Create an Account with Canvas

Requirements for using ASSISTments with Canvas:

  • Institutional Canvas account (as opposed to individual free teacher account)
  • Set up in Canvas as a teacher of the class to which you wish to assign
  • Your Canvas Administrator for your school or district account has completed these steps and provided you with the URL or common name for your account.

*NOTE* ASSISTments allows you to push assignments to courses and manually upload scores into Canvas. It does not support any other Canvas features, assignment settings specific to Canvas, or multiple sections within a Canvas course.

To start, go to www.ASSISTments.org

1. Select “Sign Up”

2. Select “Canvas”

3. Provide the URL or Common Name for your Canvas account (provided by your Canvas administrator) & click Log in

4. Click 'Authorize'

5. This window will appear and you will need to click, “Create a new account” (even if you already have an ASSISTments 2.0 account)


6. Once you’re logged into ASSISTments for the first time, you will be prompted share your role and choose the appropriate option for grade and curriculum. If you do not know or have your grade and curriculum information, click ‘Continue.' Next you will be prompted to find your school. If your school is not listed or your are not affiliated with a school, you can select the option, "I'm not affiliated with a school or School not listed" to enter your ASSISTments account. 

7. You will now be logged into your ASSISTments account!  Click your name in the top right corner, click ‘Import/Sync’, then ‘Import’ to choose and import the classes you would like to assign to. 

Click here to learn more about how to Create an Assignment!

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