Enhance assignment rules and functionality

Status: Identified Submitted by Instructure on ‎01-31-2023 09:52 AM

Theme Overview

Instructors need more options for assignment dates, deadlines, and rules to meet their own teaching goals, improve the student experience, and to comply with institutional policies.

What value could this provide to users?

  • Instructors have more options to encourage quality, on-time submissions, such as adding a "start by" date, making the "available date" more clear, and nudging students to submit
  • Dragging assignments on the Calendar updates the "available until" date and reflects when an assignment should be started
  • Instructors can place limits on assignment submissions, such as the length of the video or the number of files
  • Increased customization for assignment group weights by section
  • More flexible options for assignment rules that can be automatically applied to save time
  • Changes to the user interface that make it easier to parse for instructors and students

Referenced Ideas (58)

[Assignments] Answer Key or Grading Notes for Text Entry Submitted by: bhaus
[Speedgrader] Add .py text files as an allowable file format in Speedgrader Submitted by: BarryLennon
[Assignments] Better assignment locking based on availability dates Submitted by: elizabeth_pols1
[Assignments] view instructor feedback Submitted by: byoung86
[Assignments] Add a Google Drive Button Submitted by: TMilich
[Reports] Report of submitted but not yet graded assignments Submitted by: ClubPilates
[Assignments] Student Preview of Submission Feature Submitted by: carriecroft
[Assignments] Upload Assignment/Submission Submitted by: LoellaPihlqvist
[Gradebook] Differentiated Assignments, Additional Sorting Options Submitted by: ortizf
[Assignments] Orphaned assignments list Submitted by: mrwnphs2
[Assignments] Accurately identify group assignment submissions Submitted by: AndrewDOchs
[Assignments] Assignment File Upload - Display full filenames Submitted by: randompawn
[Assignments] Prevent publishing a group assignment if groups are not specified Submitted by: NicoDurand
[SpeedGrader] Support for .java files. Submitted by: fhcsmith
[Assignments] Assignment Description Text Availability Window Submitted by: sara_weaver
[Assignments] Resubmission Date on Assignment Submitted by: hwalter1
[Assignments] Require Multiple Submission Type Submitted by: jhnnnnn
[Assignments] Maximum number of moderators - change to limit Submitted by: fred_bonatto
[Assignments] Start By Date for Assignments Submitted by: raskinj
[Assignments] Automatic submission option Submitted by: JedKeenan
[Permissions] Observer - Hide Assignment Submissions Submitted by: jcox1
[Discussions] Nudge Setting Submitted by: JACOBSEN_C
[Assignments] More details made visible on assignments when using the 'Available from' feature Submitted by: claire_obrien
[Assignments] Allow Students to do Excused Assignments Submitted by: dheup
[Assignments] Default date options for items, e.g., if Due & Until are both null, setting Due defaults Until = Due Submitted by: TiffanyStull
[Assignments] Allow Zip Submissions for Re-Upload Submitted by: MGrimes3
[Gradebook Settings] Delay score for missing work Submitted by: kcg
[Assignments] Limit Canvas File Upload Options Submitted by: LFPark
[Assignment Enhancements] Student Annotation Assignments (allow for revision) Submitted by: LisaSnow
[Gradebook Settings] Set Default Grade for any Submission Submitted by: briddell
[Modules] Due Date, Available Until, & Module Reorder Suggestion Submitted by: ID_2020
[Assignment Enhancements] Moderated assignment moderator can't assess as a normal assessor Submitted by: a1063023
[Assignments] Assign due date to an external URL Submitted by: raskinj
[Direct Share] Remove Dates on Copy To Submitted by: ehills
[Assignments] Reassign button: add change due/closed date Submitted by: huic
[Assignments] Do not drop assignments until after there are more than the rule... Submitted by: dspiel
[Course Pacing] Sort assign due date Submitted by: huic
[External Tools] Allow students to see number of attempts for LTI assignments Submitted by: NicLSim
[Assignments] Warn instructor when unlinking assignment from students who have already submitted Submitted by: milesl
[Assignments] Checkbox control to allow or prevent late submissions based on the due date. Submitted by: gnoack
[Assignments] Assigning to Groups of Students: Copy/Paste Submitted by: jim_shaffer1
[Assignments] Assign To- Paste CSV List of Students Submitted by: bludlow
[Assignments] Limit Number of Files Submitted for an Assignment Submitted by: evhansen
[Assignments] Provide a Time Limit to Media Recording Assignment Submissions Submitted by: Hildi_Pardo
[Assignments] Allowing for Sections to Have Separate Assignment Group Weights Submitted by: J_Stallsworth
[Assignments] Assignment Bulk Update: Negative Date Shift Submitted by: aaron_bahmer
[To Do] New Quizzes: show Available from date in students' To-do list rather than Due date Submitted by: a_coombs
[Assignments] Hide or remove points from assignment Submitted by: petern
[Calendar] Missing Submissions after Available Until Date Submitted by: dominiquel
[Assignment Enhancements] Assignment Enhancements: Move Submit Button Submitted by: b_w_reid
[Assignments] Parents and Students Need to know the date an assignment is assigned Submitted by: mlmodelski
[Peer Review] Assign Peer Reviews by Student Group Submitted by: isherman-youngb
[Assignments] Ability to force Canvas Recording for "Media Recording"submission types in Assignment Submissions Submitted by: asatkins
[Assignments] Recurring Assignments Submitted by: sbrown11
[Peer Review] Assigning Grades for Peer Reviews Submitted by: kdemello
[Peer Review} Have two due dates for peer review assignments Submitted by: woodsdm2
[Calendar] Change "available until" date when assignment is dragged in the calendar Submitted by: Beth_Young
[Assignments] Allow Multiple Submission Types on the Same Assignment Submitted by: Stef_retired

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