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Technology Tool Guide

How to create an ASSIGNMENT in Canvas?

Jason PochynokFranklin Middle School6/7/20

Getting Started

Navigate to the MODULES page of your Canvas class (left side)

Getting Started

Click the PLUS SIGN on the right side of the module’s name

Make Your Assignment

Click [NEW ASSIGNMENT], give the assignment a NAME and click ADD ITEM

Edit Your Assignment

Click on the assignment’s title to edit the assignment

Edit Your Assignment

Click on the EDIT button in the upper right to add details to your assignment

Add Details to Your Assignment

From this screen you can add DETAILS. This can be text, links, pictures,

videos, etc. Anything students may use to help do the assignment.

Details

Links Pictures

Videos

Add Details to Your Assignment

From this screen you can also determine the assignment’s

POINT VALUE / SUBMISSION TYPE / DUE DATE

Submission Type

Submission Type will most likely be ONLINE or EXTERNAL TOOL.

Submission Type - ONLINE

ONLINE submission will most likely be TEXT ENTRY or FILE UPLOADS.

File uploads can be pdf’s, word documents, powerpoints, etc.

Submission Type - EXTERNAL TOOL

EXTERNAL TOOL submission allows you to access Google Drive. Click

FIND to access Drive. (if you have not connected Drive please go to that learning segment and do that now)

Submission Type - EXTERNAL TOOL

Scroll to GOOGLE DRIVE CLOUD ASSIGNMENT and click on it. Navigate to

the assignment, select it and click submit. Finally click SELECT.

*Creating an assignment from Google Drive does make a copy for each student to work on

Submission Type - Save Assignment

Once you have points, submission type, and due date you can SAVE or

SAVE & PUBLISH. The latter makes it visible to students.

Students can see and work on the assignment

Students cannot see but you can publish later if you just save

You Canvas Assignment

Once you save you can see your assignment.

Details of the assignment. This can be instructions, links, pictures, videos, rubrics, etc.

Students click on the assignment to open in a new tab and to edit.

You Canvas Assignment

You can click and hold the 8 DOTS on the left to move the assignment in a

different order. Click the NO SIGN to publish and for students to see.

Click to publish or unpublish

You Canvas Assignment

Now it’s your turn!

If you haven’t been creating

an assignment already let’s

go back through the slides

and make one! Good luck!

Copyright

Professional Development on Canvas

© 2020 Jason Pochynok

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