This guide explains submitting files saved in OneDrive as a file upload to a Canvas Assignment. Before deciding how you submit work for Canvas Assignments, carefully read all instructions and information presented in your Canvas course. Canvas Assignments are set up by your instructor and options vary according to the settings the instructor chooses to use. Contact your instructor if you are unsure of their expectations. For reference, there are three ways to add Microsoft OneDrive files to Canvas as a student: File Upload Canvas Assignments is the method explained in this article. OneDrive for Students App is an option available in Text Entry Canvas Assignments and any Rich Content Editor (RCE) feature such as Discussions. OneDrive in Collaborations is used when an instructor wants you to work together on the same document with other people in the course. For comparison to the File Uploads method described here, consider these other types of Canvas Assignments: No Submission: You are unable to take action in Canvas for these assignments. Text Entry: Use the rich content editor options to compose a response in Canvas - OneDrive for Students app Website URL: Paste any website URL into the space provided. Media Recordings: Use the media options to create your response. Student Annotation: Use the annotation options to mark up a file selected by the instructor. External Tool: Instructors may use a third-party tool from a textbook publisher or engagement platform. Delve into the in-depth walkthrough below, complete with images and various notes for every step. In-Depth Walkthrough For a hassle-free experience, use either Microsoft Edge or Google Chrome as your web browser. After you have confirmed your Canvas Assignment accepts file uploads, save your work to Microsoft OneDrive. It's important to save your work in your UIW OneDrive to successfully use this method for submitting an assignment in Canvas. Do not use a personal Microsoft account. Step 1 Navigate to your Canvas assignment. Your course might have an Assignments link in the course menu or require you to get there through Modules. Step 2 Click the title of the assignment that you'd like to submit. Step 3 Under the Choose a Submission type, click the more option, and select Microsoft OneDrive from the drop-down menu. Step 4 Within the assignment window, you'll see a prompt to sign in using a Microsoft account. Use your UIW email and password to sign in. It may take a few moments for the Pick an Account window to appear for you to select the @student.uiwtx.edu address. If you do not see a pop-up or aren't redirected to pick an account, you might have pop-ups blocked within your browser. Try again using either Google Chrome or Microsoft Edge. Step 5 Locate the file you'd like to upload. Check mark the name of the file, then click the Submit button. Note you cannot select Folders, only individual files. Step 6 After a moment, you'll see the selected file populate under File Name. To submit more than one file, repeat steps 3-5 to select another file, and add it to the submission list. Once you're finished selecting your file(s), click the Submit Assignment button. File Upload: OneDrive Option FAQ Why should I use the OneDrive option to upload files directly from my computer? Canvas does not support file uploads larger than 5 GB. While most assignments won't exceed that limitation, OneDrive gives you an alternative option in the event you ever receive a storage quota error message or have any technical issues uploading files from your computer. Where are the instructions for submitting all types of Canvas Assignments? The Canvas Student Guide provides articles for every feature you might encounter as a student, including: How do I submit a text entry assignment? How do I enter a URL as an assignment submission? How do I submit a media file as an assignment submission? How do I upload a file as an assignment submission? How do I annotate a file as an assignment submission? How do I upload a file from Microsoft Office 365 as an assignment submission? How do I submit an assignment on behalf of a group? How do I submit a peer review to an assignment? How do I know my assignment was submitted successfully? When working with technology, and particularly products that rely on your Internet connection to function, you must confirm your actions are successful. Once you submit an assignment, view the assignment submission details to know that you have turned in the assignment. How do I know when my assignment has been submitted? How do I know when my assignment has been graded? When a change is made to your course grades, the Grades link in Course Navigation adds an indicator representing the number of changes in a course since your last visit. The Grades page shows the details of your graded assignments. How do I know when my instructor has graded my assignment? Can I download all my Canvas assignment submissions? As a student, you can download all your assignment submissions in Canvas. Submissions are for both current and concluded courses and only include any files that were submitted to fulfill an assignment; they do not include any submissions modified by instructors, such as annotated submissions. The download also includes submissions for group assignments, even if the submission was made by another student in your group. When the export has finished generating, submissions are downloaded as a ZIP file. How do I download assignment submissions from all my courses? Can I use my personal Microsoft account in Canvas? No. To utilize all the tech benefits available to you, and avoid errors, use your UIW email and password to connect your school account. Who do I contact for help with my UIW Microsoft account or password? The UIW Help Desk provides student technical support for account and access issues.

