This article provides a guide on automatically creating assignments in Canvas from Kognity, covering both the teacher's view and the student's view.
Sync Between Canvas and Kognity
This article focuses on the sync between Canvas and Kognity and does not delve into the details of assignment capabilities in Kognity. For more information on assignment capabilities, refer to the following articles:
Enabling the "Send to Canvas" option
To enable the "Send to Canvas" option for your assignments in Kognity, the class must be created using the rostering integration with Canvas.
You can receive automatic updates on Completion and Score (aka Grade Passback) only if your school was rostered via Edlink. If you do not see the "Send to Canvas" option, contact to your LMS administrator to set up the integration.
For assistance, reach out to the Kognity Support team via the chat in the bottom right corner or send us an email to support@kognity.com.
Sending an assignment to Canvas
Create an assignment that automatically syncs with your course in Canvas. Assignments can consist of different types of tasks for students such as:
Book assignment - Reading a specific part of the textbook
Question assignment - Answering questions that are auto-graded
Performance tasks that are open-ended and require grading by the teacher. Learn more about grading performance tasks in Kognity here.
Each student's submission and the corresponding grade will sync with Canvas if the assignment is created with the "Send to Canvas" option.
To create an assignment in Kognity:
Create an assignment in Kognity from the "Assignments" menu or the "Assign to students" option located on the right side of each module or lesson in the class overview.
Once you click on the "Assign to students" option, a new menu will appear to the right of the screen. Configure the assignment by entering the title and instructions. Ensure the correct recipients are selected by clicking on "Change recipients". Set the deadline, ensure the "Send to Canvas" feature is enabled, and set the category and points.
Click "Send" to create the assignment in Kognity and sync it with Canvas. You will receive a confirmation.
The assignment will appear in both Kognity and Canvas. In Canvas, it will be under the "Assignments" menu. Students will see a link to Kognity in the assignment.
Student view - Completing an assignment
Students will see the assignment details, including the "Title" and "Instructions," in Canvas.
Once the students click on the link to the assignment (Kognity link) they will enter a view focusing on completing that specific assignment.
Once finished, students can click "Submit result to Canvas" to hand in the assignment and sync the results with Canvas. The button will change text and color to indicate that the assignment has been submitted.
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