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How do I submit a student's assignment on their behalf?

You will learn how you can submit/upload a file attachment for an Assignment in your course in Canvas on behalf of a student.

The Assignment submission type must be for a file upload.

For example, if a student missed a deadline or submitted the wrong paper or you are allowing the student to re-edit the paper, you can submit the assignment on their behalf without having to go through the steps of changing any deadllines or allowed attempts.

1. Navigate to the Gradebook for your course.

2. Locate the student with the missing submission.

Tip: You can also re-submit an Assignment for a student. For example, if a student submitted an incomplete assignment or submitted the wrong file, you can upload the correct file for that student even if it is past the due date and the until date for a particular Assignment.

You can use the Search tool or simply scroll down the list of students.

3. Click on the desired cell.

4. Click on the Arrow.

5. Click on Submit for Student.

6. Drag and drop the file.

7. Click on Submit.

8. Click on SpeedGrader.

Note that the cell now shows that the Assignment needs grading.

9. In the SpeedGrader, you can see when the submission was made and by whom.

You can see the date and time and by whom the Assignment was submitted (1). You can apply all of your regular grading, rubric, comments, etc. that you would do a for a student-submitted Assignment.

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New canvas feature: submit assignment on behalf of student.

Scheduled to be released March 18, Instructure is adding another much-requested feature to Canvas: Submit Assignment on Behalf of Student. This will allow a teacher in a course to submit a student upload to an assignment. The teacher can upload a document that their student has given them in some other way while retaining the ability to annotate and retain submission history in Canvas.

This new feature is part of the March 2023 Canvas release. You can read more below, or you can go to the Canvas release notes page .

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Submit Assignment on Behalf of Student

Recommended Use

We do recommend, when possible, that the teacher use the existing standard in Canvas for student submissions. That would be to assign missing assignment to the student individually (as one would for an accommodation or extension) and then ask them to submit it through the standard process.

Additionally, a teacher can only submit on behalf of a student for a file upload assignment (not text entry, quizzes, or discussions).

Related directions: How do I assign an assignment to an individual student?

To submit on behalf of a student:

• Go to the grade book
• Find the assignment and student (use the student and assignment search filters above the gradebook to find it quickly!)

• Follow the prompts to select the file and upload from your computer

Details and Limitations

• Canvas will track who submitted on behalf of a student. It will display this in the same sidecar as above, as well as in in SpeedGrader.
• If you use late policies, you can manually set (override) the late from the same part of the gradebook. Directions: How do I apply a Late Submission Policy?
• This is only for assignments in Canvas. This does not work for external tools. Some integrations have their own ability to submit on behalf of a student while others do not.
• If using Canvas assignments in conjunction with Turnitin framework plagiarism detection, you can go to SpeedGrader after the above to ask for a resubmit. Note, however, that doing so bypasses the student’s consent to accept the terms and conditions of the submission and database retention.
• This feature also works with group assignments and peer review assignments, as if the student you selected had submitted. When viewing the submission, other students will see that it was submitted by the teacher on behalf of the student.
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• Last modification date Updated On July 26, 2024
• Categories: Assignments , Canvas , Uncategorized
• Categories: assessment , Getting Started , Grading

Canvas  Assignments  are a way for instructors to provide students opportunities to practice using the knowledge and skills they have gained or to assess student performance related to such knowledge and skills. (Creating an Assignment is the  only  way to create a new column in the Gradebook.)

In Canvas there are four basic  Submission Types  for assignments. The submission types include:

• No Submission : For assignments for which you are not collecting any content from the students.
• Text Entry : For students to enter text directly into a text box on Canvas.
• Website URL : For students to enter a URL (usually to a blog, video, podcast, etc.).
• Media Recordings : For students to upload or record media for submission.
• File Uploads : For students to upload files for submission ( Restrict Upload File Types  will allow you to limit which types of files may be submitted).
• On Paper : For assignments students will submit in person.
• External Tool : For assignments which students will submit through a third-party tool (such as Turnitin, Panopto Video Quiz, and PlayPosit).

Managing an Assignment

Managing assignment groups.

When getting started with Assignments, learn to

• Create an assignment shell with the Canvas guide  How do I create an assignment? 

If you select  Peer Reviews Appear Anonymously , annotation tools in  SpeedGrader  will become unavailable.

If you change the  Assign To  area from  Everyone  to select students after submissions have already begun, and do not have a second set of Assign To dates, submissions from unassigned students will disappear.

