Student Assignments

What Is It?

Students are often required to submit assignments in Canvas. These assignments can submitted through various mediums

Who Can Use It?

Montana Tech Students

Where Can I Access It?

Note: We recommend using Google Chrome to access Canvas and Canvas course material,

Other web browsers such as Safari tend to have issues with Canvas third party applications

Table of Contents

  1. Submitting Assignments
     

  2. Submitting Online Text Assignments
     

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Step 1: Navigate to the assignments tab in Canvas.

 

Canvas assignments tab example

On the Assignments page, select the assignment you wish to submit.

Step 2: Click "Add submission."

 

Add submission button example

  • The assignment name and description.
  • The due date and time remaining.
  • The number of submission attempts remaining.
  • Click the button to submit the assignment.

Step 3: Click "Upload" to upload an assignment file. This will bring up the upload screen.

Step 4: Select and upload your file from your device.

 

Upload file interface example
 

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Submitting Online Text Assignments

  1. Step 1: Locate the assignment in your course.
  2. Step 2: Open the assignment and read the instructions and due date carefully.
  3. Step 3: Click the "Text" option to open the text box.
  4. Step 4: Type your response in the Online Text box.

 

Online text submission example

Step 5: Click "Save Changes" when finished.

Step 6: Double-check your work before submitting as edits may not be allowed.
 

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Submitting Web URL Assignments

  1. Step 1: Locate the assignment in your course.
  2. Step 2: Open the assignment and read the instructions and due date carefully.
  3. Step 3: Click the "Web URL" option to open the URL box.
  4. Step 4: Type/Paste your link in the box

Select Web URL, Then type or paste URL

5. Step 5: Click Submit Assignment to submit your link 

 

Submitting Media Assignments

  1. Step 1: Locate the assignment in your course.
  2. Step 2: Open the assignment and read the instructions and due date carefully.
  3. Step 3: Click the "Media" option.
  4. Step 4: Select "Record Media" or "Upload Media" depending on your needs

Select Media, then record media or upload media

Record Media

  1. Step 1: Allow your browser access to your microphone and/or web-cam
  2. Step 2: Check that you have the correct microphone/web-cam selected 

Select correct microphoneSelect correct web-cam

 

4. Step 4: Click Start Recording to start recording video/audio

Note: You will be given a 3 second countdown before recording begins

5. Step 5: Click Finish when you feel are done recording 

Click finish to stop recording

 

6. Step 6: Give your recording a name, then click Save Media. Additionally, you have the option to start over 

Title media and save

 

7. Step 7: After clicking Save Media, your clip will be populated into the submission box on Canvas, next click Submit Assignment to submit your video/audio

Click submit assignment to submit video/audio

Upload Media

  1. Step 1: To upload media through the Media tab, Drag and drop or select a file from your system to upload
  2. Click Submit after the file has finished uploading 

 

3. Step 3: After clicking Submit, your file will be populated into the submission box on Canvas, next click Submit Assignment to submit your file

Upload file though media upload

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