# How do I create an assignment?

You can create assignments on the Assignments page. You can create an assignment shell, which is a placeholder for an assignment within an assignment group, or you can create an entire assignment with all the assignment details.

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<button class="embed-button">Embed this Video</button></div>## Open Assignments

<div data-step-uuid="95EFBB7C-21A4-4E50-990B-E80B4B9B71EF" id="bkmrk-"><div data-step-uuid="95EFBB7C-21A4-4E50-990B-E80B4B9B71EF"><div>![Open Assignments](https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/002/742/752/original/814694ab-0f9c-486e-89c2-8e94fa5016e2.png)</div><div><div></div></div></div></div>In Course Navigation, click the **Assignments** link.

## Add Assignment Shell

<div data-step-uuid="b23ee2c1-96d1-4de9-a815-b620f58b1154" id="bkmrk--0"><div data-step-uuid="b23ee2c1-96d1-4de9-a815-b620f58b1154"><div>![Add Assignment Shell](https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/003/173/647/original/2836a79d-4743-4b5c-aa43-df74172051de.png)</div><div><div></div></div></div></div>If you want to create an assignment placeholder with a title and a date, you can create an assignment shell in an assignment group.

Assignment groups house the different types of assignments you may want to keep in your course, such as assignments, discussions, quizzes, surveys, etc \[1\]. If you create assignment groups in your course, students can filter their assignments page by assignment type to view the same groups. Learn how to [add an assignment group](https://community.canvaslms.com/t5/Instructor-Guide/How-do-I-add-an-assignment-group-in-a-course/ta-p/970).

To [create an assignment shell](https://community.canvaslms.com/t5/Instructor-Guide/How-do-I-create-an-assignment-shell-in-an-assignment-group/ta-p/974), locate an assignment group and click the **Add Assignment** button \[2\]. Assignment shells only include fields for the assignment type, name, due date (optional), and points. You can add assignment details at any time by [editing the assignment](https://community.canvaslms.com/t5/Instructor-Guide/How-do-I-add-or-edit-details-in-an-assignment/ta-p/971).

## Add Assignment

<div data-step-uuid="C692F345-FE73-4CAB-9CD5-7C76C5AB0DDF" id="bkmrk--1"><div data-step-uuid="C692F345-FE73-4CAB-9CD5-7C76C5AB0DDF"><div>![Add Assignment](https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/001/251/735/original/3dd37815-4264-4a60-a0fc-c737a26ea123.png)</div><div><div></div></div></div></div>If you want to create an assignment with all assignment details at the same time, click the **Add Assignment** button.

Assignment details include fields for the assignment type, name, description, points, assignment group (if desired), grade display, and submission type, and due dates. You can also specify if the assignment is a group assignment or requires peer reviews in the [assignment details](https://community.canvaslms.com/t5/Instructor-Guide/How-do-I-add-or-edit-details-in-an-assignment/ta-p/971) lesson.

When you add details to an assignment, you can also assign the assignment to all students, [course sections](https://community.canvaslms.com/t5/Colder-Storage/How-do-I-assign-an-assignment-to-a-course-section/td-p/251719), [course groups](https://community.canvaslms.com/t5/Instructor-Guide/How-do-I-assign-an-assignment-to-a-course-group/ta-p/633), or [individual students](https://community.canvaslms.com/t5/Colder-Storage/How-do-I-assign-an-assignment-to-an-individual-student/td-p/253736) as part of the Canvas differentiated assignments feature.

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