• Published assignments are visible as existing outside of availability dates, but students cannot see the details.
• If looking to update the due and/or availability dates on multiple assignments, see   How do I bulk update due dates and availability dates as an instructor?
• If choosing the option to make an assignment a  Group Assignment : If only assigning to specific groups, make sure to click the  X  on the  Everyone Else  choice under  Assign to .

Media Recording  Assignments are not recommended due to technical reasons. Instead, have students submit media by embedding it in a  Text Entry  assignment through Panopto .

Clearly express expectations and criteria for grading by using a  Rubric .

Be cautious limiting submission attempts, as students often make mistakes loading documents and need multiple attempts to ensure you have the correct submission.

• Delete an assignment with the Canvas guide  How do I delete an assignment?
• This duplication process will not work for Quizzes.
• Attach a rubric to an assignment for grading or to communicate expectations to students with the Canvas guide  How do I add a rubric to an assignment?

Accessibility Tips

• Use descriptive text for links, instead of long URLs or ‘click here’. 
• Make instructions brief and to-the-point. Avoid long paragraphs and sentences.
• Consider allowing multiple submission types to accommodate technical limitations students may face.

Assignment Groups  are a way to categorize different graded items in Canvas. For example, you may have journals, blogs, and essays which your students create in your course. Assignment Groups allow you to label and group different types of assignments separately in order to better organize and for ease when applying weighting (see  How do I weight the final course grade based on assignment groups? ). When getting started with Assignment Groups, learn to

• Add and delete assignment groups with the Canvas guide  How do I add an assignment group in a course?
• Move or reorder an assignment group with the Canvas guide  How do I move or reorder an assignment group?
• Make rules governing grading expectations within assignment groups with the Canvas guide  How do I create rules for an assignment group?

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• How do I bulk update due dates and availability dates as an instructor?
• How do I weight the final course grade based on assignment groups?
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• How to Submit an Assignment in Canvas

Updated on Apr 29, 2023

This article is for Students needing to submit Assignments in Canvas Courses. Instructors may have you access assignments in two different ways, this article will cover both.

Article Overview

• Accessing Assignments in Canvas Courses
• Viewing Canvas Assignment Features
• Submitting Assignments in Canvas

1. Accessing Assignments in Canvas Courses

Instructors may have you access assignments in Canvas by selecting the Assignments tab or Modules Tab from the Course Navigation links on the left in your courses. We will cover both ways.

1.1. Navigate to the Course's Assignments Tab

The Assignments tab can be found in Course Navigation to the left in Canvas.

Assignments will be available in four possible categories; Overdue , Upcoming, Undated, and Past . Assignments are categorized by the pencil and paper icon ( see red arrows) . Select an assignment by clicking on the text of the name of it to read submission instructions.

1.2. Navigate to the Course's Modules Tab

The Modules tab can be found in the Course Navigation to the left in Canvas. Selecting the Module tab will show you course content organized by week, unit, chapter etc. depending on the way your instructor sets up their course. Scroll through the module to find the Assignment to access. In this example I will select " Assignment 1 " pointed to with the red arrow .

2. Viewing Canvas Assignment Features

2.1. select the name of the assignment to open it..

Open the assignment by clicking on its name inside of the Modules or Assignments area in Canvas.

You will see the (1) title of the assignment at the top, beneath that, the (2) due date and time. If multiple attempts were assigned, attempts will be listed in a (3) drop box below the due date. On the far right, you can view (4) total points possible , as well as (5) an Add Comment button to select to leave your instructor feedback per each attempt submitted. See the (6) Details section with drop down arrow on the left, which outlines the instructions for the assignment. Your instructor may also place a rubric below the instructions. If this is the case, a drop down arrow with the words View Rubric will appear (7). If a rubric is present, read through it to get a better idea of what you need to do to successfully complete the assignment.

3. Submitting Assignments in Canvas

In the bottom right hand corner, there will be a faded out red "Submit Assignment" button . Canvas will not allow you to select this button until you scroll down and view the submission options your instructor enabled.

Scroll to the bottom of the assignment to view Submission type information. In this example, the red square for file uploads is enabled for submission. Select the rocket ship to open your computer's file browser, or drag an accepted file type into the perforated box to submit.

