Creating a Google assignment

Establish a Google account

A UM System G Suite account is required. All UM System faculty, staff and students can create an account.

1. Go to www.google.com and select Sign in in the page’s upper right-hand corner.
2. Enter your login in the format USERNAME@umsystem.edu. Select Next.
3. Accept terms.

Add assignment(s) to your Google account

• After you've created your account, add your assignment files to Google Drive before following the steps below.

To create a Google Assignment in your Canvas site:

1. From your Canvas site, select Assignments in your course navigation menu.
2. Enter a name, description and point value.
3. In the Submission Type section, select External Tool from the dropdown menu (See Fig. 1).
   
   Figure 1: Select the External Tool option.
4. Select Find (see Fig. 2).
   
   Figure 2: Select the Find button.
5. In the Configure External Tool pop-up window, scroll down the list and locate the Google Assignments tool (See Fig. 3). Select it.
   
   Figure 3: Locate the Google Assignments tool in the list.
6. A pop-up window will appear. Login to your Google Drive account, or confirm that the account you are currently logged into is correct. Select Continue.
7. The pop-up window will switch to the Create a Google assignment page (See Fig. 4).
   • Choose whether you want to use the plagiarism (originality) tool.
   • Attach files from your Google Drive that you want to use with the assignment.
   • Enter the same point value that you did in the Canvas page. 
   • If you will enter a due date in the Canvas page, enter the same date here. Otherwise, leave this field blank.
   • Choose whether you want to use a rubric. If so, select a Rubric or create a new one. Otherwise, skip this step.
     
     Figure 4: Google Assignments set up.
8. Select Create . You'll return to the Configure External Tool pop-up window.
9. Select Select . The pop-up window closes, and you will return to the Canvas Assignment page.
10. Continuing entering the information on the Canvas page. If you entered a due date on the Google Assignment pop-up window, enter the same date here. 
11. Select Save & Publish or Save.

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