Assignments on Canvas

Assignments on Canvas

Canvas offers you nearly infinite opportunities to design inspiring learning experiences.
To help facilitate your creativity, they offer four types of assignments you can create. Let's explore them together: 

 Type of Assignments 
    Online Submission Assignments    
 Assignments: Use assignments to create tasks, upload files for students to download, set due dates, and assign grades. They can include various submission types like text entry, file upload, or website URLs. You can create both group and individual assignments.
    Graded Discussions    
Discussions: Discussion assignments allow students to engage in online discussions. Instructors can create discussion topics, set participation requirements (like a minimum number of posts), and grade students based on their contributions
    Quizzes (Classic Quizzes and New Quizzes)    
Quizzes: Canvas offers two distinct quiz tools: Classic Quizzes and New Quizzes, each tailored to meet different educational needs and preferences. Explore the unique aspects of classic and new quizzes here Links to an external site. to determine which will work best for you. 
    External tools    
External Tools: External Tools allow integration with external applications or tools that enhance the learning experience. Examples include LTI (Learning Tools Interoperability) integrations with platforms like Turnitin for plagiarism detection or Playposit for creating multimedia tools for creating interactive content.       

SpotlightSpotlight: The "To-do List"

In Canvas, assignments are automatically added to a student's "To-Do" list. Students love it since it helps them track what's upcoming and expected all in one place.
It's important to note that pages can be manually added to the To-Do list Links to an external site., but this isn’t automatic like assignments. Meanwhile, files cannot be added to the To-Do list at all, which is one reason we don't typically recommend using them.

Helpful Guides and Videos:

1. What are Assignments? Links to an external site. 
2. What are Discussions? Links to an external site. 
3. New Quizzes Links to an external site. 
4. What are Classic Quizzes? Links to an external site.
5. New Quizzes vs Classic Quizzes Links to an external site.