How to Create an Assignment in Canvas
In the Canvas course site
- Enter Modules
- In a module click on + (i.e., Add)
- In the Add menu select Assignment
- Select New Assignment in the assignments listing
- In the Assignment Name text box type the name of the assignment being used in the course syllabus
This name will also be used when creating the Exam in ExamSoft
NOTE: We recommend that you include the course number in the assignment title
- Click on Add item
- Returning to Modules, click on the name of the newly created assignment to enter the assignment
- Click on Edit
- In the text editor share instructions for the students
We recommend that you share the following:
- In the setting, Points, type the value of the Exam
- In the Assignment Group setting—if using Assignment Groups to weight the final course grade—select the group into which the assignment should be placed
- In the setting, Display grade as, select Points
- In the setting, Submission type, select No submission
- Do not attempt to use Groups or Peer Review settings
- Click on Save
This assignment will receive from ExamSoft the score that is generated when you grade the correlating ExamSoft rubric assessment.