There are many options on how to make an assignment in Canvas. You can do all from just negotiating the assignment to the students and perform feedback and grading outside Canvas, to giving comments, do grading, and use tools for learning outcomes and rubrics. There is also an automatic system that delivers a course grade.

But let's start with the most simple option. This video will get you through the very basic settings on how to make an assignment in Canvas:

Simplest way to create an assignment

The video contains:

How to go to edit mode
Points: what it means and what to fill in.
Online submission (text entry vs. file upload)
Plagiarism via Urkund
Due-date: where and why

More information about points and how they are related to grading schemes:

Grading schemes, where and how?

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