BEGINNER Breakout #2 - RESOURCES

Participants will be able to:

• recognize the different assignment submission types.
• understand assignment settings. 
• create an assignment.
• add a rubric to an assignment and/or discussion.
• recognize the different discussion settings.
• create a discussion.

Creating a New Assignment

There are many ways to monitor student progress and provide feedback Canvas, including:

• Quizzes
• Graded discussions
• Online submissions (e.g., files, images, text, URLs, etc.)

The "Assignments" tab in your sidebar navigation will show you what you have assigned to students, how many points each is worth, and when each is due. Assignments can be assigned to everyone in the course or differentiated by section (class period) or student.

 

Creating a New Assignment

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Adding Due Date(s)

You can set the Due Date [1], Available From date [2], and available Until date [3] for the quiz. Due Date: Set the date and time that the Quiz is due. Available From: Set the date and time when the Quiz will become available. Until: Set the date and time when the Quiz will no longer be available.  Learn how to differentiated by setting up varied due dates here.

  

More on Assignment Submission Options

• File upload from the computer
• File upload from Google Docs
• Text Entry
• URL
• Media Recordings
• External tools/LTIs
• Enabling Turnitin (aka Feedback Studio)

 

*click on "RUBRICS" for information on how to create rubrics in Canvas

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