Canvas Submitting Assignments

Assignments are a part of a student's life. In Canvas, you can easily view and submit assignments.

How do I view Assignments?

There are multiple ways to view your assignments:

Clicking the Assignments tab in your course
Clicking the Modules tab in your course to view organized assignments
Clicking the Grades tab to see your progress and check for any outstanding assignments

How do I keep track of due dates?

If your instructor has set due dates for your assignments, it should appear in your Canvas Calendar. Additionally, if you have a preferred calendar app, you can also sync your Canvas Calendar with Google Calendar, Outlook, or iCal.

The Canvas Calendar contains these items:

View the calendar by week, month, or agenda.
Assignment due dates appear on the calendar color-coded by course when your instructor includes the due dates in Canvas.
The task pane on the right allows users to move between the months and turn on/off course calendars by clicking on the color square next to the course name.

To learn more about Canvas Calendar and how to sync with third-party software, check out the Viewing & Using the Calendar guide.

How Do I Submit Assignments?

If instructors allow submissions for assignments, the process of submitting work is straightforward. See the video below to learn how you can submit your assignments.

SUBMITTING ASSIGNMENTS AS A MAC USER

Canvas cannot read files that have a .pages file format. You will have to convert it into a .docx file format.

Some instructors might use Unicheck to check for plagiarism. Unicheck is a tool that verifies the originality of submitted texts/documents and provides detailed similarity reports to instructors and students. Continue along this page to learn more about Unicheck.

What is Unicheck?

Unicheck is a plagiarism checker that verifies the originality of submitted texts/documents and provides detailed similarity reports to instructors and students. After submitting an assignment in Canvas, instructors receive a comprehensive similarity report, which becomes available within a few minutes.

Unicheck: Instructors may enable the Unicheck plagiarism detection software for assignments.

How do I submit my assignment in Unicheck?

You don't have to do anything differently, as the tool is embedded into the Canvas assignment submission functionality. Watch the video below to learn more.

Tip: When submitting your assignment, don't forget to check the box.

How do I view the similarity report?

Once the Unicheck Report becomes visible, you will see a colored similarity score indicator next to a file name in the Canvas Submission Details section. Click on the similarity score indicator to view the online report.

Another option is to access Unicheck Report from the Grades section by clicking the colored indicator.

Unicheck Report uses different colors to display the similarity score indicator (each color is attributed to one particular similarity score range):

You can refer to Interpreting Similarity Results in Unicheck's Report Guide for details on how to interpret the Unicheck Report.

Submitting a Unicheck assignment is similar to submitting a regular online assignment. You can submit your assignment as a text entry or upload any supported file type:

Text (.txt)
Microsoft Word (.doc/.docx)
Microsoft PowerPoint (.ppt/.pptx)
Postcript (.ps)
Portable Document Format (.pdf)

Rich Text Format (.rtf)
HyperText Markup Language (.html)
WordPerfect (.wp)
Hangul (.hwp)
Open Office (.odt/.ods/.odp)

Mac Users: Convert Pages documents to .docx before submitting the assignment to Canvas, or your instructor will not able able to see your work.

You can also upload an assignment from Google Drive or Dropbox. Unicheck submissions require a minimum of 20 words, a maximum of 400 pages, and a file size maximum of 40 MB .

Common Questions

How do I submit an online assignment?
How do I know when my assignment has been submitted?
How do I know my instructor has graded my assignment?
How do I view instructor comments?
How do I view instructor comments with an Android device?
How do I view instructor comments with an iOS device?
How to view Unicheck results?
Can I resubmit my assignment after I have received a similarity report?