The message students who feature can be found in Grades. This feature allows the instructor to message students who fit under one of the following categories:

• Have not submitted the assignment
• Have submitted the assignment
• Submitted but have not been graded
• Submitted and were graded, but scored more or less than a specified number (or 'incomplete' if using 'complete/incomplete' marking).

In People, you can create individual tags, or tag sets, and assign student to them.

With tagged students, you can use them to filter the gradebook and work with the Assign to feature in Assignments, allowing for different due dates depending on the tag to which a student belongs.

Uses include:

• Students who are in specific labs or tutorial groups
• Students with LENS report (tag group) and in the tag group, tag students with the same accommodations (i.e. one tag for students with 10% extra time, another for students with 50% extra time).
• Students you have identified as 'at risk' and would like to communicate with more.

Students do not see the tags or know that they are in a tagged group. They are entirely invisible to students.

Assign students to tags manually, by clicking the boxes to the left of the names in People, or upload a CSV to assign in bulk.

If you would like to ensure that students have engaged with material on Canvas, you can set it up as a requirement in a module. If it is a page, it requires a student to click into it. However, if it is a Quiz, you can require that students submit a response or receive a minimum score before proceeding. Another option is to set an assignment that requires a file upload before the student may move on to other module material.

Use cases for a requirement may include:

• AI policy for the module (recommend set as Quiz, with knowledge check or confirmation questions)
• Pre-lab preparations (require annotation or set up as quiz)
• Academic Integrity certificate of completion (file upload)
• Assignment brief or other instructions (page or quiz)