Create a Google Assignment

1. Create a new assignment with the +Assignment button.
2. Name the assignment, enter a point value and a due date. Since your students may be new to using Google files through Canvas, we recommend adding a short explanation to your assignment description.
3. The next step is to select the Google Assignment LTI as an external tool for your assignment. However, once you do this the Canvas interface changes and you can no longer access the +Rubric button. If you want to use a rubric in SpeedGrader, you need to save your new assignment before applying the LTI selection. If you don’t need a rubric, go directly to step 7.

Adding a rubric

4. In the Submission Type menu, select any option other than External Tool, and save your assignment. This is a temporary setting so you can save the assignment and return to the Assignment Details screen.
5. In the saved assignment Details tab, select the +Rubric button and add your rubric.
6. After saving the rubric to your assignment, select the assignment Edit button.

Complete the Google Assignment settings

7. In the Submission Type menu, select External Tool.
8. Select the Find button and then scroll to Google Assignments LTI.
9. A pop-up window will appear asking you to sign in to your PSU Google account.
10. After you sign in, a new popup window will open with the Google Assignment setting options.

• Check plagiarism. This compares student submissions with Google’s content database.
• Attach a file. This file will be distributed to each student as their own copy in their Google Drive. This can be a worksheet or other assignment resource, and can be a Google Doc, Sheet, or Slide. You can also create a new file to attach.
• Grade in Google Assignments or SpeedGrader. If you use the Canvas gradebook you’ll want to grade in SpeedGrader. Grades input to the Google Assignment interface will be seen by students but don’t transfer to Canvas.

11. After choosing your settings, select the Create button.
12. The Google popup window will close and you’ll see the Canvas Configure External Tool menu again. Use the Select button to create your LTI link and close the menu. Important: do not use the small X in the upper right corner to close this menu. It will close, but no LTI link to Google will be created. In that event, delete the Canvas assignment and start over.
13. Complete the Canvas settings for the assignment, including number of submission attempts and due date. Then choose Save.

Grading a Google Assignment

1. The Canvas assignment screen will show the description field and, below it, a button to Launch Google assignment in a new window. You'll also see buttons to edit the assignment or launch SpeedGrader.
2. Once students have submitted their Google files, you can view submissions and plagiarism reports by selecting the Load Google Assignment in a new window button. When you select a student’s name, a popup window appears with a link to their file.
3. If a student’s report has any flagged passages, select that link to view details in a sidebar.
4. To view and grade submissions in SpeedGrader, open the assignment in Canvas and then select the SpeedGrader button. You don’t need to launch the Google Assignment, the student files will appear in the Canvas Document Viewer.