{"id":2696,"date":"2025-06-04T14:22:11","date_gmt":"2025-06-04T13:22:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.elearning.fse.manchester.ac.uk\/getting-started-with-canvas\/?p=2696"},"modified":"2025-11-17T11:28:28","modified_gmt":"2025-11-17T11:28:28","slug":"differentiation-tags","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.elearning.fse.manchester.ac.uk\/getting-started-with-canvas\/differentiation-tags\/","title":{"rendered":"Differentiation Tags"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Looking to assign content or assignments to different sets of students within your course? Look no further – differentiation tags are here!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. About Differentiation Tags<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Assigning and Managing Tags<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. Using Differentiation Tags to Assign To<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. Opening SpeedGrader Using Differentiation Tags<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  5. Managing Tags via CSV Upload<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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    About Differentiation Tags<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

    Differentiation tags are a brand new Canvas function that are now available across Canvas courses. These tags allow you to categorise students within your course without their knowledge, whether that be for differentiating assignments between students, or for identifying students who are eligible for automatic assignment extensions. Importantly, you can also use these tags to Assign To<\/strong> – meaning that you can use tags to grant those extensions, and assign different assignments to different cohorts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Before You Start<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    The differentiation tag feature is still relatively new in Canvas and continues to be developed and improved by Instructure. Please note the following limitations and considerations:<\/p>\n\n\n\n