Last updated on April 30, 2026
Canvas uses Assignments, available from the course navigation menu on the left, as an umbrella that includes all activities. Any quizzes (Classic or New), discussions, and assignments that you create for a course can be accessed from their respective links or from the assignments link in the course navigation menu on the left. This is because the Assignments link is directly tied to the gradebook
See our spotlight, Grading in Canvas – How Assignment Groups Impact the Canvas Gradebook, for more information.
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