How do I assign an assignment to an individual student?

In Course Navigation, click the Assignments link.

Click the Add Assignment button.

Enter a name [1] and description [2] for your assignment, as well as any other assignment details [3].

Assign to Specific Student

To create an assignment that is assigned only to a specific student, click the Remove icon next to the Everyone label [1], then start to type the name of a student in the Assign to field [2]. Search fields are dynamic, and you can search for students by first or last name. When the full name appears, click the name. Lists are not scrollable.

You can include more than one student in the To field as long as the students are to be assigned the same due and availability dates.

By default, Canvas will assign your assignment for everyone in your course. To create an assignment that is assigned only to a specific student, click the Remove icon next to the Everyone label [1], then start to type the name of a student in the Assign to field [2]. Search fields are dynamic, and you can search for students by first or last name. When the full name appears, click the name. Lists are not scrollable.

You can include more than one student in the To field as long as the students are to be assigned the same due and availability dates.

Assign Everyone Else

When an individual student or students are added to an assignment [1], the Everyone assignment changes to Everyone Else [2].

The Everyone Else assignment assigns the remaining course students to the corresponding due and availability dates [3].

To include the remaining course students, leave the Everyone Else assignment.

To remove the remaining course students from the assignment, click the Remove icon [4].

In the date fields, add your preferred date(s) with the following options:

• Due [1]: Set the date and time that the assignment is due. The due date will already be populated for you if you created an assignment shell, but you can change it if necessary.
• Available From [2]: Set the date and time when the assignment will become available.
• Until [3]: Set the date and time when the assignment will no longer be available.

Notes:

• To allow a student access to an assignment past the assignment's initial Until date, you must modify the Until field in the assignment's initial date fields [4].
• Beneath the Due Date and Availability Date fields, Canvas will display the time zone date and time according to context. If you manage courses in a time zone other than your local time zone and create or edit a due date for an assignment, the course and local times are displayed for reference.

To add another student with a different due date and availability dates, click the Add button.

If you are ready to publish your assignment, click the Save & Publish button [1]. If you want to create a draft of your assignment and publish it later, click the Save button [2].

View the dates and users assigned to the assignment.

On the Assignments Index Page, the assignment shows there are multiple users and dates assigned to the assignment. Hover over the text to view date availability.