The Microsoft Education integration is a single hub for several different Microsoft applications that can integrate into Canvas. Right now, two tools are available for UW instructors to enable in their Canvas courses: OneDrive and OneNote. These options replace the two discontinued integrations for Office 365 and Class Notebooks, respectively. Each of these tools is disabled by default, but can be enabled by instructors on a course-by-course basis.
App Experiences included in the Microsoft Education integration in Canvas
OneDrive and Microsoft 365 Files
The Microsoft OneDrive and Microsoft 365 files integration brings Word, PowerPoint, Excel viewers and editors along with PDF, Stream video player, and images and directly into Canvas. Options include:
- Linking and embedding documents and video as resources and course content
- Assigning documents as LMS assignments
- Students editing and submitting documents as part of LMS assignments
- Collaborative documents for courses members and groups (see Canvas Collaborations)
The Microsoft 365 LTI delivers a modern user experience, complete with an expanded Microsoft OneDrive file picker and rich embedded editing experiences for Office files.
Learn more about how to leverage Microsoft 365 files in your Canvas course.
OneNote Class Notebook
Use OneNote Class Notebook to create a shared notebook and link it to your course for easy discovery and access. OneNote Class Notebooks create a private space for each student's content that is only visible to course instructors, and instructors can distribute OneNote Pages with course content to their class easily.
OneNote Pages can be used for note taking, journaling, inking for writing, drawing and are great for math, music, and art, or anytime there is a need to organize and collaborate on content with your students. OneNote Pages can also be assigned and turned in using Microsoft Education Assignments.
Existing and new students enrolled in your LMS course can access the notebook automatically without and instructor having to add them.
Learn more about how to create and use a OneNote Class Notebook in your Canvas course.
Accessing Microsoft Education in a Canvas course
To launch the Microsoft Education dashboard and access Microsoft Education apps in courses, follow the steps for your LMS.
- Log in to Canvas and select your course.
- If Microsoft Education doesn't appear in your course navigation, you can add it to the navigation list by visiting the Navigation tab in your course Settings.
- Click the Microsoft Education navigation link in your course menu to begin initial configuration or to access the features that have already been enabled for the course.
First-Time setup, and App Configuration in a Course
If this is the first time you are accessing Microsoft Education apps within a given course, you will be brought to the Couse Settings first-run experience to configure your applications and settings.
You can choose to toggle any app on or off from its default to control access for you and students in the course.
Once you have made your initial settings, click Done and the apps you have chosen to enable will be provisioned and initialized for your course. This provisioning process can take several minutes.
You can access these settings at any time by clicking your profile icon in the top right and then clicking Course Settings from the dropdown menu.