Assignments in Canvas (Student Guide)

• Student Guide: Things you should know before submitting
• Student Guide: Canvas Supported Fonts for Assignment Submissions
• Coursework Electronic Submission Cover Sheet
• Student Guide - What to do if you can't submit
• Student Guide - Reading and understanding your Turnitin originality report

Most assignments will be submitted through the Canvas assignment tool, and your submission may also be submitted to Turnitin to check your work against other sources. Please see our main guide for help with online submission of coursework:

Coursework Submission Guide

You may also find the following guides useful:

• How do I view an assignment?
• How do I view the rubric?
• How do I submit an online assignment?
• How do I submit an assignment on behalf of a group?
• How do I upload a file as an assignment submission?
• How do I know when my assignment has been submitted in a course?
• New Assignment Type in Canvas: Student Annotations

Apple iOS

• How do I use Assignments in the Student app on my iOS device?
• How do I view Assignments in the Student app on my iOS device?
• How do I upload a file as an assignment submission in the Student app on my iOS device?
• How do I make a comment about an assignment in the Student app on my iOS device?
• How do I view the rubric for my assignment in the Student app on my iOS device?
• How do I verify my assignments were submitted in the Student app on my iOS device?
• How do I resubmit an assignment in the Student app on my iOS device?

Android

• How do I view Assignments in the Student app on my Android device?
• How do I upload a file as an assignment submission in the Student app on my Android device?
• How do I make a comment about an assignment in the Student app on my Android device?
• How do I view the rubric for my assignment in the Student app on my Android device?
• How do I verify my assignments were submitted in the Student app on my Android device?
• How do I resubmit an assignment in the Student app on my Android device?

Your tutor may ask you to submit your coursework via the Turnitin Plagiarism detection tool. It allows your work to be uploaded for marking and automatically matched, for similarity with:

• content on the web
• e-journals
• all the other assignments uploaded by the other institutions using the service.

Turnitin produces 'matching' reports that indicate where a similarity between different sections of text has been found. These reports are available to your tutor, and in some cases, they may be made available to you. If this is the case you can find more details in the guides provided.

Please double check that your file has been uploaded. This can be done by returning to the assignment submission point where you submitted your work. 

The best place to find your feedback online is via the ‘Grades‘ section of your course, but you can also access feedback via the submission page.

• How do I view assignment feedback?
• How do I view assignment comments from my instructor in the Student app on my iOS device?
• How do I view assignment comments from my instructor in the Student app on my Android device?

• Student Guide: Video Recordings via the Canvas App
• Student Guide: Making a Narrated PowerPoint
• Submitting a Panopto Video
• Student Guide: Infographic

Learn how to modify your notification settings to ensure you stay up to date with activity in your course. You can also create reminder notifications for assignments and Quizzes with due dates, so that you never forget about an up-coming assignment. You will need to:

• Enable iOS notifications for the Canvas Student App
• Reminders are linked to the specific device and are not shared between multiple devices.
• This feature is available for mobile devices only.
  
  

• How do I know if I have a peer review assignment to complete using Assignment Enhancements as a student?
• Where can I find my peers' feedback for peer reviewed assignments using Assignment Enhancements as a student?