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Canvas walkthrough

See Unfold inside a Canvas assignment.

Instructors create the assignment in Canvas, students launch Unfold from it to write and then defend their paper, and instructors return to review the paper and recorded reasoning.

Captured in a local Canvas test environment using synthetic data. This is a guided walkthrough, not a live sandbox. Canvas appearance varies by institution, and an instructor can choose to send a released Unfold Score to the Canvas gradebook; this walkthrough doesn't show that step.

  1. Create the assignment

    Choose Unfold as the external tool, then add the prompt, rubric, score weighting, and Questions during writing within the Canvas assignment flow.

    Unfold assessment setup opened from a Canvas assignment.View full-size screenshot

  2. Students work in Unfold

    Students begin the assessment, see how they will be assessed, then write and answer questions. The assessment criteria remain available while they work.

    An Unfold question open beside a student draft within a Canvas assignment.View full-size screenshot

  3. Students defend the paper

    After submitting, students go straight to a short paper defense: two or three questions about their paper, about 90 seconds each, oral or written. An oral defense is recorded from the start, questions can't be copied, and only the quoted passage is shown.

    The Unfold paper defense after Submit, with the questions and time, the recording notice, a microphone check, and a Start defense button.View full-size screenshot

  4. Review the evidence

    Instructors return through Canvas to review the submitted paper, recorded reasoning, and paper defense, add feedback, confirm or change the Unfold Score, and decide when to share results.

    Unfold instructor review in Canvas showing a 93 out of 100 score, with the paper rubric at 90 of 100 weighted at 70 percent and learning objectives at 100 of 100 weighted at 30 percent.View full-size screenshot

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