How-To: Create Graded Assessments in Canvas
Canvas offers a variety of methods for creating graded course activities. Assignments, Quizzes, and Discussion Boards each offer unique, and pedagogically different, opportunities for engaging students with your course content. This guide will explain each type of Canvas graded course activity further, as well as provide the step-by-step instructions for creating them within your Canvas course site.
How-To: Create Graded Assessments in Canvas
Canvas offers a variety of methods for creating graded course activities. Assignments, Quizzes, and Discussion Boards each offer unique, and pedagogically different, opportunities for engaging students with your course content. This guide will explain each type of Canvas graded course activity further, as well as provide the step-by-step instructions for creating them within your Canvas course site.
By: 
Robyn Brown & 
Gracia Ostendorf 
Types of Graded Assessments in Canvas
There are multiple ways to collect work, assess student performance, and record scores in your Canvas course. Three of the most commonly used options for assessments are Assignments, Quizzes, and Discussion Boards. Each offers unique and pedagogically different opportunities for engaging students with your course content. This guide will explain each type of Canvas graded course activity further, as well as provide the step-by-step instructions for creating them within your Canvas course site.
Any graded assessment will automatically show up in your Canvas Gradebook, where you can keep track of your students’ progress and course grade. You simply need to ensure that the assessment you’ve created is a “graded” type in Canvas for it to appear in the Gradebook. Watch the video or read through the steps below to learn how to do that for Canvas Assignments, Canvas Discussions, and Canvas Quizzes.
Next Steps
E-Campus has created a How-To: Set-Up and Use Canvas Gradebook guide. Once you have created graded course activities in Canvas, Canvas Gradebook will be your next step.