- Submitting Assignments
- Submitting Online Text 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
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Step 1: Navigate to the assignments tab in Canvas.

On the Assignments page, select the assignment you wish to submit.
Step 2: Click "Add submission."

- 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.

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

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

5. Step 5: Click Submit Assignment to submit your link
Submitting Media Assignments
- Step 1: Locate the assignment in your course.
- Step 2: Open the assignment and read the instructions and due date carefully.
- Step 3: Click the "Media" option.
- Step 4: Select "Record Media" or "Upload Media" depending on your needs

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


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

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

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

Upload Media
- Step 1: To upload media through the Media tab, Drag and drop or select a file from your system to upload
- 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
