Google Gemini

Google Assignments LTI and Google Gemini LTI bring Google Workspace collaboration and AI capabilities straight into Canvas LMS:

  • Automated Assignment Workflows: Distribute individual student copies of Google Docs/Slides, manage file permissions, and grade with built-in rubrics and originality reports—all inside Canvas.

  • Ground AI in Course Content: Import Canvas files directly into Gemini Notebooks to create tailored study spaces and interactive audio overviews.

  • Instant Student Support: Build custom Gems and automated FAQs from course materials to handle common assignment questions and save administrative time.

 

Add to Navigation
  1. Open Canvas Course
  2. Select Settings in the course navigation menu on the left
  3. Select Navigation Tab
  4. From the bottom of the page, drag Google Gemini to add up into the correct position in the course navigation list.
  5. Select Save
  6. You'll see your Google Gemini in the course navigation.

 

Adding a Gemini LTI Link into a Course Module

To link Gemini content, instructors can click the + icon near the top right of a module and select External Tool from the available content types:

Canvas module settings showing how to add an External Tool item to a course module, with arrows highlighting the menu selections.

Then find Google Gemini in the list of available tools and click it:

Canvas “Add Item to Week Now” dialog showing the External Tool list, with an arrow pointing to the Google Gemini LTI tool.

If it is your first time accessing your Gemini content from within Canvas, you will need to sign into you TXST Google account and authorize the integration:

Google Gemini sign-in page displaying a welcome screen with an illustration, “Gemini for everyone” heading, and a Sign In button.

After that, the modal will provide instructors a choice between their existing Notebook LLM pages or their Gems:

Gemini course material selection screen showing options for NotebookLM and Gems, with arrows pointing to the buttons used to select content.

Select the desired option, then the desired content and confirm granting access:

Gemini “Add a Gem to course” page showing available Gems, with arrows indicating content selection and the “Add to course” button.

Gemini confirmation dialog titled “Add material?” explaining that the selected Gem will be available to course members, with Cancel and Add options.

Once you click Add on that screen, the Canvas modal will re-appear where you should see an LTI link added in the field at the bottom, along with the button to Open in a new tab selected which must be selected. Click Add item at bottom left:

Uploaded Canvas External Tool configuration screen showing a Gemini course resource link, with the URL field populated, “Load in a new tab” selected, and the Add Item button highlighted.

The content will now be available for students in the module (as long as it is published.)

Canvas course module displaying the newly added Gemini resource within the module content list, shown as a published item.

Instructors can add as many LTI links to their Gemini content as they want into the same course.

 

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