How do I create Assignment Groups in Canvas?

In Canvas, Assignment Groups are used to organize your gradable course activities, such as discussions, assignments, or quizzes. They come in handy when you need to calculate a final course grade based on the percentages included in your syllabus.

Creating an Assignment Group

  1. To create an Assignment Group, click on Assignments on the Course Navigation menu.
  2. Click on +Group in the upper right-hand corner of the screen.
    Add Group button
  3. In the popup that appears, give the Group a name and click Save.
  4. The Group that was created will appear on the Assignments Index Page, which lists all your Assignments.

After you create your Assignment Groups, you’ll need to move the gradable activities into the appropriate group.

Moving Assignments to Assignment Groups

By default, any newly created assignment will be added to the Assignments Assignment Group. So you may find that you’ll have to move gradable items to a different Assignment Group.

  1. To add an gradable activity to an Assignment Group, start by clicking on Assignments on the Course Navigation menu.
  2. Find the item that you want to add to an Assignment Group, click on the three dots to the far right, and choose Move to.

    Assignment Group options with Move to highlighted

  3. Choose the Assignment Group to which you want to add your gradable activity (clicking on the down arrow will display the Assignment Groups) and click Move.

    Move Assignment box
  4. The assessment will be moved to the appropriate Assignment Group.

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