The red Upload square denotes the submission type chosen by your instructor. Clicking the red upload square will not allow you to submit. You must select the rocket ship and choose a file to upload. Do not select the the "More " square, unless directed to do so by your instructor.

Once a file has been selected, (1) the file name will be displayed above the rocket ship . The red Submit Assignment button will be bright red. At this time, you can (2) select the Submit Assignment button to submit your work.

Your submission will be (1) time stamped and your work will be visible in the (2) document viewer. You can send a comment to your instructor for your submission that they may see when grading your work. You can select the (3) Add Comment button in the upper right corner. If your instructor has enabled multiple submission attempts a red "Try Again" button (4) will be available in the bottom right corner. Selecting the Try Again button will allow you to submit another attempt.

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Submit Assignment on Behalf of Student

Canvas has recently introduced a new feature that allows instructors to submit assignments on behalf of their students. This feature can be useful in situations where students have technical difficulties, accessibility issues, or other special circumstances that prevent them from submitting their work online.

To use this feature, instructors need to enable the “Online” setting for their assignments and choose the types of submissions they want to accept (such as text entries, website URLs, media recordings, file uploads, etc.) Then, they can go to the Gradebook and click on the cell corresponding to the student and the assignment they want to submit for. A menu will appear with an option to “Submit Assignment.” Instructors can then pick a file from their computer and upload it as a submission for that student.

Please note that this feature should not be used with Turnitin assignments in Canvas. According to the Turnitin Usage Guidelines , Baylor's Office of General Counsel requires students to submit their own work to Turnitin as opposed to submission by instructors.

To learn more about this new feature in Canvas, visit the Submit Assignment on Behalf of Students user guide or screencast .

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Canvas getting started for students: submitting an assignment.

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How to Submit an Assignment

• Enter the course site and locate the assignment
• Click on the assignment title to enter that assignment
• Text - to compose in the Canvas text editor
• Web URL - to paste and submit a link
• Media - to make a media recording using the computer webcam
• Drag a file from your computer onto the field labeled, Drag a file here
• Click on Drag a file here, or Choose a file to upload , to browse on your computer to locate and select a file
• Google Assignments (LTI 1.3) - to submit a file by signing into Google Drive
• Office 365 - to submit a file by signing into Office 365
• When you are finished typing/recording/uploading click on Submit Assignment
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Submitting Assignments

The following information applies to students whose instructors are using Canvas for course assignments.

Assignment Submission

• How do I view Assignments as a student?
• How do I filter assignments by type as a student?
• How do I view the rubric for my assignment?
• How do I submit an online assignment?
• How do I view the rubric for my external tool assignment?
• How do I submit a text entry assignment?
• How do I enter a URL as an assignment submission?
• How do I submit a media file as an assignment submission?
• How do I upload a file as an assignment submission in Canvas?
• How do I know when my assignment has been submitted?
• How do I know when my instructor has graded my assignment?
• How do I view and reply to assignment comments from my instructor?
• How do I use DocViewer in Canvas assignments as a student?
• How do I view annotation feedback comments from my instructor directly in my assignment submission?
• How do I view rubric results for my assignment?
• How do I view my Roll Call Attendance report as a student?
• How do I download assignment submissions from all my courses?

Group Assignments for Students

• How do I submit an assignment on behalf of a group?

Peer Reviews for Students

• How do I know if I have a peer review assignment to complete?
• How do I submit a peer review to an assignment?
• Where can I find my peers’ feedback for peer reviewed assignments?

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Assignment submission types in canvas.

Canvas lets you decide the way you want students to submit their assignments. You specify the submission type in the Submission Type box when you create the assignment. Assignment settings always remember and display the settings created or edited in the previous assignment in the course.

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No Submission

External tool.

Choose No Submission when you do not want students to submit an assignment in Canvas. You can use this assignment type to create extra columns in the Gradebook, or when you want to create an assignment that involves multiple scores.

Choose Online when you want students to submit their assignments in Canvas. When you use the online submission type, you can specify online entry options.

Text Entry : Students can submit their assignment directly in the Rich Content Editor .

Website URLs : Students can submit a URL that fulfills the assignment.

Media Recordings : Students can submit an audio or video recording that fulfills the assignment. They can either record new media or upload existing media.

File Uploads : Students can upload a file to fulfill the assignment. Note that if your institution has enbled Google Docs as a submission type, students can connect to Google Docs as a web service to submit an assignment as a Google Doc, Google Sheet, or Google Slide. However, these files will convert to their Microsoft counterpart file type—Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, respectively.

