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Assignments

Create an Assignment with a Due Date

…Select Assignment from the drop-down menu. Click [New Assignment]. Type a Title for your assignment in the Assignment Name box. Click Add Item. Click the Name of the assignment you created. Click Edit. Type Instructions and Additional Information in the second, larger input box. Note: You can also add links, images, videos, and other resources in this section. To learn more, refer to the…

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Assignments Grading

Add Manual Columns to the Canvas Gradebook

…the Canvas gradebook is to create a “No Submission” assignment. We have received feedback about how to prevent students from seeing the “No Submission” assignment except in the gradebook. In order to prevent any assignment confusion, you can take the following steps: Do not enable the Assignments menu student view…

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Canvas Tools Readings/Content Ready Set Go

Use the Rich Content Editor to Modify Text, Insert Links, Attach Files, and Connect Apps

The Rich Content Editor is used throughout Canvas. Announcements, Assignments, Discussions, Pages, Quizzes, and the Syllabus all feature large text boxes with a toolbar across the top where text and media can be entered. This is the Rich Content Editor, and the instructions in this tutorial will work wherever the…

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Canvas Spotlight

Use Groups in Canvas

Assignment Open an assignment using one of the methods below: Edit an existing assignment. Create a new assignment. Check the box next to This is a group assignment. Type a Group Set name (this name will be assigned with a number to each group created). You may need to click…

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Canvas Spotlight

Vary Feedback Methods in Canvas

…passed. The feedback options outlined in this Spotlight all deliver feedback in a timely manner that also supports the learner. Through the use of rubrics, assignment comments, assignment annotations, and messaging students who meet certain gradebook criteria, you can motivate learners who may be struggling, offer immediate feedback on quizzes,…

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Canvas Spotlight

Use Unicheck

…(Plus) button next to the name of the Module. Select Assignment from the drop-down menu. Click “[New Assignment].” Type a title for your assignment in the Assignment Name box. Click Add Item. Click the name of the assignment you created in the module. Click Edit. Scroll down to the Submission Type setting. Select Online from the drop-down menu. Select Text Entry and/or File Uploads under Online Entry Options. Scroll down to the Plagiarism Review setting….

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Assignments Grading

Create Weighted Assignment Groups

Assignment groups allow you to organize your assignments by category. For more information, please visit the “Organize Assignments Using Assignment Groups” tutorial. This tutorial describes how to weight your assignment groups to affect how strongly each category will affect the final grade. For example, you could set Projects to 20%, Discussions…

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Assignments Grading Group Work/Collaboration

Assign Peer Reviews for Assignments

…to. Click the + Button next to the name of the Module. Select Assignment from the drop-down menu. Click [New Assignment]. Type a Title for your assignment in the Assignment Name box. Click Add Item. Click the Name of the assignment you created. Click Edit. Type Instructions and Additional Information in the second, larger input box. Note: You can also add links, images, videos, and other resources…

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Group Work/Collaboration

Use Microsoft OneDrive

…OneDrive will already be in there. Click New. Click Folder. Type the Name of the folder in correspondence with the Blackboard group you will share it with. Click Create. You can now share this folder, continue to the section “Share a OneDrive Folder.” If you would like to add important assignment related files (i.e. instructions or…

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Canvas Spotlight

Peer Reviews

…in to your Canvas Account. Select the Course you’d like to work in. Click Assignments in the left-hand course navigation menu. Click + Assignment in the top right-hand corner of the page. Enter a Name, Description, and other information for the Assignment. To enable peer reviews, Submission Type can be…