Lecturers can use the Assign to button in Canvas to quickly and easily assign pages, units, assignments, discussions or quizzes to specific students or sections on a module. This feature is useful if you want to assign specific materials or course work to specific students. It's also useful if there are multiple lecturers on a module and they need to assign learning activities to separate sections.
For more information on module sections, see Can I create sections in my Canvas module?.
To use the Assign to feature, complete the following steps:
- Open the learning activity that you want to assign. This can be a page, assignment, discussion, or quiz.
- Click Assign to.
- In the Assign to field, choose who you want to assign the activity to. This can be everyone, specific students, or sections.
- Select the Available from and Until date and time. If assigning an assignment, you can also include a due date.
- Optional: If you want to assign the same activity with different time constraints to different students or sections, click +Add and repeat steps 3 and 4.
- Click Save.
To assign Units, complete the following steps:
- Click the options icon
on the unit that you want to assign. - Select Assign to.
- Select the Assign to radio button on the Assign to tab to assign the unit to specific individuals or sections.
- Select a student or section to assign the unit to. You can select multiple.
- Click Save.