Publishing New Work in Modules vs Assignments
*We strongly recommend, as a best practice, to build and publish all new student work, tasks, pages, activities, and so forth in the Modules area underneath the Module of its respective topic instead of creating in the Assignment area of Canvas. This creates a single copy of that page and locates it directly in the position of its chronological scope and sequence of your course. You can also set the Grade Weight Category it is to be associated with in the Edit step of building that assignment.
*If you were to create something in Assignments, students are not yet able to see or access it. It then has to be moved over into Modules and you risk issues of duplication. That creates a variety of issues with grading and tracking records later, down the road.
Let's first create a module to build content within.
In the modules tab (on the left-hand toolbar), click the +Module button.
Give your module a name and click Add Module
Next, you will see your new module populate at the bottom of your module section.
After this populates, you will need to find the 8 tiny dots on the left to click and drag up in the proper spot to fit your Scope and Sequence. Modules can be moved up or down at any time.
Creating an Assignment/Quiz/File/Page etc. Inside of a Module
To create new work in modules, click on the (+) sign on the right side of the module title bar.
Click the drop-down to select the appropriate task: Assignment, Quiz, File, Page, etc...
Select Create Assignment, Create Quiz, or Create File.
Choose a name for your task and remember to be mindful of your naming patterns from prior assignments. Again, like with module names, consistency will help your students navigate the growing list of items as the year goes on.
Then select, Add Item.
For your student tasks, assignments, quizzes, pages, and the like to be visible to students, they must not only be published, but they must also reside in a published module.
*Common mistake- Many people run into issues where they will publish one or the other but not both Module and Task/Assignment within the Module.
Now that both the Module and Task/Assignment are published, let's take a quick look at editing. Click on the task/assignment name itself.
Select the Edit button.
Enter your instructions, explanation, lists of resources, and necessary hyperlinks.
Select the assignment category that this task/assignment is to be associated with for grading period weighting. Finish all edits before clicking Save and Publish.