Canvas - Creating Assignments

Summary

Canvas course instructors can create assignments to track and facilitate graded activities in their course. Each assignment in a Canvas course will appear as column in the course gradebook. Assignments support multiple submission types, including online submissions, on paper submissions, external tool submissions, and no submission. Graded quizzes and graded discussions are also considered assignments and are listed in the assignments index page. Assignments can be organized into assignment grou

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Canvas Assignments Basics

Video Source (Canvas Video Guide)

What are Assignments? (Canvas Basics Guide)

Selected How-to Resources (Canvas Instructor Guides)

Full Canvas Instructor Guides Index

Creating Assignments

How do I use the Assignments Index Page?
How do I create an assignment?
How do I add or edit details in an assignment?
How do I create an online assignment?
How do I add an assignment using an external tool?
How do I create a group assignment? NOTE: In Canvas group assignments, each group makes one joint submission to the assignment.
How do I publish or unpublish an assignment?

Configuring Assignment Settings

Using Assignment Groups

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 create rules for an assignment group? (e.g. automatically drop the lowest score in a group)

Getting Help

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Article ID: 2960

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Fri 2/28/25 5:00 PM

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Fri 2/28/25 5:06 PM

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Canvas course instructors can create assignments to track and facilitate graded activities in their course. Each assignment in a Canvas course will appear as column in the course gradebook. Assignments support multiple submission types, including online submissions, on paper submissions, external tool submissions, and no submission. Graded quizzes and graded discussions are also considered assignments and are listed in the assignments index page. Assignments can be organized into assignment groups, which can be weighted to calculate final course grades.