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This page includes example instructions for an online course assignment using a Website URL submission or a Text Entry Google Doc submission. These are examples only. They are not meant to address every potential scenario for assignment submissions. Feel free to use them as a guide and edit for your own course needs. |
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Uses
When students are asked to submit a Google Document or Sheet for an assignment, there are multiple Submission Types to choose from when setting up the assignment in Canvas for a fully online course. After testing the different submission types available, eCampus Center recommends using either the Website URL or the Text Entry submission types.
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Files being submitted are in a shared Google folder.
Instructor The instructor wants to provide inline feedback that will stay with the student’s work versus being stored in Canvas. Also, refer to Grade a Google Doc using SpeedGrader from Canvas Community.
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)
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. | ✔ | |
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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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To submit the assignment, do the following:
Click the button above to begin your assignment submission, 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.
Text Entry Submission
This option is best when the student is required to provide added explanationexplanations, comments, or responses to prompts in addition to sharing the document. The text entry provides a more substantial editor for the accompanying content.
To submit the assignment, do the following:
Click the button above to begin your assignment submission above.
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.
In the “Text Entry” space below, select the links icon [looks like a chain], then External Links from the drop-down menu. Enter the title of your document in the “Text” space, then paste the URL you coped in Step 2. Click Done.
Enter the rest of your assignment information in response to the prompts above. When done, click Submit Assignment.
Why Not Use Other Submission Types?
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