TABLE OF CONTENTS IMPORTANT NOTE  Create the Padlet Assignment in Canvas Select an Existing Padlet Make a New Padlet Complete Configuration of Padlet Assignment in Canvas

IMPORTANT NOTE 

Please note the following regarding the Canvas Padlet Assignment: 

• There is no mechanism for students to click a Submit button when they’ve completed the assignment. 
• There is no means to associate a rubric. 
• Although a grading column will automatically be created for the assignment, teachers will need to manually enter the grades. 

If you are wanting to receive indication of student submittal and/or the ability to associate a rubric, here are some alternatives: 

• OPTION 1: Do not utilize this integrated Canvas Padlet Assignment feature and instead create a regular Canvas assignment with a link to your Padlet activity.  With this method, you will need to instruct students to include their name with their posts and comments as these will show as anonymous.  Click here for detailed instruction. 
• OPTION 2: Create a separate assignment that instructs students to indicate completion.  Click here for detailed instruction. 

Please refer to the article, Best Practices When Setting Up Your Padlet Activity, for details.

Create the Padlet Assignment in Canvas

Navigate to your module > click on “+” to add your assignment.
Click Create Assignment > then add in your assignment name > click Add Item
Click on the name of the assignment
On the assignment page, click Edit
Scroll down to Submission Type > choose External Tool > click Find
Select Padlet Backpack
You will be asked to select a padlet you have created, open your dashboard, or make a padlet. See the “Select an Existing Padlet” OR “Make a New Padlet” for the next set of instructions.

Select an Existing Padlet

To select an existing Padlet, please click on the desired Padlet from your list. Note: If you’d like students to create their own Padlet to share with just you, the teacher, toggle the Create a copy for each user to “on” before selecting the padlet. The student will only be able to see and write in their own Padlet wall.
To edit the settings of your selected Padlet, see Edit Padlet: Modify Settings Best practices for settings would include the following: Set desired permissions for Comments  Advanced > Posts > Author and timestamp set to Show
In the Share settings: Visitor permissions set to "Writer" Link Privacy set to "Secret"

Make a New Padlet

To make a new padlet, select your template
From the Modify screen, edit information and settings as desired Title  Description Wallpaper  Solid Colors  Gradients  Textures and Patterns  Pictures  Add your own wallpaper Color Scheme  Font
Attribution which enables student submissions to automatically associate their name with their post  Whether you would like new posts to appear in first or last position  Toggle Comments to “on” so students can comment on your padlet  Reactionsto posts  Like posts  Vote - thumbs up or thumbs down  Star - Give posts 1-5 stars  Grade - Give posts  a numeric score  Require approval of comments before posting. Toggling this on would mean posts will not show until you approve it so frequent monitoring is necessary.  Toggle the filter profanity to “on/off” to replace bad words with emojis.  Toggle the remakes to “on/off” if you would like to allow students to remake/copy your padlet.  Click Next to save these settings
Navigate back to your Canvas tab. You will see a prompt that new padlets will not be shown. Click okay so that your newly created padlet will appear in the list.
Select your newly created padlet from the list so that you can add it to this assignment.  Note: If you’d like students to create their own Padlet to share with just you, the teacher, toggle the Create a copy for each user to “on” before selecting the newly created padlet. The student will only be able to see and write in their own Padlet wall.

Complete Configuration of Padlet Assignment in Canvas

Whether you’ve selected an existing padlet or created a new one, now that you’ve selected the desired padlet for this assignment, you will be directed back to the Configure External Tool pop up > Padlet Backpack should be highlighted > click Select
Enter appropriate fields including  Instructions to complete this assignment  Points possible  Due date  Click Save to save as a draft or Save & Publish to make the assignment available to students.