Overview
This article is for teachers to assign Wayfinder Lessons through Canvas. Please note that you may not see any of the options below if your tech administrator has not set up a Wayfinder-Canvas Integration yet. If you are an System Administrator, please see: Setting Up Canvas for Administrators.
For your convenience, you can watch this video tutorial, or scroll down to our instructions below.
Instructions
- Login to Wayfinder and Canvas using the same account.
- Make sure you're in the same term in both Canvas and Wayfinder, and that you have the same students and classes in both. To change your term in Wayfinder, please see: How to change your term.
- From your homepage in Canvas, click on the course you'd like to assign a Wayfinder lesson to.
- Click on "Assignment" on the left-hand navigation.
- Click on "Add Assignment."
Method 1
- In the toolbar below, click on the green Wayfinder icon.
- From the new window, choose an assignment by clicking on "Assign to LMS."
- Scroll down and click on "Save and Publish."
Method 2
- Scroll down to the section "Submission Type."
- Change the drop-down to "External Tool." This method allows you to assign a lesson as an attachment.
- Then, click on "Find."
- In the Configure External Tool window, scroll down and then click on "Wayfinder."
- Choose an assignment by clicking on "Assign to LMS."
- Scroll down and click on "Save and Publish."
Reviewing Student Answers
- To review student answers in Canvas, return to your "Assignments" page.
- Click on the lesson you assigned.
- Click on the "Student Responses Tab."
- Use the Pending, Submitted, and Reviewed Tabs to review your students' submissions.
- Alternatively, you may review responses in Wayfinder.
The Student View
- Below are screenshot references of the Canvas Student view.
- In order to submit an assignment successfully, please ensure your student is clicking on the "Save" and "Finish Lesson" buttons (they may need to scroll down to see the latter).