Uppdaterad 2026-03-17

The three cases below describe different approaches for extending time, allowing a resubmission, or enabling a student to upload their assignment in the correct location.

Scenario 1: Extended time

Students with documented disabilities may be entitled to extended time for assignments through their NAIS notification (see Read more below). When this occurs, you need to assign access with an adjusted time limit for that student.

Scenario 2: Student needs to revise the assignment

The assignment has been submitted, but the student needs to revise it based on your feedback.

Start by reopening the same assignment and assigning it to the student again. Since all student submissions remain within the same assignment, reporting to Ladok is simplified. You do not need to create a new assignment or a new group set.

Scenario 3: The assignment was sent by email

The assignment has been completed, but the student emailed it to you instead of submitting it through the Canvas assignment submission tool. You now want the submission to be uploaded in the correct place.

If the assignment is checked for plagiarism, it is important that the file is connected to the student who submitted it. For this reason, it is preferable that the student uploads the assignment themselves.

Tip! Invite the student to a quick Zoom meeting. During the meeting, ask the student to share their screen while you edit the assignment according to the instructions below.

How to allow different submission times

Go to the assignment
Click Edit
Scroll to the bottom of the page
Click + Add Assign To (see image below)
Select the student(s). In the first Assign to field, “Everyone” will change to “Everyone else.”
Enter the access dates, both Available from (date and time) and Until (date and time)
(Scenario 3) If you allow the student to submit the assignment themselves, it is important to set a cut-off time, i.e., specify Until (date and time)
Click Save

Use +Assign to to give more time to submit an assignment. Also for Reassign Assignment and if it was submitted by email

Combine with differentiation tags for different student groups

With differentiation tags (or tags, for short), you can create groupings without creating actual course groups. Tags are only visible to teachers and can, for example, be used to manage students who (see link below):

are entitled to extended time on assignments
need to take a resit exam

Read more

On studying with disabilities (miun.se)

Differentiaton tags