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Creating a Canvas Flip Assignment

Now that you have set-up your Flip grid, topics, and Canvas connection, it is time to create a Canvas assignment to allow students to utilize the tool.

Though Flip allows for student interactions, the feature much be set up as an Assignment in Canvas instead of a Discussion board. If you have a weekly discussion board, you can unpublish that discussion board and add your Flip assignment as a replacement. See below for more details.

Create an Assignment

To create an assignment in Canvas, it is easiest to create the assignment by clicking on the "+" button in the module in which you want to add the flip assignment.

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After you click on the "+" button, select "Assignment" from the drop-down menu, then click "New Assignment" and fill in the assignment name.

Now that you have created the assignment, you will edit the assignment to connect Flip.

Connect Flip to Your Assignment

Click on your Flip assignment and click on the "Edit" button to edit the features of the tool.

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Next, fill in your assignment description, point values, assignment group, etc. and under "Submission type" you will select "External Tool" and search for Flip by typing it into the search box or clicking "find." Select the Flip tool and save the assignment.

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After you Connect Flip to your Assignment. You will see one of two options that will pop up.

1) A box will pop-up and it will prompt you to Connect your assignment to a specific grid. Click "Create a Course Grid" to create a brand new grid.

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2) You may have Canvas Automatically Create a New Topic Template. By Default, Canvas will name your topic to be in line with the Assignment Title. You can always change this. Now it is time to set up your Discussion Topic!

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Creating a Topic

Once you have created your grid, the next phase is to set up topics within this grid. These topics essentially mimic individual discussion boards in the traditional Canvas environment. See below for an overview of the key fields that you will need to fill in.

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When you are in the process of setting up a topic, you will encounter seven sections to fill out in order to ensure your topics are customized. See below for a quick overview.

Topic Details: General information about your topic title, the video response time, and a brief description.
Topics Privacy: Options to approve videos before they are posted.
Topic Status: The active state of your topic along with launch and freeze dates.
Topic Resource: Add additional video, image, gif, or emoji resources to engage your students
Topic Attachments: Attach up to 9 external links to the topic
Video Features: Options to allow stickers, video reactions, student-to-student replies, and more.
Feedback: The ability to provide basic or custom feedback to students.

Recommended Settings:

Fill In Your Topic Details. Include a description of the Topic, the Title and select a video length. Do This!
Topics Privacy. You likely don't need to manage the approval of videos. Skip this.
Topic Status: You do not need to control the active state of your topic along with launch and freeze dates. Skip this.
Topic Resource: Add additional video, image, gif, or emoji resources to engage your students. Do This!
Topic Attachments: Attach up to 9 external links to the topic. Not Necessary.
Video Features: Allow Student-to-student replies and any other options (e.g. stickers) if appropriate. Do This!
Feedback: You will already provide feedback to students through Canvas. Skip This.

The Final Assignment View

After you have taken all of the steps previously outlined in this course, you are ready to engage with your students. Below is the view that you should have as an instructor, as well as the student view. Be sure your assignment is published!

INSTRUCTOR VIEW

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STUDENT VIEW

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Click "Next" to see the view once your grid has had activity