Best Practices for Using Microsoft Education with Canvas: File Storage & Assignment Submissions

Question

What challenges have you encountered when using Microsoft tools with Canvas for file storage or submissions? What strategies have worked best for you to avoid technical issues?

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ALGCanvas · Answer

It’s good to know that ME is working well on your end for student submissions. My question now is how we can integrate it with plagiarism checkers such as Turnitin or Copyleaks?

Jeff_F · Answer

Ah yes. We had previously installed the separate OneDrive LTI the actual day Microsoft announced the new Microsoft Education (ME) LTI. That works well for students to submit work. We hadn't yet explored the ME OneDrive linkage to Canvas Assignments or ME Assignments, but that is on the list. I'd rather we test all aspects ahead of deploying however we had been in rush mode aiming to evaluate Teams Channel Meetings for a pilot that just started.

ALGCanvas · Answer

Hello @Jeff_F the intention of using Microsoft Education (OneDrive) is to serve as storage for students assessment submissions. However, the issue is with the integration of plagiarism checkers like Turnitin where it does not accept files that are converted into cloud links.