Assignments=Submissions

Assignments can be discussions, quizzes, surveys, or submitted work. When you create an assignment, give your assignment a clear title: Biology Research Essay, for example. Provide your assignment instructions and due dates in the text area. Go the extra mile and provide access to relevant academic support services and/or a model assignment for students to view.

Be sure to create open and due dates so that these assignments show up in your students' workflow. Students will be submitting online, so set acceptable file types, such as doc, docx, pdf, pptx. Other file types such as jpeg, png, or mp3 or mp4 are also possible.

View Creating an Assignment in Canvas

📌 Note:

Avoid using an assignment to provide general information regarding the week. Use a Canvas page in your module instead. Using an assignment to provide information is confusing to your students, who are expecting a task or something to submit.

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