Google Assignments

Status - Approved

Approved for use.

Tool Description

Google Assignments gives educators a faster, simpler way to distribute, analyze, and grade student work - all through the collaborative power of G-Suite.

Overview of Google Assignments

Google Assignments brings together the capabilities of Google Docs, Drive, and Search for collecting and grading student work, right within Canvas. Google Assignments is a third-party tool within Canvas Assignments that allows you to distribute, review, and grade student work. You can attach assignment files that will automatically distribute a personalized copy for each student. A use case for this assignment type is if you would like to provide students a template that can then be modified by individual students. Each distributed copy will be labeled with a student’s name and organized in a Drive folder. Finally, grades from Google Assignments will sync with the Canvas gradebook.

Create a Google Assignment in Canvas

Create a new assignment by clicking +Assignment
Add assignment details (Assignment Name, Points, Assignment Group, etc)
Select External tool from the Submission Type
Click on the Find button from the External Tool Options and then locate Google Assignments LTI 1.3
Sign in using your TAMU Google credentials
- If this is your first time using Assignments in this course, you must link your Canvas account to your Google Account.
Click Attach to make individual copies of a file (ex: Google Doc) for each student to work on
You can also add a rubric for this assignment. Next to Rubric, click Add + and Create or Re-Use a rubric
Click Create
In Canvas, click the Save or Save & Publish button
Ensure that the Google Assignment due date and grade points matches in Canvas

Watch Creating a Google Assignment (2:07) for a video walkthrough or download Creating a Google Assignment PDF.

Grade a Google Assignment

Open the Google Assignment
Click on the name of any student that submitted the assignment. The student submission will open in a new tab
- To grade another student assignment in the grading tool, click the Down arrow and select the student's name.
Type in the grade and any feedback comments on the right hand side of the assignment
Highlight text to add comments to student papers
Click Return so student submission is sent back to the student once graded. This will also send the grade to the Canvas Gradebook

Watch Grading a Google Assignment (1:18) for a video walkthrough or download Grading a Google Assignment PDF.

Best Practices for using Google Assignments

Course Roles Available to use Google Assignments

The Primary Instructor of the Canvas course, listed as Teacher, will be the Instructor within the Google Assignments platform. Other roles such as Alternate Teacher, TA Lead, TA, and Grader will act as Co-Instructor within the Google Assignments platform and will have the same privileges as the Teacher does.

Additional Resources for Instructors:

Additional Resources for Students:

Support

LTI_8_ContactAI For more information regarding this tool, please watch these video resources or please contact LMS Support.