Integration with Canvas Collaborations.Google officially supports Assignments and can receive product support from Google.Ĭanvas' Google Apps LTI benefits include:.Google Drive in the Rich Text Editor allows instructors to embed Drive files.The students and their guardians can find those files in Canvas without their Google sign in.As an "External Tool Submission" type, Assignments provides instructors with features like copies of a file for each student, plagiarism detection, and Google's interface to grade assignments.This ensures instructors and students will find duplicate options if both tools are available in the same course.
You should install Assignments and the Google Apps LTI tool simultaneously. Use Assignments as an external tool for assignments Uses Learning Tools Interoperability (LTI) 1.3 for stronger security.Provides an option for admins to require students to use their school-issued Google accounts.Officially supported by Google and covered by the Google Workspace for Education Terms of Service.Embed Drive files with the Canvas rich text editor.Īssignments also provides improvements from Google Apps LTI:.Students can submit Drive files to Canvas assignments, then instructors can grade in SpeedGrader™.Missed citation checks and possible plagiarism with the originality reports feature.File attachment to an assignment so each student gets their own copy to edit and submit.Instructors can select Google Assignments as an external tool when they create a new assignment, which enables:.Both tools should be used at the same time. Tip: If your school uses Canvas Google Apps LTI tool (also referred to as Google Cloud Assignment), we recommend you install Google Assignments. With Assignments, you can distribute and grade student work, analyze student submissions for plagiarism detection, and use Google Docs and Drive with Canvas. Google Assignments and Canvas expanded Google Docs Editors and Google Drive to be compatible with Canvas for file submissions.