Submit File for Assignment

To upload work to a course assignment, go to the course menu on the left and click on Modules or Assignments.

Canvas course menu. Modules link is selected.

Click the assignment’s name.

Canvas assignment called, "1 Page Introduction Paper."

On the next page, review the due date, submission attempts, and the assignment instructions (details).

The top of the assignment submission page displays assignment title, point value, due date, attempt number, attempts available, details, and add comment button.

To upload a file, scroll down and click choose a file to upload.

The lower half of the assignment submission page displays more button and buttons to upload a file, webcam photo, or Canvas file.

When the Explorer (Windows) or Finder (Mac) appears, locate and choose the file to upload and click Open.

Windows Explorer window displays a selected file. The Open button highlighted.

Review to verify that the file is correct. If the incorrect file was uploaded, click the trash can icon, found on the right, to remove the file.

The lower half of the assignment submission page displays the name of the recently uploaded file. The file name has a checkmark and trash can icon found on the right.

When the file is ready, click Submit Assignment found on the lower right section of the page.

Submit Assignment button.

At the top of the page, it will display the date and time of the file submission.

The top of the assignment submission page displays date and time of submission.

If an assignment is using Turnitin, a text similarity checker, a similarity report icon containing a similarity score percentage will appear next to the date and time of the file submission. Click the icon to see the similarity report in Turnitin.

Assignment page with date and time of submission. To the right of the time is a clickable square-like, red colored icon with "100%" on it. The icon is highlighted.

Note: After submitting a file to the assignment, if the assignment allows for additional submission attempts, a New Attempt button will display at the bottom of the page. To start a new file submission, click New Attempt.

New Attempt button.