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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?
• Canvas Student Guide

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• How to Submit an Assignment in Canvas

Updated on Apr 29, 2023

This article is for Students needing to submit Assignments in Canvas Courses. Instructors may have you access assignments in two different ways, this article will cover both.

Article Overview

• Accessing Assignments in Canvas Courses
• Viewing Canvas Assignment Features
• Submitting Assignments in Canvas

1. Accessing Assignments in Canvas Courses

Instructors may have you access assignments in Canvas by selecting the Assignments tab or Modules Tab from the Course Navigation links on the left in your courses. We will cover both ways.

1.1. Navigate to the Course's Assignments Tab

The Assignments tab can be found in Course Navigation to the left in Canvas.

Assignments will be available in four possible categories; Overdue , Upcoming, Undated, and Past . Assignments are categorized by the pencil and paper icon ( see red arrows) . Select an assignment by clicking on the text of the name of it to read submission instructions.

1.2. Navigate to the Course's Modules Tab

The Modules tab can be found in the Course Navigation to the left in Canvas. Selecting the Module tab will show you course content organized by week, unit, chapter etc. depending on the way your instructor sets up their course. Scroll through the module to find the Assignment to access. In this example I will select " Assignment 1 " pointed to with the red arrow .

2. Viewing Canvas Assignment Features

2.1. select the name of the assignment to open it..

Open the assignment by clicking on its name inside of the Modules or Assignments area in Canvas.

You will see the (1) title of the assignment at the top, beneath that, the (2) due date and time. If multiple attempts were assigned, attempts will be listed in a (3) drop box below the due date. On the far right, you can view (4) total points possible , as well as (5) an Add Comment button to select to leave your instructor feedback per each attempt submitted. See the (6) Details section with drop down arrow on the left, which outlines the instructions for the assignment. Your instructor may also place a rubric below the instructions. If this is the case, a drop down arrow with the words View Rubric will appear (7). If a rubric is present, read through it to get a better idea of what you need to do to successfully complete the assignment.

3. Submitting Assignments in Canvas

In the bottom right hand corner, there will be a faded out red "Submit Assignment" button . Canvas will not allow you to select this button until you scroll down and view the submission options your instructor enabled.

Scroll to the bottom of the assignment to view Submission type information. In this example, the red square for file uploads is enabled for submission. Select the rocket ship to open your computer's file browser, or drag an accepted file type into the perforated box to submit.

The red Upload square denotes the submission type chosen by your instructor. Clicking the red upload square will not allow you to submit. You must select the rocket ship and choose a file to upload. Do not select the the "More " square, unless directed to do so by your instructor.

Once a file has been selected, (1) the file name will be displayed above the rocket ship . The red Submit Assignment button will be bright red. At this time, you can (2) select the Submit Assignment button to submit your work.

Your submission will be (1) time stamped and your work will be visible in the (2) document viewer. You can send a comment to your instructor for your submission that they may see when grading your work. You can select the (3) Add Comment button in the upper right corner. If your instructor has enabled multiple submission attempts a red "Try Again" button (4) will be available in the bottom right corner. Selecting the Try Again button will allow you to submit another attempt.

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• Submit an assignment in Canvas

Updated on May 15, 2024

1. In your course navigation click Assignments.

2. Click on the assignment you want to submit.

3. Click Start Assignment or Submit Assignment in the top right corner.

4. Read the instructions given by your instructor. For a file upload assignment, click Choose File.

5. Choose the attachment from you browser that you would like to upload and click Open.

6. Once your file appears, click Submit Assignment.

7. You will receive confirmation of you submission in the top right corner.

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• Sign up for TC Alerts
• Set up your Canvas notifications
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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.

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.

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

• Help Center
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• Terms of Service
• Submit feedback

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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Submitting to an assignment

Turnitin uses the same Canvas upload process you'll already familiar with. If you haven't submitted using Canvas before, follow the steps below.

• Navigate to your course.
• From the Assignments tab , open your assignment.

It is possible that your institution is using the Canvas Student Experience view. If the upload submission window does not look like the image above, it may look like this instead:

• If you haven't already, you may need to accept the Turnitin EULA and verify that your submission is your own work.

A similarity report will generate for every file uploaded.

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• Student: How do I submit an Office 365 document to an assignment?

Students can submit files from their Office 365 One Drive to  Canvas Assignment.

Go to Assignments

Click on the name of the Assignment

Click Submit Assignment

This displays the Submit Assignment dialogue box

Click Office 365 tab

This displays the Office 365 dialogue box.

NOTE: You may have to log into your Tufts Office 365 account

Checkmark the file you want to submit, then click Attach File

This returns the display to the Canvas submit assignment dialogue box.

Add a comment (if wanted) then click Submit Assignment

This submits the Office 365 file to the Assignment.

NOTE: You may see a message "Canvas is currently processing your submission". If so, click "OK"

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If your professor is using Google Assignments, you may submit a file directly from your Google Drive without uploading it into Canvas. Google Assignments supports the standard Google suite of file options (Doc, Sheet, Slide) along with Word, Excel, and PowerPoint file formats. It also accepts PDF’s that haven’t been converted into a Google Doc format. 

