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Add a Big Ideas Math Assignment to a Canvas Course

Big Ideas Math integration will allow you to make assignments directly from Canvas providing the ability to report scores back to your Grade Book.

Quick Tutorial

  1. Navigate to the Assignments section of the Canvas course. Click the +Assignment button.
  2. Once the assignment page is open you will need to add an Assignment Name. You can also add details and information from the assignment on this page. Navigate to the submission type and make sure it is set to External Tool. Click Find to open the Big Ideas Math application.
    Assignment settings: points, assignment group, display grade as, do not count this assignment towards the final grade, submission type, load this tool in a new tab.
  3. Click Big Ideas Math.
  4. Select Assignments or DAP from the Big Ideas Math External Tool Resources.
  5. Once the assignment section is open you can filter the content by Type, Program, Book, Chapter or Lesson. Click the check box for the name of the assignment you wish to assign to your class. Click the Assign button at the top of the screen.
  6. By default the name of the assignment will appear as listed in Big Ideas Math.
    • You can change the Assignment Title.
    • Select the individual students or All Students you wish the assignment to go to.
    • You can also modify date and time the assessment is available for the users to complete.
  7. Additional settings that can be modified: Submissions options, Tools, Question options and message to the user. Once complete, click the Assign button.
  8. The External Tool URL will be populated with a bigideasmath.com link. It is important to not modify that field or copy/paste it anywhere else. Students may encounter issues if you attempt to copy/paste or link the URL anywhere else than the default location we'll add it to in Canvas.
  9. Set Submission Attempts to Unlimited to allow syncing multiple times if you update any scores and choose an Assignment Group. It is also recommended to select Load this tool in a new tab.
  10. Then click either Save and Publish or Save depending on if you are ready for students to see the assignment.
    Note Do not modify the Assign section on this screen. Choosing which classes and users to assign to will be done in Big Ideas Math while creating the assignment.