Assignment showing as published but not visible to students

[tmiller15]

Hi all!

I created an assignment, and it says it is "published" in the teacher view. However, when I switch to student view, it doesn't show any assignments due. I checked the assignment date, and that is all in order. I also ""invited" my students to the assignment. How do I make the assignments visible to my students on Canvas?

Thanks!

[chriscas · Accepted solution]

Hi @tmiller15,

Welcome to the Instructure Community!  Glad to have you here.

When you say that you invited your students to the assignment, do you mean that you changed the "Assign to" box at the bottom of the assignment from "Everyone" to a list of specific students or sections (I'm asking because "invite" is more of a term used around enrolling in a Canvas course than an assignment).  If that is the case, that's the reason you don't see the assignment in student view.  Student view uses a quasi-real "Test Student" user to view the course, so if the assignment is not available to everybody, you don't see it in student view, but the students you assigned it to will likely see it on their end if the assignment and course and both published.

I hope this info helps!  Let us know if everything I said makes sense to you.

-Chris

[tmiller15]

Thanks for your response! I did "assign" as opposed to "invite my students. And I think my students are seeing the assignment now. It could be that my "student view" was seeing it from a generic perspective. And because I assigned the assignment to the 8 specific students in my class, it was not "approved" for the student view. That's my theory for now. The important thing is that my students CAN access the assignment now. Phew!

[paul_fynn]

Yes, that corresponds with our experience. Because 'we' are not the individual assignee we are not privvy to the student viee.

New Analytics is also a good indicator. In a larhe vourse you should start seeing hits if not submissions quite quickly.

[ryan_corris]

Hey @tmiller15!

Usually when this happens to me, the assignment that is published is part of a module that is not published.  Is this assignment in a module and is the module itself published?

[tmiller15]

No- I am not using modules. But I think my students are seeing it now. It could be that my "student view" was seeing it from a generic perspective. And because I assigned the assignment to the 8 specific students in my class, it was not "approved" for the student view. That's my theory for now. The important thing is that my students CAN access the assignment now. Phew!

[NoahBoswell]

@tmiller15 ,

So glad you got it working! Your theory is correct... student view only allows you to view assignments published for everyone.

Best!

[paul_fynn]

Hi @tmiller15 ,

Some things to think about (sorry if these appear obvious).

• Do you have a localised assignment approach that isn't Canvas standard - Student View doesn't work for us for our assessment solution (as an alternative People > Student > Grades is a good check - if you cant see it here neither can the student)
• Are you within any term periods, and your site is published
• Do you link students directly into Canvas Assignments or do you add assignments to the modules area ? If the latter, check that the module block isn't unpublished or restricted (eg with prerequisites) - Canvas principle is that if it is unpublished anywhere it is unpublished everywhere

[gmitchell]

Hi tmiller15,

As a regular admin user of Canvas I have a suggestion/question to start:

• Is the "Assignments" component of the Course enabled in the "Settings"/Navigation"?