In some cases, you may need to record a group discussion, interview, or session for an assignment. While there are several recording tools available to the UIW community, such as Stream and Clipchamp, these tools are designed for individual recordings. To record multiple people's video and audio, it's best to create a Teams meeting. Recordings from Teams are automatically sent to OneDrive. You can use the OneDrive submission option in Canvas to avoid downloading and uploading large files. This guide will walk you through the entire process. Schedule a Teams Meeting There are various ways to schedule a Teams meeting and share the invitation with others. This guide will assume that you are using a laptop and scheduling from Outlook with a calendar invite, which is the most recognizable method. If you prefer to schedule from the Teams app on a desktop or a mobile device, you can learn how to schedule from the Teams app on a desktop or mobile. To schedule your Teams meeting: Log in to Cardinal Apps Open Outlook/Email Select Calendar Select New event Turn on the Teams meeting toggle 6. Add meeting details and invite attendees by entering their email addresses. Invited attendees will receive an email/calendar invitation to the Teams meeting. Date/time details are purely for scheduling purposes. You can start the meeting at any time and close/reopen the meeting as needed. 7. When you're invitation is complete, select Send Join the Teams Meeting Next, you'll need to start the meeting and record the session. To start a Teams meeting: Log in to Cardinal Apps Open Teams Select Calendar Locate and select the meeting invite. Select Join to start the Teams meeting and Join Now to enter the meeting. Record the Meeting Once the meeting has started and all participants are in place, you can record the meeting to create a video for submission at a later time. This guide will provide a high-level explanation of recording and retrieving the recording. For a more in-depth guide on recordings in Teams meetings, learn all about recording in Microsoft Teams. To record a Teams meeting: Within the Teams meeting, select More actions Select Record and transcribe Select Start Recording Here are some tips for successful recording during a Teams meeting: A 'Transcript' panel will appear once the recording is enabled. You can close this panel without stopping the recording. If there's an issue, you can stop and re-start the recording as many times as needed from the same More actions > Record and transcribe menu. Each time you re-start the recording, it becomes a separate video file to submit, so you don't need to worry about editing the video. Meeting recordings won't capture more than four people's video streams at once. If someone prominent needs to be captured at all times, consider spotlighting their video. After the Meeting The recording will continue until it's manually stopped or the meeting ends. The meeting ends when everyone leaves or the organizer ends it. Depending on the length of the recording, the video could take seconds to several minutes to become available post-meeting. After the meeting, recordings will be saved to one location: the 'Recordings' folder within the scheduler's OneDrive portal. There is only one recording file, and it belongs to the person who scheduled the meeting. That doesn't mean only one person can submit it, but we'll cover that in the next section. Submit the Recording to Canvas Carefully read the assignment details to ensure the video recording meets the instructor's expectations. For the best results, consider the following: We recommend using a laptop/desktop with Google Chrome or Microsoft Edge to submit the assignment. Using Safari or Firefox may cause issues. If you experience problems with submitting a OneDrive assignment, clear your browser history/cache or enable cookies for Canvas URLs in your browser. You cannot select OneDrive for submissions within the Canvas Student mobile app. If you're on a mobile device, you'll need to use Google Chrome, or download the video from OneDrive to the mobile device and submit the file. When you're ready to submit: Navigate to the assignment page within Canvas. Select New Attempt Select OneDrive If prompted, select Sign In and choose your uiwtx.edu email from the list of options. If you experience an error loading the OneDrive window, see the FAQ section for troubleshooting. Within the OneDrive window, find and choose the recording from the Teams meeting. Meeting recording files are identified by the unique file name with the meeting title, followed by the date and time. The location will differ depending on your role in the meeting. Scheduler: If you scheduled the meeting and sent the invite, the recording will be in the 'Recordings' folder. Attendee: If you did not schedule the meeting, you are an 'attendee'. This means, the recording can be found via the 'Shared' menu on the left side of the OneDrive window. 5. When you've selected the file, select Submit to use it as your assignment attempt. 6. Add comments, if needed, and select Submit Assignment. FAQ I get an error when loading the OneDrive window for the assignment, or nothing happens. Ensure you're using Google Chrome or Microsoft Edge on a laptop/desktop to submit the assignment. If this is still happening, try the following: Clear your browser history/cache Try enabling cookies for Canvas URLs in your browser I cannot find the recording of the meeting. Recordings will be automatically sent to the 'Recordings' folder within the scheduler's OneDrive portal. OneDrive can be accessed from Cardinal Apps. Contact the individual who scheduled the meeting. If you are that individual, and the recording still cannot be found, contact the UIW Help Desk for your local Technical Support Specialist or assistance. I want to use Safari or Firefox, no matter what. While it's healthy to have more than one web browser on your device, there may be some situations where this is not possible. If Safari or Firefox are the only options you have, you can use them to submit the assignment after you adjust a setting known as Cross-site tracking. This is because, normally, they'll block the OneDrive window from loading. Adjusting cross-site tracking will allow the window to load successfully in most situations. Learn how to enable cross-site tracking in Firefox or Safari