Resources for Online Assignments

This page provides handouts for different types of assignments. Please feel free to read through these, as they may help suggest new ideas for assignments in your course. Some of these are both types of assignments and tools in Canvas. Many other assignment types listed here are particularly good for activities that students might actually do in their careers, such as making a presentation, creating a fact sheet, or writing a memo.

These types of assignments can be of great value to students, as they are not only applying the information they are learning, but they're also learning a skill that will be applicable to their future or current job. Keep in mind, though, that these are just some of the types of assignments you can consider. Also, if you have great assignments that you are using in your online class that aren't reflected here, let us help you share that idea with your Kent State colleagues! Please contact Amy Grincewicz, Director, Instructional Design, agrincew@kent.edu, for more information.

Canvas tools

• Canvas Help Guide
• Faculty Guides for Using Canvas

Visual assignments

• Concept Map handout (PDF)
• Mind Map handout (PDF)
• Poster handout (PDF)
• Microsoft PowerPoint^TM handout (PDF)

Writing assignments

• Case-based Studies handout (PDF)
• Fact Sheet handout (PDF)
• Memo handout (PDF)
• OpEd handout (PDF)
• Testimony handout (PDF)

Assignment Prompts and Additional Information

Discussion Prompt Template

• Discussion Prompt Information and Directions (PDF)
• Discussion Prompt Downloadable and editable document (DOCX)

Journal and Blog Prompt Template

• Journal and Blog Prompt Information and Directions (PDF)
• Journal and Blog Prompt Downloadable and editable document (DOCX)

Quiz and Exam Prompt Template

• Quiz and Exam Prompt Information and Directions (PDF)
• Quiz and Exam Prompt Downloadable and editable document (DOCX)

Assignment Sequencing

• Types of Assignment Sequencing (PDF)