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Canvas (Grading) - SpeedGrader "Reassign Assignment" Feature

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What does the Reassign Assignment button do?

Does this mean the assignment is put back on the students To-Do List?

Does the reassign button alter due dates or end dates, i am not able to reassign. what is happening.

  • There is a due date on the assignment.
  • Feedback has been provided on the assignment.
  • The assignment settings allow the student to make an additional submission attempt.

I did not mean to click the Reassign Assignment button. Can I undo this?

Does using the reassign assignment button send the student a notification.

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Canvas Reassign Assignment: An Easy Way to Ask Students to Resubmit Work

Canvas has added a new tool in SpeedGrader to simplify your workflow. Imagine a student submits an assignment, but they dropped it in the wrong assignment or just grabbed the wrong document to upload. Previously, you’d message the student or leave a comment in SpeedGrader. The student would then need to see that note and remember to complete the request. Now Canvas has added a button in SpeedGrader that will add an assignment back to a student’s to-do list.  

Before we get into the  how  of this feature, there are some limitations you need to know about.  

  • This feature is only available for some types of assignments. It’s not available for External Tool (LTI), on paper, or no submission assignment types.
  • The assignment must have a due date in order to use this feature.  
  • This feature does not automatically extend the due date/close date for an assignment. If either of those need to be adjusted, you will need to do that manually.  

Using the submission reassignment feature is simple. Navigate to SpeedGrader for an assignment. If your assignment meets the criteria above, you’ll see a greyed-out “Reassign Submission” button on the right panel below the feedback comment box. Enter a comment in the feedback box (we suggest something that includes instructions or context for what you want the student to do) and submit the comment. That will activate the “Reassign Assignment” button and send it back to the student’s to-do list.  

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Canvas - Assigning to Individual Student and reassigning to Everyone Else [UW-Madison]

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How do I assign an assignment to an individual student?

If you would like to change the availability or due date for an individual student, or students, please follow How do I assign an assignment to an individual student? from Canvas community. 

How do I restore student submissions/grades if I unassigned an assignment?

When giving students an extension on a quiz or assignment, it’s possible for an instructor to unassign from the rest of the class. However, you can typically recover these students’ submissions by reassigning the grade item to everyone else. Please see the next section, How do I reassign an assignment to Everyone Else ? for more details.

How do I reassign an assignment to Everyone Else?

When creating or editing an assignment, you can assign an assignment to individual students, and set different due and availability dates for individual students while it is assigned to the rest of the class. Only the student(s) specified in the assignment details can view the assignment. 

Image shows Canvas course sidebar with "assignments" button highlighted

Locate the assignment you need to edit, and open it.

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When you assignment details page opens, scroll down to the field Assign. 

Image shows field in assignment settings labeled "assign". The "+Add" button is highlighted.

Select the Save Button.

Navigate to Gradebook

Find the assignment in Gradebook . The grades should be available once again.

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New tool available in the Canvas Speedgrader Submission Reassignments

March 21, 2021

The latest update of Canvas (March 21, 2021) introduced a new feature in the Speedgrader: Submission Reassignments.

SpeedGrader: Submission Reassignments (2021-03-20 Release) from Instructure Canvas Community on Vimeo .

In SpeedGrader, instructors can reassign an assignment with a due date to an individual student and ask them to redo their submission.

Change Benefit

This change allows instructors to provide feedback and reassign an assignment to an individual student, which places the assignment back in the List View Dashboard as another assignment to complete.

Affected User Roles & Behaviors

Instructors

For online assignments with a due date, instructors can view a  Reassign  button in SpeedGrader. If they require a student to redo an assignment, they can reassign the assignment directly to the student from within their grading workflow in SpeedGrader. The instructor must first provide feedback regarding the assignment, which will enable the button. The reassignment does not change the original due date for the student.

  • The Reassign Assignment button is not available for External Tools (LTI), on paper, and no submission assignments.
  • The Reassign Assignment button is only available for assignments with due dates.
  • If an instructor returns to SpeedGrader after navigating away from the page, the Reassign Assignment button shows that the assignment has been reassigned.
  • If the assignment’s settings do not allow students to make an additional attempt, the Reassign Assignment shows that the assignment is not able to be reassigned.

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When an assignment is reassigned, students see the assignment in the List View Dashboard with the instructor’s feedback. Students can resubmit the assignment and submit for additional feedback from their instructor.

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New Canvas Features 3/20/21

As of 3/20/21:.

