Wiki Page, Minettes testkurs: Assignments

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2017-03-17T03:54:03-06:00

Tip

Students always have the option to resubmit their assignments. Availability dates can restrict the dates that an assignment can be submitted.

Guides
Assignment Guides

Creating Assignments

When you create an assignment in Canvas you choose whether it will just be a placeholder for work students do in class, turn in on paper, or whether students will electronically turn in work to the Canvas assignment.

Technically, assignments also include graded discussion and graded quizzes so you will see all of these on the Assignments Index Page.
Any Assignment you create and publish on the Assignments page will automatically show up in the Grades, Calendar, and Syllabus features so students can view them. The reverse is also true: any Assignments you create in the Calendar will automatically show up in the Grades, Assignments, and Syllabus features.

You can also organize assignments in modules.

When creating an assignment, you can use the Rich Text Editor to include links to websites, record or upload videos, insert content from Khan Academy of Slideshare, etc. You can use the Content Selector to includes links to other pages in our course, modules, files, or embed an image you've uploaded.

Options

When you create an assignment activity you will have the following assignment details to determine and options to choose from:

Point value

Due date and availability

Grading Type: points, letter grade, complete/incomplete, percentage, etc.

Submission Type: No submission, Online, On Paper, URL, File Upload

Group Assignment options

Peer Review options

Differentiating Assignments

You can give an assignment to just particular students or certain sections. Each student or section can have different due dates. When you create an assignment for specific students or a section, only those students can only view the assignment.

When using differentiated assignments with the Gradebook, the assignment appears as a column for all students, but grade cells are grayed out for students who are not part of the section. Grades can be assigned only for students who were given the assignment.

On the module index page, if the assignment has been included in a module, the assignment appears only for those to whom it has been assigned.

Peer Reviews

A peer review assignment enables students to provide feedback on another student's assignment submission. Peer reviews are a tool that allows communication between students and can help students master the concepts of a course and learn from each other. Peer reviews can be assigned to show student names or display anonymously.

Assignment Groups

Use Assignment Groups to categorize the assignments in your course by: week, topic, unit or type (i.e. essays, quizzes, lab work, class projects, etc.).

Besides providing a way to organize your assignments, grouping offers two distinct advantages:

You can weight grades based on groups (i.e., tests are worth 50% of your total grade, etc.)

You can create grading criteria within a group (i.e. Drop lowest 2 scores from the "Weekly Quizzes" group, etc.)

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