Creating an Assignment
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. |  |
| 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.  | |
| 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. | |
Limit Submission Attempts
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. |  |
| 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]. |  |
| 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]. |  |
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.
Assign to Specific Students
When creating or editing an assignment, you can assign an assignment to individual students. You can also set different due/availability dates for a student within an assignment that is assigned to the entire class. Availability date functionality is still available for each assignment.
When viewing these assignments in the Gradebook, the assignment appears as a column for all students, but grade cells are greyed out for the students who were not included in the assignment. Grades cannot be assigned to students who were not included in the assignment and this does not impact overall grades.
| 1 | In your course, click Assignments on the left side bar. |  |
| 2 | Click the Add Assignment button. |  |
| 3 | Add the assignment details. |
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| 4 | 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. |  |
| 5 | 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. |  |
| 6 | In the date fields, add your preferred date(s) with the following options:
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View Assignment Dates
View Assignments Page
On the Assignments Index Page, the assignment shows there are multiple users and dates assigned to the assignment. Hover over the text to view date availability.
