Faculty's Guide to Canvas

The Assignments tool plays two important roles in Canvas:

1. It determines what columns and assignment groups (with associated weights) appear in the Gradebook;
2. It contains assignments instructions with due dates and online submission of work;

View these Instructure Guides to get started:

What assignment types can I create in a course?

How do I create an assignment?

How do I add or edit details in an assignment?

How do I limit submission attempts for an assignment?

How do I move or reorder an assignment?

How do I add an assignment using an external app?

Grading

How do I add a grading scheme to an assignment?

How do I add an assignment group in a course?

How do I weight the final course grade based on assignment groups?

How do I add or edit points for an assignment?

How do I download all student submissions for an assignment?

How do I exclude an assignment from the course's final grades?

How do I give extra credit in a course?

Peer Review

How do I use peer review assignments in a course?

How do I create a peer review assignment?

How do I manually assign peer reviews for an assignment?

How do I automatically assign peer reviews for an assignment?

How do I view student peer review comments as an instructor?