  • Files linked in the Rich Content Editor can be previewed in an overlay or inline.
  • In SpeedGrader, instructors can reassign an assignment to an individual student and ask them to redo their submission.

Files linked in Editor

This change allows users to control the display of the file preview. Previously all file previews opened in a new browser tab. Users who link a file can open the File Options menu and indicate a preview type.

  • Preview in overlay displays the existing file preview functionality, where the file preview opens and overlays the entire page.
  • If the option to expand the preview by default is also selected as an option, the file is automatically expanded in the page and the user does not need to click the file to view it. Instead, the user can close the preview by clicking the Minimize Preview link that displays along with the image.

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Reassign Assignments to Individual Students in SpeedGrader

This change allows instructors to provide feedback and reassign an assignment to an individual student, which places the assignment back in the List View Dashboard as another assignment to complete.

For Instructors

For online assignments, instructors can view a Reassign button in SpeedGrader. If they require a student to redo an assignment, they can reassign the assignment directly to the student from within their grading workflow in SpeedGrader. The instructor must first provide feedback regarding the assignment, which will enable the button. The reassignment does not change the original due date for the student.

  • The Reassign Assignment button is not available for External Tools (LTI), on paper, and no submission assignments.
  • If the assignment’s settings do not allow students to make an additional attempt, the Reassign Assignment button remains disabled, and the tooltip notes that the student has met the maximum number of allowed attempts.
  • If an instructor returns to SpeedGrader after navigating away from the page, the Reassign Assignment button tooltip indicates that the assignment has been reassigned. However, the product team is changing this workflow so the button itself indicates the assignment has been reassigned.

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For Students

When an assignment is reassigned, students see the assignment in the List View Dashboard with the instructor’s feedback. Students can resubmit the assignment and submit for additional feedback from their instructor.

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  1. How do I reassign an assignment in SpeedGrader?

    Click the Reassign Assignment button. Notes: The Reassign Assignment button is not available for External Tools (LTI), on paper, and no submission assignments. The Reassign Assignment button is only available for assignments with due dates. If the assignment's settings do not allow students to make an additional attempt, the Reassign Assignment ...

  2. Canvas (Grading) - SpeedGrader "Reassign Assignment" Feature

    The Reassign Assignment feature in Canvas's SpeedGrader "allows an instructor to ask a student to resubmit an assignment as part of the instructor's regular grading workflow" (Release Notes 03-20-21). University of Wisconsin System instructors often have questions about this feature, as it doesn't always function like an instructor might expect.

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    This feature does not automatically extend the due date/close date for an assignment. If either of those need to be adjusted, you will need to do that manually. Using the submission reassignment feature is simple. Navigate to SpeedGrader for an assignment. If your assignment meets the criteria above, you’ll see a greyed-out “Reassign ...

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    Canvas has a new option to reassign work to students after leaving them feedback. This means you can put something back on their to-do list without making an...

  6. Feedback, Comments, and Re-assigning Work in Canvas

    Open Speedgrader from an assignment and select the student whose assignment you want to reassign. This is completed in the assignments comments section below. In order to reassign as an assignment, you must add a comment in Speedgrader first. Enter your comment in the comment field and then click the submit button.

  7. Canvas - Assigning to Individual Student and reassigning to ...

    Locate the assignment you need to edit, and open it. When you assignment details page opens, scroll down to the field Assign. If you already have assigned this and need to add another due date, select +Add. If you previously assigned this to everyone in the class and need to recover grades, type Everyone into the Assign To field.

  8. New tool available in the Canvas Speedgrader Submission ...

    The latest update of Canvas (March 21, 2021) introduced a new feature in the Speedgrader: Submission Reassignments. SpeedGrader: Submission Reassignments (2021-03-20 Release) from Instructure Canvas Community on Vimeo. Summary In SpeedGrader, instructors can reassign an assignment with a due date to an individual student and ask them to redo their submission. Change Benefit This

  9. SpeedGrader – Canvas Resources

    Use Canvas DocViewer to mark up .pdf, .doc/.docx, and .ppt/.pptx assignments directly in SpeedGrader. SpeedGrader may take up to ten minutes after an assignment is submitted to display a document that supports DocViewer. Download the submission, put feedback on the document, and re-upload the submission.

  10. New Canvas Features 3/20/21 – Digital Teaching and Learning

    The Reassign Assignment button is not available for External Tools (LTI), on paper, and no submission assignments. If the assignment’s settings do not allow students to make an additional attempt, the Reassign Assignment button remains disabled, and the tooltip notes that the student has met the maximum number of allowed attempts.