To submit a Google Assignment, navigate to the assignment on Canvas and click on it. If your instructor has set the assignment to open in a new window, click, “Load … in a new window “ , and then once you are on the Assignment screen click, “Open to attach and submit”. If they did not set the assignment to open in a new window, simply click, “Open to attach and submit”.

This will take you to a page that allows you to submit your assignment. Please note, if your professor has attached a file to the assignment, this file will be listed  under “Your files” [1] . You now have two ways to submit your work [2] , “Add Files” and “Create”.

Choosing “Add files” will allow you to pick a file from your Google Drive, or to upload a file from your computer.

Choosing “Create” allows you to create a file from scratch in one of the Google supported formats (Documents, Sheet, Slides).

After making your selection, click the “Add” button.

This will open a page that gives you the option to review the files you’re submitting. If you want to make any changes, click on the file to open and edit it. Once you’ve made your change, or if everything is ok and no changes are needed, click the “Submit” button.

You will once again be prompted to confirm that the files you are submitting are correct. To confirm, click “Submit”.

Once you’ve clicked “Submit,” you will be notified that the files have been submitted and are awaiting grading from your instructor. 

After you have submitted a file for the assignment, to make changes and edits to the file, click on the “Unsubmit” button. You may then make changes to the documents and resubmit them via the method previously described.

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Engagement and learning opportunities, introducing course works: a university of minnesota course materials program.

Course Works is the University of Minnesota’s new comprehensive course materials program offered to all undergraduate degree-seeking students. This program will allow students to access their required course materials by the first day of class for a flat rate of $279 each semester during the 2024-2025 academic year. Students may also select materials on a course-by-course basis or opt out of the program entirely.

For faculty and instructors, the adoption process will remain unchanged. Students are showing a growing preference for digital materials, and this program mirrors that change. If you require print materials for pedagogical reasons, you must indicate that on your adoption.

For more information, instructor FAQs , and contact information, please visit courseworks.umn.edu .

Flip no longer available after July 1

Flip (formerly Flipgrid) is  moving to Microsoft Teams for Education . Starting July 1, Flip will no longer be available in mobile app stores or in partner apps like Canvas. The Flip.com website will go into view-only mode. While you will no longer be able to create new groups, topics or videos after this date, you will still have access to download your Flip videos through September 30. If you use Flip for any course activities, reach out to your  local Academic Technology contact (or email  [email protected] ) for guidance on how to restructure the activity to another available tool.

Kaltura v7 player available; upgrade occurs August 1, 2024

As announced in our May 2024 edition, the Kaltura player is going through a generational upgrade on August 1, 2024 . In advance of that, the v7 player is now available for opt-in within Kaltura in Canvas and MediaSpace. Further, when copying an embed code from Kaltura MediaSpace, the v7 player is now used by default. Refer to Kaltura v7 Player Opt-In Process at the University of Minnesota for more information. To provide feedback, select the Help and Info button in a v7 player. 

FeedbackFruits Updates

Media accessibility improvements in submissions area.

When students submit a file in Peer Review or Self-Assessment of Work, they will also be able to add an accessible alternative attachment to their submission. Options for accessible alternative attachments include:

• Subtitles auto-generated by FeedbackFruits (with the possibility to download and edit them) or their own subtitles file
• Audio description recorded via FeedbackFruits or their own audio file
• Text description for images generated by students

For more information about this new feature, read the FeedbackFruits release notes . 

Turn off the color overlay on your Canvas Dashboard

By default, Canvas puts a color overlay over all course images and course tiles on the Dashboard. Each user can customize the color overlay for each tile, helping to identify course sites at a glance. 

Some users find the color overlay distracting, for instance, when the instructor has a course dashboard image displayed for the course tile. Users can turn off the color overlay:

• Select the 3 dot menu inline with the Dashboard title.
• Select Color Overlay from the dropdown menu. 

The color overlay will disappear, but the color chosen for each course tile will be used for the course title and course 3 dot menu. Read How do I Use the Dashboard as an Instructor? for more ways you can manage and customize your own Dashboard.

Generative AI in Higher Education

Exploring bongo, an ai-enhanced video assessment tool.

Academic Technology Support Services (ATSS) staff members recently evaluated the generative AI tool Bongo to see how useful it was in creating learning materials for courses. Bongo is a video-assignment platform that offers an AI Coach with features for instructors and students. It allows students to practice and receive feedback on video assignments. Read Extra Points : Exploring Bongo: An AI-Enhanced Video Assessment Tool for the full evaluation of this AI tool.

GAAD 2024 event videos available for viewing

Over 800 people attended the UMN’s third annual Global Accessibility Awareness Day on May 16, 2024. Registrations represented a large number of higher education institutions as well as other organizations. Ashley Shew presented this year’s keynote, “Fortifying Against Techno Ableism.” Captioned recordings for the event are now available on the GAAD website or by visiting the GAAD 2024 playlist . 

