Assignments are used when you want to assess students' understandings of new information or skills that might have developed through class activities. Assignments can be used as formative and summative assessments.

Canvas Assignment Types
Assignments	Graded Discussions	Graded Quizzes	Graded Surveys	Attendance

You will learn how to create and use the following:

Assignment Groups	Assignment Shells	Assignment Details
Great for multiple assignments that fit within a category. Makes it easy to apply grade "weighting" to different groups.	Placeholders for upcoming assignments. Not visible to students. Must be part of an Assignment Group.	Description. File submission type. Point value.

Adding & Organizing Assignments

Whether you're organizing with Assignment Groups or just adding an Assignment you start by clicking on Assignment in course navigation. From here you will either: create Assignment Groups or add an Assignment.

how to locate the assignment tab

Clicking the plus sign is how you add assignments, if you are adding an assignment to a group you click the plus sign associated with that particular group. A dialogue box will open for you to complete the assignment details.

process of adding an assignment

By clicking More Options you can specify additional information for your assignment. For instance:

Who the assignment is assigned to,
For discussions you can require an initial post,
Set the assignment availability range,
Submission type,
Graded or ungraded

If you just want to create an assignment shell, where your students cannot see the assignment click save, otherwise save & publish will add the assignment to your calendar, syllabus and allow students to see the assignment.

If you are using Assignment Groups you will need to turn on grade weighing. Click on the gear icon by +Assignment, and then specify the Assignment Group weights.

The assignments page makes it easy for you to see assignment details at a glance:

Remember - all published assignments are automatically added to your course calendar and syllabus making it easy for your students to stay on track and know what is expected.

Assignment Types

	Assignments	Can be submitted online through a variety of ways: Text entry, file uploads, media recordings, Google Docs, URLs, or Canvas pages.
	Discussions	This type of assignment should be used to grade student response(s) to discussion topics.
	Quizzes & Surveys	Use when conducting survey or assessing a student's comprehension of course content.
	External Tool	This is an assignment that will utilize LTI Technology to link to a third-party application or website.

Note: All graded assignments will appear on the Assignments Index Page, the Gradebook, the Syllabus page, and on the User Dashboard.

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