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All Levels Submitting Assignments

Your teacher may have you submit assignments to them using Canvas. There are lots of ways they may have you do work:

  • Submit a Google Doc or other file via Canvas
  • Post a short answer response
  • Take a quiz in Canvas
  • Participate in a class discussion
  • Use Canvas to open another tool where you complete work

File Upload

Your teacher may ask you to attach a file to the assignment. To submit your file:

  1. Select the blue, Start Assignment button in the top, right corner.
  2. Choose the Google Drive tab at the top. Make sure your name shows up in the middle of the screen and then select the blue, Select file button.
  3. Choose your file from your Google Drive.
  4. Check that your file name is listed and then select Submit Assignment.
  5. On the right side of the screen you will see that the status is now marked Submitted with the date and time listed underneath.

Short Answer (Text Entry)

Short answer responses, also called text entry, are when your teacher will ask you to type your answer to a question or prompt directly into Canvas. Canvas will not auto save your answers and if you leave the page without submitting you will lose your work. To submit:

  1. Select the Start Assignment button in the top right corner.
  2. Type your response into the box. You may also write your text in a Google doc first and copy/paste it into the box.
  3. Click Submit Assignment after you are done entering the text.
  4. On the right side of the screen you will see that the status is now marked Submitted with the date and time listed underneath. You can click Submission Details to see your submission.

 

Google Assignments

Google Assignments link your Canvas assignment to your Google Drive. When your teacher creates a Google Assignment a copy of their document will automatically be created in your Google Drive. You will open the document from Canvas, as you edit the document Google will automatically save your work. When you are done, go back to the Canvas assignment and select Submit to send the document to your teacher. 

Watch this video to see how to submit Google Assignments:

Canvas Quizzes

Canvas Quizzes are digital quizzes that you complete in Canvas. Your teacher might use a Canvas quiz to give a test or they could use it as a practice activity. Quizzes have different settings and your teachers can choose to show your results and the correct answers right away or they could delay that information while they wait for everyone else to complete the assignment.

When you take a Canvas quiz you may see multiple choice, true/false, matching, and short answer (type-in) questions.

After completing your quiz, you will need to click the submit button to turn it in. If your teacher has set a time limit on the quiz it will automatically submit when the time passes. Be sure you have answered all questions before submitting, you can use the question numbers on the left side of the quiz screen to go back to a question that you skipped or want to review.

 

    Discussions

Your teacher may use the discussion board in Canvas to engage you in a conversation with your classmates. to participate in a discussion:

  1. Open the discussion.
  2. Read your teacher's prompt and the replies from your classmates. Reply to your teacher or classmate by clicking the Reply button under their post.
  3. Type your response. You may also include an image or a file if your teacher has requested that in their directions. 
  4. After you've completed your response, click the Post Reply button. 

Be sure you are following your teacher's directions. You may need to reply to their post before you can see your classmates replies, or they may ask you to reply a certain number of your classmates' posts.

Other Tools

Many different apps work with Canvas Assignments. Your teacher may assign work in apps like Wixie, Pear Deck, Adobe Express, and others. Generally, you will open the Canvas assignment and the app will open inside Canvas or will open in another tab. Your teacher will provide additional directions when using those other tools.