Create an Assignment with Canvas

Requirements for using ASSISTments with Canvas:

• Institutional Canvas account (as opposed to individual free teacher account)
• Set up in Canvas as a teacher of the class to which you wish to assign
• Your Canvas Administrator for your school or district account has completed these steps and provided you with the URL or common name for your account.

*NOTE*  ASSISTments allows you to push assignments to courses and manually upload scores into Canvas.  It does not support any other Canvas features, assignment settings specific to Canvas, or multiple sections within a Canvas course.  

To start, go to www.ASSISTments.org

1. Select “Sign Up”

2. Select “Canvas”

3. Provide the URL or Common Name for your Canvas account (provided by your Canvas administrator) & click Log in

4. Click ‘Authorize’

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5. This window will appear and you will need to click, “Create a new account” (even if you already have an ASSISTments 2.0 account)

6. You will know you have successfully created an account when you see your name in the upper right-hand corner (This teacher’s name is “Canvas Demo.”)

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