{"id":4563,"date":"2025-10-10T08:33:42","date_gmt":"2025-10-10T07:33:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.elearning.fse.manchester.ac.uk\/getting-started-with-canvas\/?p=4563"},"modified":"2025-10-24T12:04:18","modified_gmt":"2025-10-24T11:04:18","slug":"how-to-find-assessments-on-canvas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.elearning.fse.manchester.ac.uk\/getting-started-with-canvas\/how-to-find-assessments-on-canvas\/","title":{"rendered":"Student Guide: How to find Assessments on Canvas"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Assessments in Canvas can take the form of Assignments<\/strong> or Quizzes<\/strong>. This guide shows you where to find them in your course, whether they are listed under the Assignments<\/strong> or Quizzes<\/strong> menus, added directly into Modules, or displayed in your To Do <\/strong>list and Calendar<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Contents<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. Find your assignments<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Find your quizzes<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. Find assignments within modules<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. Check your To Do and Calendar<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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    Find your assignments<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

    Assignments will always be listed in the\u00a0Assignments <\/strong>area of your course.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    To find your assignments:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    • Open the relevant Canvas course.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Select Assignments<\/strong> from the course navigation menu.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
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      • Click on the assignment title to open it.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
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        • You\u2019ll see the instructions, due date and points.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
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          Find your quizzes<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

          Quizzes will always be listed in the\u00a0Quizzes <\/strong>area of your course.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

          To find your quizzes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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          • Open the relevant Canvas course.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          • Select Quizzes<\/strong> from the course navigation menu.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
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            • Click on the quiz to open it.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
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              • You\u2019ll see instructions<\/em> (1), time limit<\/em> (2), due date<\/em> (3), and the\u00a0Begin\u00a0<\/em>button (4) (as numbered in the screenshot).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
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                Find assessment within Modules<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

                Assignments and quizzes will always be available via the Assignments<\/strong> and Quizzes <\/strong>areas. However, your instructor may also add a link to these assessments within your modules.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                To find assessments in modules:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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                • Open the relevant Canvas course.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                • Select Modules<\/strong> from the course navigation menu.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
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                  • Open the module.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                  • Look for the\u00a0quiz icon (rocket)<\/strong> \"\"or\u00a0assignment icon (clipboard)<\/strong>\u00a0 \"\" in the list.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                  • Click on the relevant item to open it.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
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                    Check your To Do and Calendar<\/strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

                    Assignments and quizzes also appear in other areas of Canvas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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                    • To Do \/ Coming Up<\/strong> list, available in the right-hand side of your Canvas Dashboard <\/em>and your Course Home<\/em>page.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
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                      • Calendar<\/strong>, available in the left-hand, dark purple, global navigation menu. Deadlines for assignments and quizzes will display on the course Calendar. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
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                        Assessments in Canvas can take the form of Assignments or Quizzes. This guide shows you where to find them in your course, whether they are listed under the Assignments or Quizzes menus, added directly into Modules, or displayed in your To Do list and Calendar. Contents Find your assignments Assignments will always be listed in the\u00a0Assignments area of your course. To find your assignments: Find your […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":60,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,33],"tags":[39,37,38,35],"class_list":["post-4563","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-assessment","category-student-guide","tag-assignments","tag-find-assessments","tag-quizzes","tag-student-guide"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elearning.fse.manchester.ac.uk\/getting-started-with-canvas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4563","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elearning.fse.manchester.ac.uk\/getting-started-with-canvas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elearning.fse.manchester.ac.uk\/getting-started-with-canvas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elearning.fse.manchester.ac.uk\/getting-started-with-canvas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/60"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elearning.fse.manchester.ac.uk\/getting-started-with-canvas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4563"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/www.elearning.fse.manchester.ac.uk\/getting-started-with-canvas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4563\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5097,"href":"https:\/\/www.elearning.fse.manchester.ac.uk\/getting-started-with-canvas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4563\/revisions\/5097"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elearning.fse.manchester.ac.uk\/getting-started-with-canvas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4563"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elearning.fse.manchester.ac.uk\/getting-started-with-canvas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4563"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elearning.fse.manchester.ac.uk\/getting-started-with-canvas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4563"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}