Ready for students to submit work? Make a Canvas Assignment! A Canvas Assignment can be submitted online through text entry, file uploads, media recordings, Google Docs, or URLs. When you make an assignment anywhere in Canvas, it will appear on the Assignments Index Page, the Gradebook (graded only), the Syllabus, and on the User Dashboard (graded only). Assignments can be assigned to individual students, groups, or sections, can have due dates and availability dates, and can be in weighted categories