Check how to submit assignments online for Canvas assessments.
How to submit your work
For all online submissions, you submit from a designated page in your Canvas module.
See detailed guidance on submitting your work on the Submission and Feedback: A Student Guide Canvas site. This shows you how to navigate the system.
Checking your submission has been accepted
Once you have submitted your work, you can check if it's been accepted by going to your assignment page in Canvas.
This also shows you the submission date and time from when you uploaded your work.
Find out more about submission and feedback in Canvas.
When to submit
You can submit your work at any time before your due date or in the late period if you haven’t already submitted.
Check your due date and any permissible lateness period in Sussex Direct.
If you submit during the permissible lateness period, you’ll usually incur a penalty.
The end of the permissible lateness period is marked as the “Until date” in Canvas. You can’t submit work after this date.
Resubmitting your work
If you have made a mistake, you can update your submission before the deadline.
Your tutor will only mark a replacement submission if you submitted it before the due date.
Whatever you have uploaded at the point of the due date will be marked as your final submission.
Important: Canvas will not stop you from resubmitting during the permissible lateness period, but your resubmission will not be marked, even if you have a penalty waiver.
Using Safari?
If you're using the Safari web browser, you might have problems with Canvas.
Use Google Chrome instead.
For more information, see ITS advice about accessing Canvas with Safari.
Help if something goes wrong
If you have technical problems submitting your work, contact your School office in the first instance.
If you still need advice after contacting your School office, and your due date has not yet passed, you can contact the ITS service desk.
Submitting assessments that generate a similarity report
The assessment information on your Canvas module should tell you if any of your assessments will generate a similarity report and score. For these assessments:
- you should submit a file that meets the file requirements for successfully generating a Similarity Report
- you may be asked to confirm that you agree to the Turnitin tool's End User Licence Agreement before submitting your work. To save time when submitting, you can check the Turnitin tool's End User Licence Agreement in advance
- you will not see the similarity report on your final submission.
Checking drafts of your work
For assessments that will generate a similarity report, you can check your work before submission by submitting a draft to the Draft Check Canvas Site. This can be useful to make sure you have referenced sources correctly. It will create a Similarity Report for you without using your file for any future similarity checks or making it visible to your tutor.
You can find the Draft Check Canvas site via the Modules link in the left-hand navigation menu in Canvas.
Important: Do not submit drafts to your assessment submission points in your modules. You will lose the ability to submit in the late period should you need it (if your assignment has one).
If you have technical problems submitting your work, contact your School office in the first instance.
If you still need advice after contacting your School office, and your due date has not yet passed, you can contact the ITS service desk.