Creating a Teams assignment in Canvas

How to assign a Microsoft Education activity in Canvas

1. Log in to your Canvas account.

2. Navigate to Assignments or Modules in the primary menu of a Course.

3. Find the More (...) menu dropdown in the top right corner of the toolbar next to the new Assignment or Module button. Choose Microsoft Education.

4. From the Microsoft Education create dialog, choose the document or Microsoft Assignment type you would like to create.

5. Depending on the activity you have selected, fill out the title, description and due date fields for the assigned item. 

Assigning a templated Microsoft 365 Document from your OneDrive

Clicking the Select OneDrive file button allows you to select an existing file from your OneDrive and share it as an editable template where each student in the class gets their own copy to fill and submit. Enter the title, description, and due date for the submittable file template.

Assigning a new, empty Microsoft 365 Document
Choose Word, Excel or PowerPoint to share an empty Office document template for your students to fill and submit. Enter the title, description, and due date for the submittable file template.

Assigning a Microsoft Assignment or Learning Accelerator
Fill in your assignment's Title, Due Date and Time, and maximum points possible.

Adding assignment instructions

Microsoft Assignments now includes AI instruction and rubric generation Learn more about using AI to create assignment instructions 

Use the Attach, New and Learning Accelerator menus to attach M365 documents for your students to reference or to fill and submit, and attach Learning Accelerators to support reading, math, writing/citations, and presentations.  

You can also attach existing files, links, or assignment integrations and create and name a new file right from here for students to turn in

• Select Attach to attach resources to the assignment. Choose a file from your OneDrive, upload a file from your device, or choose one of the other options set by your admin, such as MakeCode.

• Select +New to create a blank Word (.docx), Excel (.xlsx), PowerPoint (.pptx), or Whiteboard document, or a new video recording to hand out to your students.
  
  To let students edit a separate copy of one or more of the attached file, select More options> Students edit their own copy. This way, students can edit their own copy of the file and turn it in for a grade. Only Word (.docx), Excel (.xlsx), PowerPoint (.pptx), WhiteBoard, ClassNotebook Page, and MakeCode files or Reading Progress assignments allow students to edit their own copies.

• Select Learning Accelerators to add Reading Progress, Speaker Progress, Math Progress, or Search Progress Learning Accelerators to the Assignment.

• By default, Students can't edit and submit attached documents, meaning the document is read-only. This is a great option for reference materials.

Points and grading rubrics

Select the amount of points this assignment is worth, if any. You can use points on any number-based scale including whole numbers of 100 and set your own denominator.

Select Add rubric to create a rubric.

Finish creating the assignment by choosing the Save button. Once the assignment is created, it will appear in the Assignments list or Module items list in Canvas.
 

Publishing the assignment in Canvas

After successfully linking your assignment, you can choose to publish in Canvas.

The educator can now see completion and return status summary for their class in Canvas.

Educators can also choose to open in Teams to the assignment grading view to grade, give feedback, ad return assignments to students.

Multiple assignments can be graded at once, or assignments can be grated one by one.  To learn how to grade assignments please reference

Grade and Return Assignments
 

Any grades or feedback entered for an assignment are automatically updated in the Canvas course You may override grades in the Canvas gradebook which is the final source of record for grades and feedba

How to edit an existing assignment

1. Select an existing assignment from the Assignments list or Module item list

2. Choose the More (...) menu and click Edit Assignment.

How to copy content from one course to another

• Educators can copy an assignment from another Team or Canvas course using the From Existing action available when adding a new Microsoft Education activity to your Course.  Select the existing Team or course containing the assignment you wish to copy, and click the

• Educators can copy an assignment to another course or module in Canvas, or export it for another educator to import into their course using the Move To, Send To or Copy To options in the Canvas menu. When you access the assignment in the new place it will be copied and you may be prompted to confirm t the assignment due date, points, category and to publish the assignment in the new course.
  

The new copy is now ready for you students to launch.

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Grade, return, and reassign assignments

How to complete a Microsoft assignment

1. Choose your assignment from a list of upcoming assignments or module items. You'll be able to see the status of your assignment including a due date and points possible.

2. Click on items in the Reference Materials or My Work sections to review or complete them. The More (...) menu for each item will allow you to open in a new tab or download as appropriate for the item type.

3. If your educator specified a document for you to turn in, or if you have other files to attach to this assignment, select +Add work and upload your file. You can attach up to 10 resources to an assignment. 500mb is the maximum file size for a resource.

5. Once you have completed all of the items in the My Work section and attached anything additional your instructor has requested, select Turn in to submit an assignment before its deadline. This button will change depending on the status:

• Turn in again if you're editing an assignment you've already turned in and need to submit work again.

• Turn in late if you're turning in your assignment after the due date, but your educator has allowed late turn-ins or asked for a revision.

• Not turned in if the assignment is past due and your educator is no longer accepting turn-ins. You cannot turn in work.

• Undo turn in if you decide you want to edit your assignment before the due date. You'll need to turn it in again after you make your edits.

After submitting your assignments, track your progress in the Canvas Grades tab to review points earned and educator feedback.