Microsoft OneDrive Cloud Assignment in Canvas

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Cloud assignments are template assignments. All students get their own copy of the assignment and can edit their own copy.

When students submit the assignment, their own copy gets submitted.  

Microsoft OneDrive allows you to use Office files (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) for students to edit and submit.

Create a OneDrive Assignment

  1. Navigate to the Canvas course and select Assignments. Click to Create a new assignment
  2. Enter the instructions for the assignment
  3. Select External Tool as the Submission Type and select Find.Screenshot of a submission settings page showing an “External Tool” option selected. A red box highlights the Find button next to the external tool URL field.

 

  1. Search for "Microsoft Education" and select it.
  2. You might be asked to sign in to your MS account.Screenshot of the Microsoft sign-in page displaying an account selection window. A box highlights the account selected before continuing.

 

  1. Select the file you want to serve as the assignment file template and select Attach.Screenshot of a OneDrive file picker. A red box highlights the assignment file to select, and the Attach button is highlighted in red in the bottom-right corner.

 

  1. Click or tap Select to confirm the selected file. 
  2. Wait for file to upload. The window will close when completed. 
  3. Select assignment options for Submission Attempts and Assign To, then Save or Save & Publish.Screenshot of the assignment submission page showing the selected external tool attached. The page includes assignment comments, attempts, and submission options.

 

Important: After a Microsoft OneDrive cloud assignment is published, it should not be edited. If it is edited, a new document will be created and shared with students.

If the students have attempted the previous assignment and you share a new assignment, the previous work of the students will be lost. 

Students

A student will be able to edit and submit their own copy of an assignment. 

  1. Open the assignment sign in if prompted.
  2. From here you can edit the assignment in the same window or in a new window by click Pop Out.

Screenshot of a web browser displaying an assignment page. Red boxes and arrows highlight the Submit Assignment button and Pop Out button.

  1. When you are done editing the assignment, click Submit Assignment.
  2. Wait for it to submit. You will see a success banner upon completion.

Screenshot of the page with the assignment submitted successfully notification highlighted in red.

  1. You can click Submit Assignment to re-submit as many times as the instructor has allowed in the assignment.
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