How do I set up multiple options for student submissions on one assignment? I would like to offer students the option to write in a textbox, submit a PDF, or connect to a Google Doc. How do I set that up?
Hello, @csumption . When you add your assignment, make the submission on-line. You then get many choices; you can choose 1, some or all.
What if the instructor wants to allow for uploading a document OR turning in a paper (in person)? Looks like the only option is to set up the assignment as an online assignment, then enter/change the grade for the in person submission.
@BritaNellermoe @pazehoski You can always have the student(s) who complete their work on paper to take a picture of it and upload it to submit as well as turn it in to you physically. That is a work-around we use often and the students seem to do fine with it.
With the new SpeedGrader UI, we are seeing student names appear in the page title even when the “Hide student names” setting is enabled. When using Classic Quizzes, there is no option within the quiz settings to enable anonymous grading, so we rely on instructors using the hide student names setting in SpeedGrader to…
Has anyone had a chance to try this with a Canvas quiz? Seems it may have a similar effect as ChatGPT Atlas able to provide all the answers to an open Quiz. https://www.theregister.com/2026/03/05/microsoft_adds_a_sidepane_for/
When you are creating a quiz and/or also reviewing a quiz in Canvas after the class has taken it, the questions aren't numbered so after you get past the first few questions, there is no way to even tell what number you are on. Can someone change that?
Speedgrader chaning file name when being downloaded. Speedgrader: When downloading a submitted assignment, the file name is being changed to an unrecognizable name — (Student's actual name was part of the file name — changed for privacy.) Ideas???
We are all familiar with the standard Course Calendar, where assignment due dates are automatically added. However, at my institution, we structure our assignments as Challenges that develop over a period of time, rather than just a single deadline. Currently, the calendar only highlights the "end point." It would be a…