How to access your Google Drive files in Canvas:
- Click on the Google Drive link on the left side navigation in your Canvas course.
- Click the Authorize button to allow access to your Google Drive account
- Sign in to your Google Account
- Click Allow. This grants Canvas to access your Google account.
- Locate your file(s) and open it.
How to submit an assignment using Google Drive:
- Open assignment
- Click Submit Assignment button
- Locate the Google Drive tab at the top of the File Upload box
- Click the AUTHORIZE button at the bottom of the screen to allow access to your Google Drive account
- Click the Allow button. This grants Canvas to access your Google account.
- Locate the file for submission
- Click Submit
- Verify the correct file name in the File name box
- Click Submit Assignment
Note:
- When Google Drive files (doc, sheets, and slides) are uploaded to a Canvas assignment as a submission, the files convert to their Microsoft counterpart file type and appear in the submission as respective Word, Excel, or PowerPoint files.
- This conversion essentially preserves the submission in its current state; any changes made to the file in Google Drive will not be updated in the assignment submission.
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