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• Assign an assignment to individual students in Canvas

Updated on Jul 04, 2024

When creating or editing an assignment, you can assign an assignment to individual students.

1. In Course Navigation, click Assignments.

2. Click on the assignment that you'd like to manage.

3. Click the Edit button.

4. Scroll down the page to find the Assign section. Click the X (remove icon) next to the Everyone label.

5. Type the name of a student in the Assign to field.

6. When the full name appears, click the name.

You can include more than one student in the same Assign to field as long as the students are to be assigned the same due and availability dates.

7. Set the date and time that the assignment is due.

8. Set the date and time for the assignment's availability.

9. If you are ready to publish your assignment, click Save & Publish.

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• How do I allow a student extra time to (re)submit an assignment submission?

Updated on Apr 19, 2022

In the event that a student needs to resubmit a file to an Assignment activity that is locked because the Available / Until dates have passed, instructors can update an Assignment's settings to provide the singular student access to re-upload their work.

Individual students may need extra time to submit or even resubmit files for a variety of reasons including:

• Accessibility Accommodations
• Instructor Approved Extension
• Multiple Draft Submissions
• Uploaded Incorrect File
• Uploaded Corrupted File*
• Navigate into your Assignment item and click the " Edit" button.

• In the Assignment setup page, scroll down to the " Assign " settings.
• Click the " +Add " button to add additional assign criteria.

This process assumes that your Assignment's Submission Attempts setting is set to Unlimited, which is the default for Assignments. If you have an Assignment with Limited attempts set to one (1), then you will need to first delete the student's submission, then follow the steps listed above before they can resubmit.

• In the new box that opens below the original Assign section, click into the " Assign To " field to select your student that needs to resubmit.
• Set the " Due " date and " Until " date to the day and time when the student must have their file resubmitted.

• When done, click " Save ."

*Students may sometimes upload a corrupted file intentionally, to give the illusion of an on time submission and thereby gain additional time to work on the assignment. Common ways of corrupting a file include changing the file extension (i.e. taking a .png file and changing it to a .doc to make it appear like a Word document), interrupting the Save / Compress file process, or downloading a file that looks corrupted when opened.

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All Categories ​>​ ​Assignments ​>​ How do I lock or unlock an assignment or assessment?

How to lock an assignment or assessment for all students:

How to lock an assessment or assignment for an individual student or class:, what do locked assignments look like from the student's view.

• Select Assessment/Assignment Center from the left side menu.

•  Select Assignment Bank.

• Click the checkbox to the left of the Assignment/Assessment and click the Lock/Unlock button.

•  Select  " Ok ".

•   The bold lock icon next to the assignment indicates that the assignment is now locked and can't be viewed or worked on by students.

• To unlock an Assignment/Assessment, simply repeat steps 3-4.

• Select Assignment Bank .

• Click the gear icon in the Settings column for the assignment or assessment.

• Scroll down and click on the black plus sign next to a class to see the list of students. Check the box next to the student name to select specific students, or check the box next to the class name to select all students in that class. Check the box in the Lock Assignment column for each student. Click Save Assignment.

• To unlock an assessment or assignment, follow steps 3-4, and uncheck the box in the Lock Assignment column.

When a teacher locks an assignment, it disappears from the student's Assignment bar in the student platform.

How did we do?

Lock an assignment

You can control when students can access or submit an assignment by locking an assignment. Lock an assignment to restrict students from accessing it until the date you set. Or, you can lock submissions to prevent students from submitting assignments after a date you set (e.g. the day after the due date). Note : these steps do not work for discussion assignments.

Lock an assignment :

• In the course navigation, click Assignments , then click on the name of the assignment.

• Under Assign to , choose the section you wish to lock the assignment for. You can also leave it as Everyone .
• Under Available From , enter the earliest date students can access the assignment.
• Under Until , enter the latest date that students can access the assignment. Time of day is optional.
• Click Save or Save & Publish .

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Unlock or relock your Canvas course after the term ends

On this page:

Unlock a course

Relock a course.

After a Canvas course's term has ended, the course becomes read-only for enrolled students. Instructors can no longer add or remove members using the People tool, send messages to students in the course, or edit course content. As an instructor, to perform these functions after the term has ended, use the Unlock Course button to reopen the course. You can later relock the course using the Lock Course button.

To unlock a Canvas course after the term has ended:

• Navigate to the course you want to unlock, and from the course navigation menu, select Settings .

• After the page automatically refreshes, your course will be unlocked, and the course end date will be set to one month from the current date. If you're satisfied with this end date, you don't need to take further action.
• If you want the course to remain open for a longer or shorter period of time, in the "Ends:" field, revise the course end date, and then click Update Course Details to save your changes.

You should now be able to make changes throughout your course. The course will now appear above the "Past Enrollments" heading on your personal "All Courses" page.

To relock a course you have previously unlocked:

• Navigate to the course you want to lock, and from the course navigation menu, select Settings .

• After the page automatically refreshes, your course will be locked and the course end date will be blank.

The course will now appear under the "Past Enrollments" heading on your personal "All Courses" page.

This is document anzm in the Knowledge Base. Last modified on 2023-11-15 09:43:31 .

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Manually Unlocking a Quiz for Another Attempt in Canvas

Say a student gets kicked out of a quiz in Canvas and they only had one attempt. What do you do? You can manually unlock that quiz for that specific student using the method below:

Note:If the quiz has passed its accessibility date (like you had it disappear already) then you will need to click the “manually unlock the quiz for the next attempt” checkbox.

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