Google Assignments with Canvas
- Alyssa Goudy
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
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.
Related Resource Guides
How do I turn on Google Assignments for a Canvas assignment?
How do I allow students to submit Drive files as file uploads?
How do I embed Drive files with the Rich Text Editor in Canvas?