1. In Course Navigation, click the Assignments link.
2. Click the Add Assignment button.
3. Type the assignment title in the Assignment Name field [1]. Use the Rich Content Editor to add images, text, links, equations, or insert media [2].
4. Enter the points for your assignment in the Points field [1]. Select the Assignment Group for the assignment in the Assignment Group drop-down menu [2].
5. In the Display Grade as drop-down menu, select the method you want to use for grading.
You can grade your assignment by percentage, complete/incomplete, points, letter grade, GPA scale, or set as not graded.
6. In the Submission Type drop-down menu, select the type of submission you want to accept for the assignment. By default, the submission type will be set to Online.
- Use No Submission when you do not want students to submit an assignment in Canvas. This assignment type can be used to create extra columns in the Gradebook, or when you want to create an assignment that involves multiple scores. Submission Type does not apply to Not Graded assignments.
- Use Online when you want students to submit their assignments using Canvas.
- Use On Paper when you want students to submit an assignment to you but not through Canvas. This assignment type applies to traditional face-to-face courses or hybrid courses when you want the assignment turned in on paper during class, but you still want to create a column in the Canvas Gradebook for grading purposes.
- Use External Tool when you want students to submit their assignments using an external app (LTI) enabled for your course.
7. If you have selected the Online submission type, you can limit submission attempts for the assignment.
8. If you want to require that students review each other's work, you can create a Peer Review assignment. When requiring peer reviews, you can select whether to manually assign peer reviews or automatically assign peer reviews.
9. By default, Canvas will set your assignment dates for everyone in your course [1]. Create a due date for the assignment in the Due Date field [2]. You also have the option to add availability date fields [3].
10. Click the Save or Save & Publish button.
