WeBWorK

1. In your WeBWorK course, click Hmwk Sets Editor in the navigation menu.
2. Click the Create tab.
3. Enter a name for the set, and click Take Action!.
• Note: When creating names, spaces are not allowed in the name. To substitute, you can use "_" instead.
• Remember the name of this assignment - you will need this to set up the Canvas Grade Sync.

4. Click the number under the Edit Problems column next to the set.
5. Under the General Information section, select the Assignment type you would like: "homework", "gateway/quiz", or "proctored gateway/quiz".
6. Set the due dates, description, and any other parameters, then click Save Changes.

Note: To add problems to your empty set, follow these instructions for adding existing problems from Library Browser or creating custom problems. You can do this now, or come back to this after you have set up Canvas Grade Sync for this assignment.

1. Create your assignment(s) in WeBWorK (see above instructions to create a WeBWorK assignment)
2. Log into Canvas.
3. Click Assignments.
4. Click +Assignment.
5. Give the assignment link a name such as "WeBWorK Assignment01".
6. Int the Point field, enter the point value of the WeBWorK assignment.
7. Select External Tool from the dropdown menu
8. Click Find
   • Note: You must click Find to properly set up the WeBWorK link in your course.
   
   
9. From the list of External Tools, select WeBWorK, and click Select.
   
10. In the URL field, append the following parameter to create a link to a specific WeBWorK assignment:

    https://webwork.elearning.ubc.ca/webwork2/?set=assignment_name

    • the assignment_name is where you enter the specific name of the assignment you are creating a link for. If you followed the previous steps to create a new WeBWorK assignment, enter the name of your newly created assignment here.
    • Note: This is the name of the assignment in WeBWorK, not the name of the assignment link that you created in Canvas.
    • For example, if your assignment is called HW1, then the URL should read:

      https://webwork.elearning.ubc.ca/webwork2/?set=HW1

11. Check the box next to Load This Tool In A New Tab.
    • Note: If you skip this step then WeBWorK will not sync correctly with Canvas.
      
12. Set a due date for the assignment link (recommended that the due date be the same as the WeBWorK assignment's closing date).
• Note: the '''available from/until''' dates in Canvas only control the visibility of the assignment link in Canvas and do not control the availability of the WeBWorK assignment. In other words, setting the dates in Canvas does not automatically update the associated WeBWorK assignment.
13. Click Save and Publish.
    

• Accessing the assignment: Students must access each WeBWorK assignment exclusively through their respective Canvas assignment links in order for grades to sync properly between WeBWorK and Canvas.

• Grade sync: Grade sync between WeBWorK and Canvas occurs approximately every 8 hours, and will capture the state of the WeBWorK grade at that time. In the meantime, some students may see a difference in their grades between WeBWorK and Canvas; therefore, it may take another grade sync (8 hours) to capture the new/final grade state and override the partial grade.

• Editing a student's WeBWorK assignment grade: To edit a student's grade, instructors must edit the grade in WeBWorK and not Canvas as WeBWorK’s grade sync would override the grade change in Canvas. See instructions to edit WeBWorK grades here.

• Auto-scaling point values: The grade sync between WeBWorK and Canvas auto-scales the grades, meaning that if a student received 2/3 in WeBWorK (66.6%), and the Canvas assignment was worth 2 points, the Canvas grade would be 1.33/2 (66.6%).

• Canvas assignment due date v.s. WeBWorK assignment closing date: It is recommended that instructors use the same date for the Canvas assignment due date and the WeBWorK assignment closing date.

• Late submission tags in Canvas gradebook: Since the grade sync doesn't occur automatically (~8 hours), it is possible that instructors/students may see WeBWorK assignments marked as "late" in the gradebook. Currently, WeBWorK does not pass submission times back to Canvas but rather uses the sync time as a marker. For example, if a student completed an assignment 6 hours before the closing date and it took ~8 hours for the grade to sync to Canvas, the assignment in Canvas would be marked as late (essentially 2 hours late). Therefore, instructors may want to notify their students of this delay and potential "late" tags in the Canvas gradebook. Or, if instructors wish to prevent the "late" tag altogether, they may avoid adding a due date to the Canvas assignment.