As an instructor, you can create Assignments in Canvas that students use to review requirements instructions and submit their work. Students view the Assignment via the Canvas course site and submit their work online through text entry, file uploads, media recordings, Google Docs, URLs, or Canvas pages. This assignment appears on the Assignments Index Page, the Syllabus, and the Gradebook and User Dashboard, if the Assignment is graded.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Important Assignment settings include:<\/span><\/p>\n Assignments can be assigned to individual students, groups, or sections. Additional settings control how group assignments are graded. Canvas also can be used to assign peer reviews to encourage interactions among students.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Read the Canvas instructor guide to creating assignments<\/span><\/a> to learn more.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Students can have discussions asynchronously using <\/span>Canvas Discussions<\/span><\/a>. When you plan for students to take part in asynchronous discussions, it\u2019s helpful to offer <\/span>clear criteria <\/span><\/a>and examples of strong responses. It\u2019s also a good idea to remind students about the etiquette of online conversations–it\u2019s important to think through tone when responding to classmates in discussion threads.<\/span><\/p>\n There are several settings that allow you to tailor Discussions for specific instructional purposes. These include:<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0Discussions are most <\/span>engaging<\/span> when the prompt is relevant, authentic, and challenging. The Discussions rich content editor allows you to to embed media within prompts as well.<\/span><\/p>\n Canvas Quizzes<\/a> allow you to create both informal checks for understanding or formative assessments (practice quizzes) and higher stakes summative assessments (graded quizzes). Depending on the purpose of the Quiz, there are several options<\/a> you can choose from. These include:<\/p>\n Quizzes also allow for many question types, including:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Assignments As an instructor, you can create Assignments in Canvas that students use to review requirements instructions and submit their work. Students view the Assignment via the Canvas course site and submit their work online through text entry, file uploads, media recordings, Google Docs, URLs, or Canvas pages. This assignment appears on the Assignments Index Page, the Syllabus, and the Gradebook and User Dashboard, if the Assignment is graded.\u00a0 Important Assignment settings include: The points available The Assignment Group (especially…<\/p>\n\n
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