Viewing and Submitting Assignments

Canvas Tutorials Viewing and Submitting Assignments

Student Tutorial Module

How Do I View Assignments?

Important Update!

Starting with the January 18, 2020 Canvas release Links to an external site. the new rich content editor will be available as course level feature option. Instructors can choose to turn on the new editor. Please note if an instructor turns on the new editor in a course, you will see the the new editor for text entry submissions.

Starting on May 15, 2020 ALL courses will have the new rich content editor enabled!

All of the external tool options (Studio, YouTube, Films on Demand etc) will be in a different location in the new editor toolbar. See Rich Content Editor Update (Coming Soon).

Students can view assignments from several different locations in Canvas. This can vary from course to course. Regardless of how a course is setup students can always access assignments from global dashboard. On the global dashboard assignments will be listed in the To Do list and calendar. Students can also click on course card to view the course home page.

Assignment Overview

This video explains the how you can view assignments in Canvas on the dashboard and in a course. Be sure to review the text below the video as well.

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These additional guides may be helpful to understand all the different locations where you can see assignments.

Course home - Instructors can choose several different layouts for the course home. No matter how the course home is configured, the To do list will display in the course home page in right sidebar.
- How do I use the Course Home Page as a student? Links to an external site.
Course Assignment page - All graded assignments will listed on the assignment index page arranged by date. Students can also switch the view to see assignments arranged by type.
- How do I view Assignments as a student? Links to an external site.
- How do I filter assignments by type as a student? Links to an external site.
Course quiz page - All quizzes created in the current quiz tool will be arranged assignment (graded) quizzes, practice quizzes, and surveys. Note: Some instructors may create quizzes in the new quiz tool. These quizzes will not be listed on the quiz index page but will be listed on the assignment, syllabus, To Do list and calendar pages.
- How do I view Quizzes as a student? Links to an external site.
Course Syllabus - All graded assignments and calendar events will display in chronological order on the syllabus page in a Canvas course.
- How do I use the Syllabus as a student? Links to an external site.
Course Modules - Instructors may use modules to organize content and assignments by unit or some other organizational method. Assignments in modules will display the due date and any requirements associated with the assignment.
- How do I view Modules as a student? Links to an external site.

Assignment Submission Process

This video tutorial explains how to submit assignment. Be sure to review the text below the video as well.

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Please note the following:

Most instructors will require students to create documents (for example, a composition paper) in a word processing program such as Microsoft Word. Once you have finished creating your assignment document, you should save the document on your computer. If you are logged to your virtual machine computer, please note that documents must be saved to the computer's U Drive. On home computers students can save documents to the My Documents folder on the computer. Once the file has been saved on your computer, you can upload and submit the document to an assignment page in Canvas. For more information about saving documents, please view the Tips on Saving Assignment Documents page.

How do I submit an online assignment?

Some assignments may require you to submit your assignment to TurnItIn. See Using TurnItIn for more details.

Please note the assignment submission process will be different for students when using the Canvas mobile app. Please review the tutorials below for steps on how to submit assignments in the Canvas mobile app.

Canvas Guides

Note: These guides are maintained by the Canvas Documentation Team and are available on the Canvas Community site Links to an external site.. Some of the information in these guides may not apply to the Lake Land College instance of Canvas. If you have a question about a feature mentioned in these guides, please review Getting Help page for details on who to contact at Lake Land College.