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How do I limit submission attempts for an assignment?
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How do I assign an assignment for specific student(s)?
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How do I update due dates and availability dates in bulk?
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How do I create a cloud assignment with a Google Drive file?
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How do I change the sorting of my student list or hide students names while grading students' assignments?
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How do I copy an assignment to another course?
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How do I share an assignment with another instructor?
Creating an Assignment
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You can create assignments on the Assignments page. You can create an assignment shell, which is a placeholder for an assignment within an assignment group, or you can create an entire assignment with all the assignment details. |
| 1 | In your course, click Assignments on the left side bar. |  Image Added Image Removed | | 2 | 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 house the different types of assignments you may want to keep in your course, such as assignments, discussions, quizzes, surveys, etc [1]. 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 Add 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.  Image Removed Image Added | | 3 | If you want to create an assignment with all assignment details at the same time, click the Add Assignment button.  Assignment details include fields for the assignment type, name, description, points, assignment group (if desired), grade display, and submission type, and due dates. You can also specify if the assignment is a group assignment or requires peer reviews in the assignment details lesson. 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. |
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You can create assignments on the Assignments page. You can create an assignment shell, which is a placeholder for an assignment within an assignment group, or you can create an entire assignment with all the assignment details. |
Limit Submission Attempts
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As an instructor, you may want to limit the number of submission attempts to students for an assignment. Limiting assignment attempts is only available for assignments with the Online submission type. |
| 1 | In your course, click Assignments on the left side bar. |  Image Added |
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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 house the different types of assignments you may want to keep in your course, such as assignments, discussions, quizzes, surveys, etc [1]. 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 Add 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 Add Assignment button.
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Assignment details include fields for the assignment type, name, description, points, assignment group (if desired), grade display, and submission type, and due dates. You can also specify if the assignment is a group assignment or requires peer reviews in the assignment details lesson.
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| 2 | Either open an existing assignment to edit it, or create a new assignment by clicking the Add Assignment button. | | 3 | Locate the Submission Type setting [1] and select the Online option [2]. Then locate the Submission Attempts setting [3]. |  Image Added | | 4 | By default, the Allowed Attempts setting is set to the Unlimited option [1]. If this option is selected, students will be able to resubmit the assignment as many times as necessary. To limit the number of attempts allowed to students, select the Limited option [2]. Then select the number of attempts in the Number of Attempts field [3]. |  Image Added |
View Assignment The number of allowed attempts is displayed on the Assignments page. When a student views an assignment, they an view the total attempts they have used [1] and the total allowed attempts for the assignment [2]. The total allowed attempts includes attempts used and attempts remaining.  Image Added |
Assign to Specific Students
Copy an Assignment to Another Course
Share an Assignment with Another Instructor