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In your course, click Assignments on the left side bar.

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.

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.

In your course, click Assignments on the left side bar.

Either open an existing assignment to edit it, or create a new assignment by clicking the Add Assignment button.

Locate the Submission Type setting [1] and select the Online option [2]. Then locate the Submission Attempts setting [3].

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].

In your course, click Assignments on the left side bar.

Click the Add Assignment button.

Add the assignment details.

By default, Canvas will assign your assignment for everyone in your course. To assign a different due date to an individual student, click the Add button [1]. Type the name of the student in the Assign to field [2]. Search fields are dynamic, and you can search for students by first or last name. When the full name appears, click the name. Lists are not scrollable.

To create an assignment that is assigned only to a specific student, click the Remove icon next to the Everyone label [1], then start to type the name of a student in the Assign to field [2]. Search fields are dynamic, and you can search for students by first or last name. When the full name appears, click the name. Lists are not scrollable.

You can include more than one student in the To field as long as the students are to be assigned the same due and availability dates.

In the date fields, add your preferred date(s) with the following options:

• Due [1]: Set the date and time that the assignment is due. The due date will already be populated for you if you created an assignment shell, but you can change it if necessary.

• Available From [2]: Set the date and time when the assignment will become available.

• Until [3]: Set the date and time when the assignment will no longer be available.

In your course, click Assignments on the left side bar.

Locate the assignment you wish to copy, then click the assignment Options icon [1]. select the Copy To… option [2].

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Enter the name of a course or course code in the Select a Course field [1].

Search results are sorted by term, with the default term first, followed by the most recent term start date.

Results for each term are sorted alphabetically and display the course name [2], course code [3], and term name [4].

Select the course into which you want to copy the assignment [5].

Note: The Select a Course drop-down menu only displays courses in which you have an active or future enrollment. Assignments cannot be copied to a concluded course.

If you wish, you can copy the assignment into a specific module and location within a course.

Click or type a module name in the Select a Module field [1]. Then select the module for the copied assignment.

To select a location within the module, click the Place drop-down menu [2]. You can select to copy the assignment to the top of the module, before or after a specific module item, or at the bottom of a module.  

Click the Copy button.

Canvas displays a notification when an assignment copies successfully [1].

When finished, click the Close icon [2] or the Close button [3].