Notes for Course Facilitator

Summary: 

 This page provides participants with information about the Assignments tool specific to Canvas.

Suggestions: 

Gentle reminder: Update all content highlighted in yellow to reflect your institution.

The Assignments tool allows you to create and manage group or individual assignments within <Replace - Your LMS>. Although many faculty use this tool to have students submit written assignments or presentations (e.g., Word Documents and PowerPoints), it can also be used for other file types (e.g., videos, HTML pages, music files, etc.) as well as non-submission assignments, such as participation and attendance.  The following video offers an overview of how to create assignments in <Replace - Your LMS>:

Assignments Tool Video


Features of the Assignments Tool

Turnitin Submission Feature

One feature in <Replace - Your LMS> is the ability to have student papers automatically submitted to and checked by Turnitin.com, a web application which checks for plagiarism. When enabled on assignments, students submit the assignment and it is automatically checked by Turnitin. The paper and results are then automatically returned to the course for you to review through SpeedGrader. The following links offer more information on this feature:


Logistical Considerations

Check out the Canvas Help Guide if you would like more information about assignments.

Creative Commons License

TOPKit Sample Course was prepared by the University of Central Florida (UCF). This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.