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Assignments in Canvas include Quizzes, graded Discussions, and online submissions (i.e. files, images, text, URLs, etc.). Assignments in Canvas can be used to challenge students' understanding and help assess competency by using a variety of media. The Assignments page will show your students all of the Assignments that will be expected of them and how many points each is worth. Assignments can be assigned to everyone in the course or differentiated by section or user.

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Take a look at this video about Assignments in Canvas:

In these guides you’ll learn more about Assignments in Canvas:

What assignment types are available in Canvas courses?
How do I create an assignment?
How do I use Draft State in Assignments?
How do I add or edit points for an assignment?
How do I exclude an assignment from the course's final grades?
What is the difference between assignment due dates and availability dates?
How do I assign an assignment to a course group?
How do I add an assignment group in a course?
How do I create an assignment shell in an assignment group?
How do I weight the final course grade based on assignment groups?
How do I create rules for an assignment group?
How do I assign an assignment to a course section?
What do differentiated assignments with different due dates look like in Canvas?
How do I assign an assignment to an individual student?
Can a student resubmit any assignment?
How do I bulk update due dates and availability dates?
How do I add a moderated assignment to be graded by multiple reviewers?
How do I submit an assignment on behalf of a student?

Learn more about assignments with Ouriginal plagiarism checker in Canvas in this guide:

How to setup an assignment with Ouriginal plagiarism checker

Learn more about peer review assignments in Canvas in these guides:

What is a peer review assignment?
How do I create a peer review assignment?
How do I manually assign peer reviews for an assignment?
How do I automatically assign peer reviews for an assignment?

Learn more about grading schemes in Canvas in this guide:

How do I add a grading scheme to an assignment?

Learn more about Google Drive cloud assignments in this guide:

How do I create a cloud assignment with a Google Drive file?

Please note that if you select 'File Upload' while selecting the 'online' submission type, students will also be able to submit their assignments directly from their Google Drive.

NB: Since mid September 2017 everyone at VU Amsterdam has a VU Google account (your account name is your VU or ACTA email address). Always make sure you are using your VU Google account - and not your personal account - when using Google Drive in Canvas. Click here for a step by step instruction on how to do this.

NB: The Google Drive tool might be disabled (i.e. not visible) for your course, and you might have to enable the tool using the Course Settings > Navigation function in your course. For more information see: Course Navigation (ESSENTIAL).