Google Assignments and Canvas have 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. St. Thomas uses Office365 rather than Google Tools; however, some academic programs have special integrations with other Google services and might require this tool for particular courses.

Google Assignment Tool

Faculty Guide 

This article was developed with the School of Education in mind but the Google Assignment Tool is not limited to particular Canvas sub-accounts. Note that ITS does not currently support Google tools inside of Canvas and does not recommend using this tool outside of specific courses.

To learn how to install the Google Assignment Tool follow the directions in this Canvas article using "170000000000573" as the client ID. 

To learn how to use Google assignment tool check out this Google article.

Student Guide

This Canvas article explains how to upload assignments using the Google Assignment tool.

For any questions, reach out to the Canvas team using the form: Learning Management Systems (Canvas).