Google Assignments and Canvas expanded Google Docs Editors and Google Drive to be compatible with Canvas for file submissions. With Assignments, you can distribute and grade student work, analyze student submissions for plagiarism detection, and use Google Docs and Drive with Canvas.
Features and benefits of Assignments
Instructors can select Google Assignments as an external tool when they create a new assignment, which enables instructors to:
Grade in Google’s grading interface or in Canvas SpeedGrader™.
File attachments to an assignment so each student gets their own copy to edit and submit.
Detect missed citation checks and possible plagiarism with the originality reports feature.
Students can submit Google Drive files to Canvas assignments, which instructors can grade in Canvas SpeedGrader™.
Embed Drive files with the Canvas rich text editor.
Add Drive files to Canvas Modules.