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1. The assignment title includes the following:

- Date of the lesson - This is critical during enhanced virtual learning. Students can more easily find what they need to complete on any given day.
- Title of the lesson - The title of the lesson should reveal the content/skill of the lesson. Titles such as “Section 2.3” do not reveal to the student (or parent, tutor, administrator, etc.) the specific content of the lesson.

2. The assignment includes important submission details:

- The date and time the assignment is due
- How many points the assignment is worth
- How the student will submit the assignment

3. The assignment opens with clear directions that help focus and guide students.

4. The video is embedded into the page.

- This helps students by not forcing them to open video links into new tabs, which takes them away from the assignment page. Students can follow along with the questions of the assignment while they are watching the video. This also helps avoid issues with students being unable to open links.

5. The questions guide students through the video and are listed on the assignment page.

- This helps students by not requiring them to open up a separate document or page to access the questions. The less clicks a student needs to do on an assignment page, the more accessible the content is for the student.

6. There is a hyperlink to an outside article that has been displayed in the text.

- This is a best practice to place resources in context and avoid long and confusing URLs. This makes it easier for the student to understand how the external resource fits with the overall lesson. Also, since the article is included on the assignment page, students do not have to navigate to another assignment or content page on Canvas, which can cause confusion, whereas students believe that a second resource means a second assignment submission.