If you want to only allow certain types of files for assignment submissions, click the Restrict Upload File Types check box and manually enter a list of accepted extensions in the Allowed File Extensions box. In the case of an odd or unusual file type, try adding it to your course to confirm the file is accepted before requesting students to submit the file type.

Select On Paper when you want students to submit an assignment to you but not through Canvas. When you choose this assignment type, Canvas creates a column in the Gradebook for grading purposes. However, you must enter the grades manually.

Choose External Tool when you want students to submit their assignments using an external app (LTI) enabled for your course. You must enter a URL for the external tool.

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• Canvas Assignment Tool: Overview

Updated on Mar 22, 2022

The Canvas Assignments tool is one of several native Canvas tools that allows instructors to collect student work for grading. Through the Canvas Assignment tool, students can submit their completed work and instructors can easily collect and score the work either offline (by downloading all submissions with a single button click) or online through the Canvas SpeedGrader function. Canvas Assignments can also be used to create columns in the gradebook for grading student work that is not submitted online.

Several of the External Applications integrated into Canvas work in coordination with the Canvas Assignments tool. For these tools, you will still create the Canvas Assignment as normal, but you will need to follow the detailed instructions for the specific external application to properly link it to the Canvas Assignment. Visit our Instructional Tools support page and click on the appropriate tool for details.  

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This article will address the following information:

Why use Canvas Assignments?

Use cases for assignments, how do i use canvas assignments in my course, what will my students see, additional resources, for students.

Canvas Assignments are a great centralized location to find and submit their coursework.  It can provide students with detailed instructions for each assignment, due dates, template files for students to use when applicable, and rubrics to help students understand what is expected to achieve full credit for their work. Canvas' online grading via the SpeedGrader tool is a core feature of the Canvas Assignment tool, which allows students to quickly receive and reply to instructor comments on their work. Canvas Assignments also work hand-in-hand with the Canvas Grades area, so students can quickly see how well they did on each assignment and how they are doing overall in the course in one place.

For Instructors

Canvas Assignments streamlines the way that student work is collected. Instead of receiving digitally completed homework in the form of individual emails from each student for each assignment, instructors can create a Canvas Assignment to collect the work of all students. With Canvas' online grading tools, instructors can use rubrics for consistent grading and can use the Canvas SpeedGrader tool to provide detailed annotations on student-submitted files or simply use the one button download all submissions button to export all student files at once to their local computer. The Canvas Assignments tool also allows instructors the flexibility to assign activities to specific due dates for individual students or even create activities that are only available to certain students.

Canvas Assignments can be used in many ways—below are just a few examples of how assignments can be used in your course:

• Homework Assignments
• Research Papers
• Written Exams
• Handwritten Student Work (check out our help article for students on  how to create a PDF of handwritten work )
• Overall grade for course (that differs from the Canvas-calculated Totals column)
• Grade for an oral exam or other activity that does not require students to hand in work
• Class participation grade
• Peer Review Assignments – students can be assigned to read and comment on one or more of their classmates' submissions
• Group Assignments – require one submission for a group of students

Instructor and TA level users can always access the tool to create and organize activities, but the tool can be hidden from students if desired. To learn more about how to use Canvas Assignments to facilitate your online course work, please reference:

• Creating an Assignment
• Grading Assignments Using the SpeedGrader
• Due Dates versus Display Dates
• How do I automatically assign peer reviews for an assignment?
• How do I view student peer review comments as an instructor?
• How do I assign an assignment to a course group?
• Turnitin Assignment Settings Options
• Viewing a Turnitin Report (Instructor)

The actual view your students see will depend on the settings you set on your assignments. Below you can see what a student would see for an online, file upload submission type assignment.  

On each assignment, instructors can set an " Available From " date, which is the date when the assignment will open for students to start submitting their work. Even though an assignment may not yet be open, students will be able to see that there is an assignment and will be able to click on it.  

When a student views an assignment that has not opened for submissions yet, they will see a message showing that the assignment is locked and the date when the assignment will open, which is the " Available From " date.

When going to submit a file, the students will see the assignment instructions, points, due / available from / until dates, and the rubric (if one exists). The students will submit by clicking the " Submit Assignment " button and following the process to upload and submit their file(s).

