- In Course Navigation, click the Assignments link.
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If you want to create an assignment placeholder with a title and a date, you can create an assignment shell in an assignment group.
Assignment groups [1] house the different types of assignments you may want to keep in your course, such as assignments, discussions, quizzes, etc. If you create assignment groups in your course, students can filter their assignments page by assignment type to view the same groups. Learn how to add an assignment group.
To create an assignment shell, locate an assignment group and click the + Assignment button [2]. Assignment shells only include fields for the assignment type, name, due date (optional), and points. You can add assignment details at any time by editing the assignment.
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If you want to create an assignment with all assignment details at the same time, click the + Assignment button.
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Assignment details include fields for the assignment type, name, description, points, assignment group (if desired), display grade as, submission type, group assignment, peer reviews, moderated grading, anonymous grading, and assign access.
- When you add details to an assignment, you can also assign the assignment to all students, course sections, course groups, or individual students as part of the Canvas differentiated assignments feature.
- By default, assignments will Assign To "Everyone". Edit the Due Date and Time, Available from and Time, and Until and Time.
- If you wish to extend assignment due dates for a specific student, please reference the article: How to Extend Assignment and Quiz Due Dates for a Specific Student
- If you wish to extend assignment due dates for a specific student, please reference the article: How to Extend Assignment and Quiz Due Dates for a Specific Student
- Please note, that you can also navigate to the assign access settings by clicking the Assign To button at the top of the assignment page.
- Click Save