Canvas: How to Download all Student Submissions from an Assignment

📌 Purpose

• Tutorial on how to download all Student submissions from an Assignment

👥 Audience

• Faculty / Staff

🖥️ Applies To

• Canvas (LMS)

🛠️ Instructions

1. Log into Canvas
    
2. Go to your Course
    
3. In the Course Navigation menu, please click on Assignments:
   
    
4. Click on the assignment you wish to download:
   
    
5. On the right hand of the screen, please select Download Submissions
   
    
6. Canvas will then display a progress bar indicating the status of the download
   
   1) Displays the progress bar
   2) Displays the status and percentage
    
7. Once this process is complete, please select Click here to download 
   
    
8. You will now have a .zip file downloaded locally to your machine

💡 Tips

• All submissions are downloaded into a zip file locally on your machine.
• If a student has resubmitted their assignment, you will only have a copy of the most recent submission.
• The following submission types are included in the download: file uploads, text entries, website URLs, and Google Doc submissions.
• The following is NOT included submission types in the download: media recordings and any media files embedded in text entries.
• Any large files may be compressed when downloaded.
• Students who are concluded in a course are not included in the download file.