your images accurately enough to understand their context.

Select the page you want to review for Alt Text

Click  Edit

Click on the Accessibility/Usability tab

Select Image Alt Checker from the Accessibility panel

The Image Alt Checker interface renders a list of all images found in the page contents.  A red border is used to flag any image alt text that should be reviewed.

Scroll through your images to set alt text or mark as decorative

When image alt text is updated, the red borders and warnings will be removed.

Click Save to keep your changes

You can use the DesignTools Sidebar to add an image with captions. Captions allow to you add additional information to an image or better describe what is happening in the photo. An image caption is different from alt text in that it displays on the screen. Alt text is read aloud to someone using assistive technology but is hidden from a sighted user. 

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Select Image & Caption from the Basic Content panel

This will insert a placeholder for an image and caption at your cursor position.

Select an image from the Edit Current Element tab

Enter your caption text from the Content Panel

(Optional) Adjust the caption appearance and settings in the Style panel

Once your image is added, you can use the Style panel to set your Caption Style and Border Options.

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Put some tech in your t&l, canvas feature updates – april 2024, mobile – mobile offline support.

Production Environment Availability: 4/20/2024

The Mobile offline mode feature option is available to admin allowing students to sync course content to view as read-only when offline. Note: As instructors develop course content, it is essential to carefully consider the origin of visual elements or links associated with the material. This feature provides users increased flexibility, productivity, and improved experiences in various scenarios where internet connectivity may be unreliable or unavailable.

For more information about the student mobile view, see the  Canvas Student Release Notes (iOS 7.0)  and the  Canvas Student Release Notes (Android 7.0) .

New Quizzes – Item Analysis Report Additional Data

Production Environment Availability: 4/20/204

The following data is added to the Item Analysis report:

• Essay and File Upload- Score distribution chart, CSV support
• Numeric-Answer Frequency Summary, Aggregation and CSV support

This update provides additional information on specific question types for instructors to evaluate student responses and provide appropriate intervention.

Raw Points and Percentages on the Moderate Page

On the New Quizzes Moderate page, a configure icon is added allowing instructors to switch between percentages and raw points in the score display column. This feature improves reporting flexibility and grading system alignment. To switch between percentages and raw points in the score column, click the  Configure  icon.

View Log Question Position

In New Quizzes the Moderation page View Log includes the question position of the answered question. This update allows instructors to easily verify the question position as students complete quizzes. In the View Log of a New Quiz, the question position or question number displays.

Gradebook – Message Students Who Total Columns

Production Environment Availability: 4/24/2024

In the Gradebook, the Message Students Who option is available in the Total column. Instructors can message students with a total grade higher than a specific grade or message students with a total lower than a specific grade. This update provides additional messaging opportunities not specific to an individual assignment. In the Total column, select the  Message Students Who  link.

In the For Students Who drop down menu, select the  Total grade higher than  or  Total grade lower than  option [1]. Then enter the desired grade [2] and compose the message [3].

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On May 22, the look and feel of our Course Reserves tool Leganto is getting an upgrade!

You won’t need to do anything to make the switch, and most of the improvements are visual.

Upgrades of note include:

• Clearer language surrounding library item processing
• Enhanced student view banner
• Simplified list duplication (previously “rollover”) workflow

And a few  features will no longer be supported  due to low usage.

More details will be coming soon, including new videos, written documentation , and workshop announcements from the Course Reserves team! In the meantime, please refer to the vendor’s new instructions on  Creating Lists in Leganto  or email  [email protected]  and  [email protected]  with any questions.

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