Creating Assignments

• Duplicating an Assignment
• How do I exclude an assignment from the course's final grades?
• How do I bulk update due dates and availability dates as an instructor?
• How do I add a rubric to an assignment?
• Rubrics (Vendor Guides)

Assignment Groups (For organizing assessments and weighting grades)

• How do I add an assignment group in a course?
• How do I move or reorder an assignment group?
• How do I move or reorder an assignment?
• Creating Weighted Assignments Groups

Grade Posting Policies

• How do I select a grade posting policy for a course in the Gradebook?
• How do I select a grade posting policy for an assignment in the Gradebook?
• Using the Grade Posting Policy

Student Resources

• How to create a PDF of hand written assignments
• How do I submit an online assignment?
• How do I upload a file as an assignment submission in Canvas?
• How do I submit a text entry assignment?
• How do I enter a URL as an assignment submission?
• How do I submit a media file as an assignment submission?

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Adding an Assignment

Canvas Assignment can be used to collect a submission from students electronically, provide instructions for and remind students about an in-class activity, and track extra credit. 

How do I create an assignment?

How do I add assignment types, pages, and files as module items?

Editing Assignment Details

After creating an assignment, modify the assignment details and settings by clicking the action menu and select Edit. Update the assignment instructions and guidelines, set the due date, and number of points to earn. 

How do I add or edit details in an assignment?

Removing or Duplicating Assignments

Clean up unused assignments by removing them from Modules, or by deleting them from the Assignments page of your course. 

How do I delete an assignment?

Establish a routine pattern of assignments and activities for students. When assigning an assignment that students will complete each week, create the assignment once, then duplicate it and move it to subsequent weeks. 

How do I duplicate an assignment?

Allowing a Resubmission

By default, resubmissions are always allowed if the instructor leaves the Attempts setting at "Unlimited". After students submit their assignment, they may revisit the assignment to submit a new version. As the instructor, you can view the various versions of the submission, deciding which version to accept and grade. Prevent students from revisiting the assignment by limiting the number of attempts in the assignment settings or set an  Until  availability date. 

Can a student resubmit an assignment?

Creating Group Assignments

To create an assignment that the students will submit as part of a group, check the box for "This is a Group Assignment" in the Group Assignment area.

Understand groups in Canvas

Configuring Peer Reviews

Use the peer review option to pair students up with a partner to review and provide feedback of their work. 

How do I create a peer review assignment?

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Turnitin is a plagiarism detection service used by educational institutions to check the originality of students' work. It compares submitted papers to a database of academic content, internet sources, and previously submitted student papers to identify similarities and potential instances of plagiarism. The service generates a similarity report that highlights matched text and provides a similarity score, helping educators ensure academic integrity and students improve their writing by citing sources properly.

To create a Turnitin Assignment in Canvas, follow these steps:

• Open your course in Canvas.
• In the course navigation menu on the left, click on Assignments .
• Click the + Assignment button to create a new assignment.
• Fill in the assignment name and descriptions in the fields provided.
• Scroll down to the Submission Type section.
• Select Online from the dropdown menu (note: Turnitin only works with “online” submission types).
• Check the File Uploads option.
• Under the Plagiarism Review section, select Turnitin from the dropdown menu.
• Store submissions in: Choose between "Standard Repository" or "None."
• Compare submissions against: Select the repositories Turnitin should check against (e.g., student paper repository, internet, and periodicals, journals, & publications).
• Report Generation Speed: Decide if the report should be generated immediately, on the due date, or allow resubmissions until the due date.
• Exclude Bibliography: Choose whether to exclude the bibliography from the similarity report.
• Exclude Quoted Material: Decide whether to exclude quoted material from the similarity report.
• Exclude Small Sources: Choose whether to exclude small sources and set the word count or percentage threshold.
• Set the number of points for the assignment in the Points field.
• Choose an assignment group if you have different groups.
• Set a due date and availability dates if needed.
• Scroll down and click Save to save the assignment.
• If you are ready for students to see the assignment, click Publish . If not, you can publish it later when you are ready.

For more information, visit Turnitin Instructional Resources website.

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Wondering if you are ready to launch your course this coming semester? Or, are you unsure what to do before pressing that Publish button?

Check out our Canvas Semester Checklist page to make sure the basics are covered before launching.

Need additional training? Visit our training page for dates, times, formats, and more information.

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Launching Your Canvas Course—Fall 2024 edition

This working session will review our Canvas Semester Checklist to ensure your course is ready for the semester and highlight new Canvas features! Training runs for 40 minutes, with an additional 20 minutes for questions if needed.

