An assignments folder allows students enrolled in a Canvas course to upload video and audio content to the course. As you think about assessments and course work, you can consider how students might leverage their phones or laptops to record assignments or portions of assessments (e.g. a foreign language presentation or a studio critique). Video below.
- Navigate to the Media Library section in the Canvas course navigation bar
- Click the gear or settings icon to go to the folder settings (note: not the “Create” button)
- In the overview tab, select the option to “Create an Assignment Folder”
- A folder with the course name will appear in the overview window
- After closing the overview window, the new assignment folder will appear in Media Library.
Note: Instructors can create only one assignment folder when following this process. If an instructor needs multiple assignment folders, please review the next set of steps to create multiple folders in Media Library. Multiple folders are useful when an instructor wants students to categorize their work by weeks in the semester, units of the course, or sections
- Navigate to the Media Library section in the Canvas course navigation bar
- Below the “Sort by” text, you will see a button for “Add Folder”
- Click the “Add Folder” button, title the folder, and hit enter on your keyboard
- The title and folder will appear to students
- After adding multiple folders, click each folder one-by-one and complete the following steps
- Click the gear or settings icon to go to the folder settings (Note: not the “Create” button)
- In the overview tab, select the option to “Create an Assignment Folder”
- A sub-folder will appear in the overview window
- After closing the overview window, the new assignment sub-folder will appear in Media Library.
Students have the ability to see any published assignment folders and to upload content using the “Create” button for those folders. Instructors can control the settings within each assignment folder, including allowing students to see other submissions from their peers.
Change assignment folder settings
- Click the gear or settings icon to go to the folder settings
- From the overview window, click “settings” in the left-hand list of tabs
- Instructors can change viewing permissions in this window
- Click the boxes to change who can view content in the folders.
By default, only an instructor has access to all content in the folder and a student has access to only their own uploaded content. If you change the settings, you can allow students to see uploaded peer content.