All About Assignments

This article covers the basic and advanced features of assignments and assignment groups, as well as downloading files students have submitted to an assignment.

Before You Start 

You will need a Canvas site. 

Published assignments will appear appear in assignments, as well as syllabus and course calendar. The assignment will appear on the students’ dashboard and in the Upcoming Assignments sidebar a week before the assignment is due; a week after, the assignment will appear in Past Assignments. Canvas will also notify students. Unpublish assignments or restrict to prevent student access.

Assignment Basics

When creating an assignment,  you can take advantage of the following features:

Advanced Features

Assignments offer a number of advanced features.

Assignment Groups

Enhance your grading with assignment groups.

Download Submissions

Download the files students submit to an assignment.

Discussions as Assignments

Discussions are a  good option for certain kinds of assignments and learning activities in which students are required to interact with each other.

TIP: Use student view to see assignments as students do.

Questions?

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