Assignments and Gradebook

Need help ensuring your gradebook is configured correctly? Do you want to use weighted assignment groups to calculate your final grade? Do you know how to set your grade scheme? This session provides tips and tricks for configuring your assignments, grade scheme, weighted assignment groups, and gradebook. We will also review how to use SpeedGrader to provide students with feedback. Training runs for 45 minutes, with an additional 15 minutes for questions if needed.

What's New in Canvas?

Did you know that Canvas released several new features over the summer? This 30-minute session will showcase updates to SpeedGrader, Assignments, and Modules, as well as provide you with a toolkit of formatting options to spruce up your course. Join us for a quick demonstration to learn more!

Getting Started With Gradescope

Interested in using Gradescope in your course? Need help getting Gradescope configured and ready for the semester? Or have you been using Gradescope but didn't realize you can link the assignments to Canvas? Join this one-hour session to learn more about the tool and ensure you are set up and ready to go for fall 2024!

Canvas/Ed Tech Open Office Hours

Are you stuck or need help? Hop into an open office hour session for those last-minute questions!

Best of luck to the start of your semester from the staff at the Center for Teaching Excellence and Innovation!

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Put some tech in your t&l, canvas feature updates – july 2024, announcements – mark all as read button.

Production Environment Availability: 7/20/2024

In Announcements, a Mark all as read button is available. This update allows users to quickly and efficiently mark all announcements as read. Additionally,  a Mark all as read button is available for students.

Announcements – Notifications for Changed Content 

In Announcements, instructors can notify students when an announcement has been updated. This feature prevents missed information, allowing users to respond promptly and appropriately to the new information. This modal is not shown when editing an announcement with a delayed posting date. Additionally, this update is only available when the Announcement/Discussion Redesign feature option is enabled. After saving an edited announcement, a modal appears, giving instructors the option to either save without notifying students [1] or to send a notification to students [2].

Announcements – Availability Dates

In Announcements, the delayed posting field is changed to Available from and instructors can add Until dates. This update enables instructors to specify a date when the announcement will no longer be visible to students.

Notes:  

• The Available From date is also the date the announcement is published.
• If there is no Until date, the announcement will remain visible.
• Once the Until date is reached, the announcement is no longer visible to students.

In an Announcement, instructors can set an Available From date and time [1] as well as an Until date and time [2].

Assignments – Submission Type Interface Update

Production Environment Availability – 7/3/2024

The Submission Type interface in the Assignment Edit page updated. This change creates a cohesive experience within the Assignment Edit page and provides clear information to users about which tool is selected and the resource chosen. When an external tool submission type is selected, the Submission Type interface updates accordingly.

Gradebook – Message Students Who Total Grade Update

In the Gradebook, the Message Students Who Total Grade modal Cutoff Value field is moved and a header is added. Additionally, a message stating that values seen by the instructor, may differ from the values student’s view displays. This update reminds instructors that the student’s view in the Gradebook may differ from the instructor’s view and improves clarity around the Cutoff Value.In the Message Students Who Total Grade modal, the Cutoff Value field [1] is moved and a header is added. Additionally, a message displays that states This is based on values seen in this grade book. It may not be the same values students see [2].

Inbox – Pronouns Display

Production Environment Availability: 7/3/2024

When personal pronouns are enabled for an institution and a user has set their pronouns in their profile, Inbox messages display the user’s pronouns. Additionally, pronouns display in the drop-down menu when composing a message and the Inbox search field. This update provides a more inclusive, respectful, and clear communication environment.

SpeedGrader – Comment Drafts

Production Environment Availability: 7/17/2024

In SpeedGrader, after drafting a comment and moving on to another student, a Draft pill displays indicating that the comment has not been submitted. This update enhances the user experience by clearly indicating when a comment has not yet been submitted.

Settings – Course Import and Cross-List Section Update

In Settings, when selecting a course to copy or course to cross- list the drop-down menus display the SIS ID and term with the course name in the list when available. This update provides additional reference information that can help users quickly identify and distinguish between courses.

Course – Course Status Update

On the Home page and Course Settings page, the Publish and Unpublish buttons are redesigned as a drop-down menu. This update improves the user experience by enhancing clarity around a course’s status.

