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Files being submitted are in a shared Google folder.
Instructor wants to provide inline feedback that will stay with the student’s work versus being stored in Canvas.
Students will be peer reviewing each others’ work providing inline feedback and suggested edits.
Students will be returning to the document to:
Update for revised submissions,
Add new content (e.g. journals with multiple entries), or
Reference for future assignments, study guides, or professional application.
Website URL | Text Entry | |
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Space available for additional text comments from students to accompany a submission. | ✔ | ✔ |
Students can paste the URL in the space provided, and Canvas will automatically convert to functional hyperlink. | ✔ | |
Full functionality of Speedgrader. | ✔ | |
Cautions | ||
Students must have properly shared the Google file so someone with the link can either:
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Students can see additional submission options (Google Drive and Google Drive (LTI 1.3)), which may be confusing to the student or complicate grading and feedback functions for the instructor. | ✔ | ✔ |
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This option is best when the document is the primary part of the assignment with little or not no additional comments or text accompanying the submission. Additional comments are limited to plain text.
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Click Submit Assignment above and verify the “Website URL” tab is selected (shaded in green in the image below).
Copy the Share link of your Google document.
Click Share at the top of the open document.
In the dialog box’s “Get Link” section, click Change, then select “Anyone with the link” from the drop-down menu on the left and “Commenter” on the right.
Click Copy link, then click Done to save these settings.
Paste the link you just copied in the “Website URL” space below.
Click Submit Assignment to complete this submission.
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All the submission options were tested using the same assignment in which a student is required to create a Google document, then submit it. The document would be accessed again, either by the student who created it for further editing and content creation or by peers providing peer critique. All submission types can be made to work for the assignment, but require additional steps or complicated instructions that detract from the purpose of the assignment. Some examples of other submission types are :below, and you can read a more detailed breakdown of the options when submitting Google files for an assignment at Google Document Assignment Submission Types in Canvas.
Google LTI 3.1 Submission - relies on the instructor providing an initial template or worksheet that students will complete on their own.
Google Drive LTI - is similar to the Google LTI 3.1 Submission, but the document the instructor provides initially is limited to the instructor’s “My Drive” files, which eliminates files found in shared Google folders not owned by the instructor.
File Upload submission - Students are limited to the local files on their computer’s drive.