Join us for these learning opportunities to use technology effectively in your teaching:

August teaching enrichment series

August 12–30

The Center for Educational Innovation (CEI) and partners invite the entire teaching community across the University of Minnesota System to participate in sessions focused on strategies that you can implement in your courses immediately. All sessions are delivered online via Zoom or as asynchronous online courses unless noted. See the session descriptions and registration information .

Canvas essentials

August 2024 (Asynchronous Micro Course)

Register for this asynchronous micro course that reviews the Canvas interface, tools, features, and guides you through general course design decisions and activities to get your site ready for the start of semester. It is available throughout the month of August for you or your TA to engage at your own pace with support from academic technology professionals.

Explore teaching uses of Zoom Whiteboard 

August 13, 2024; 11:00 a.m. to noon

Join ATSS consultants to explore the teaching uses of Zoom Whiteboard . This hands-on session will set up participants in groups to collaborate on various Zoom Whiteboard activities. Learn the accessibility tips and tricks to using this tool to engage students in Zoom classroom learning. 

Canvas Gradebook: Set up 

August 15, 2024; 1:00-2:00 p.m.

Learn how to set up your Canvas Gradebook for the upcoming semester. During this session, ATSS consultants will demonstrate how to use assignments, discussions, and quizzes to set a course gradebook, how to grade using the Speedgrader and rubrics, and how to enable Canvas’ grade posting policy to hide and release grades.

Canvas clinic

August 20; 12:00 p.m.–3:00 p.m.

August 29; 9:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.

Get personalized help setting up your Canvas courses for the fall 2024 semester by registering for a 30-minute Canvas Clinic support session (online via Zoom) with staff from Information Technology (IT), Library Services, TeachingSupport@UMN, and academic technologists from system campuses as well as collegiate units.

Use FeedbackFruits tools for peer learning: Basics

August 21, 2024; 1:00–2:00 p.m.

In this live exploratory session on FeedbackFruits, we will compare the peer learning tools options, walk through how to create a FeedbackFruits assignment in Canvas, and use the tools from the student and instructor perspectives.

Using learning analytics at the start of the semester

August 27, 2024; 10:30 a.m.-noon

It’s the start of the semester: Are your students ready to learn? The first four weeks are linked to student success in your class, as well as to student retention and graduation. Join ATSS in this workshop focused on connecting learning analytics to classroom practice. Register for this learning analytics session to create a strong learning path for your students at the beginning of the semester.

Integrating generative AI into your assignments

August 28, 2024; 9:30 a.m.-11:00 a.m.

Curious about how to apply generative AI (GenAI) in your upcoming courses? Register for a short course with asynchronous activities and a synchronous event on August 28th. Participants will be introduced to the basics of GenAI through readings and presentations delivered asynchronously. Prework will be required to engage in synchronous activities. For access to self-paced resources covered in this short course, see Extra Points , “ Integrating generative AI into your assignments .”

Check out more events across all TeachingSupport partners .

Canvas discussion and announcement redesign available in canvas.

Canvas redesigned its Discussion and Announcement tools with updates to the interface. To access them, head to the Feature Options tab in the course Settings menu, find the Discussion/Announcement Redesign feature preview item, and select the State button to enable it. 

On July 20th, the new enhancements will be on by default for all courses. Any previously made Discussions and Announcements will still work in the redesign, so you do not need to do anything to access the updated interface after July 20. Here are a few new features that ATSS would like to highlight:

Mentions feature (@…)

The new Mentions feature appears when a user types the @ symbol in the Rich Content Editor of a discussion post. A drop-down menu with all students in the class appears for the user to select the name of the person they want to mention or “tag” in the post. The saved post will have the mentioned user’s name highlighted within the discussion as an additional visual cue that the person was specifically mentioned in the post. 

• Important to note: The user must have the notification option turned on for Discussions - New Mention to be notified of the mention.

Anonymous discussion options

The Discussion Redesign comes with the ability to create anonymous discussions . There are 3 new settings that instructors can choose from, including: turning off this feature (which is the default setting), selecting partial anonymity (where students can choose to reveal their name and profile picture or interact anonymously in the discussion), and creating a completely anonymous discussion (where student names and profile pictures will be hidden).

• Important to note: A discussion that is set for either partial or total anonymity cannot be graded or set as a group discussion. 

Reply reporting feature for students

The Discussions Redesign automatically allows students to report a discussion post as offensive or inappropriate. Once a student reports a post, the Settings menu option shows it has been reported. The student cannot report the reply again, but other students can still report the reply. To be notified of reported replies, instructors should adjust their Discussions Reported Reply notifications . Email notifications will include a direct link to the reply that has been reported. 

• Important to note: Reporting a reply does not hide the reply; all replies are still visible to all users. However, teachers can choose to edit or delete the reported reply. Once a reply is reported, it always displays as Reported and cannot be cleared by teachers.

You can read about all new features in this redesign and see a complete list of Discussions Redesign how-to articles . 

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