Discussions – Ungraded Discussions Assign To

In Discussions, instructors can assign ungraded discussions to students and sections. Additionally, section restricted enrollments allowing students to post discussions to a specific section is removed. Instructors can still create groups, and students within those groups can initiate discussions that are visible only to their group members. This update streamlines instructor workflow and improves the ability to differentiate instruction.

To assign students or sections to an ungraded discussion, click the  Manage Assign To  link on the create or edit a discussion page.

structors can select which students are assigned the ungraded discussion. Note:  Only students assigned to the discussion can view and participate in the ungraded discussion.

Inbox – Add Signature to Messages

When the Enable Inbox Signature Block is enabled, users have the option to configure a signature when composing a message. Additionally, admins have the option to disable the Inbox Signature Block for students.  In the Inbox, click the  Settings  button.

To create a signature, select the  Signature On  radio button [1] and enter the desired signature in the Signature field [2]. Then, click the  Save  button [3].

Inbox – Add Auto Response to Messages

When Enable Inbox Auto Response is enabled, users have the option to set an auto-response for messages. Additionally, admins have the option to disable the Inbox Auto Response for students.To create an auto-response message, select the  Response On  radio button [1] and enter the  Start Date  [2],  End date  [3],  Subject  [4] and  Message  [5]. Then, click the  Save  button [6].

Modules – Module and Assignment Differentiation

On the Modules page, instructors can assign students to an entire module and individual module items from the Modules page. Additionally, the Add Module and Edit Module Settings pages are redesigned as trays.

• If a student is assigned only a specific item within a module and not the entire module, they will see only that item in the feature area, such as an assignment on the assignment page, and not the rest of the module.
• If a student is assigned an entire module, but only specific items within that module, students can only view the items they are assigned.

When creating a new module, the Add Module modal is changed to a tray.

When editing a module, the Edit Module Settings is redesigned to display as a tray with a Settings tab and an Assign To tab. 

Note:  The existing module settings remain unchanged.

Using the Assign To tab, instructors can set the module visibility to Everyone [1] or assign it to specific students [2]. In the Assign To field [3], instructors can select students or sections using the drop-down menu, typing student names, SIS IDs (if available), or section names . Lastly, click the  Save  button [4]. Note:  By default, the modules and items are assigned to everyone.

On the Modules page, instructors can also access the Assign To tab by clicking the  Options  icon [1]. Then, select the  Assign To  link [2].

When a module is differentiated for specific students, a  View Assign To  link displays to easily review or edit visibility.

Note:  The View Assign To link does not display if the module is assigned to everyone.

To assign a specific module item to a student, click the  Options  icon [1], then select the  Assign To  link [2].

After selecting the Assign To link, a tray displays where instructors can differentiate assignment availability dates and due dates. Then, click the  Save  button.

Pages – Assign To Feature Available

Instructors can assign pages to students and set availability dates. Additionally, instructors can assign Pages to Mastery Paths.

Note:  Pages cannot be assigned due dates.

When viewing a page, instructors can use the  Assign To  button to quickly manage availability dates and assign them to students.

When editing or creating a page, click the  Manage Assign To  link.

Instructors can differentiate pages as well as manage availability dates in the Assign To tray. Then, click the  Apply  button.

After applying changes and closing the tray [1], a pill displays stating that changes are not yet saved [1]. To save changes, click the  Save  button [2].

Assignments – Assign To Interface Update

In Assignments and Discussions, an Assign To button is available. In Assignments, Discussions and Quizzes, the Assign To user interface is redesigned in a tray. Additionally, student SIS IDs are displayed alongside student names when available. This update streamlines instructor workflow and improves the ability to differentiate instruction of assignments and discussions.

When editing an assignment, discussion or quiz, click the  Manage Assign To  link.

Instructors can differentiate assignments, graded discussions and quizzes as well as manage due dates and availability dates in the redesigned tray. Then, click the  Apply  button.

Calendar – Delete Assignment Calendar Event

Production Environment Availability: 7/31/2024

In the Calendar, when deleting an assignment event, the Confirm Deletion modal text is updated. This update provides clarity when deleting assignment events. The Confirm Deletion modal includes the following text: Deleting this event will also delete the associated assignment.

Files – Availability Times

In Files, when setting availability dates, instructors can also set availability times. This update gives instructors greater flexibility in setting file availability for students. In addition to availability dates, instructors can manually enter the From Time [1] and the Until Time [2]. Then click the Update button [3].

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