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Use Microsoft Teams Assignments LTI® app with Canvas

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The Microsoft Teams Assignments LTI® app brings the Learning Accelerators, Microsoft Forms, Whiteboard, OneNote pages, and all of the new generative AI features of Teams Assignments to your LTI® v1.3 Advantage compliant learning management system (LMS).

The integration allows you to connect class teams and add Teams Assignments right into your LMS assignments list where students can launch and complete them, and then sync grades automatically back to the LMS.

Note

This guide provides IT admins steps for registering the Teams Assignments app in Canvas. The person who performs this integration should be an administrator of Canvas.

By installing and using the Assignments integration, educators and students can transmit grades to the LMS where the terms of use and privacy policy of that application apply.

Canvas and Microsoft 365 requirements for the integration

  • Grading Pass back from Teams Assignments to Canvas - To send grades from Teams Assignments to the Canvas gradebook, we must map student identities between Canvas and the Microsoft Entra ID directory services. The Canvas user Email field must be populated with the matching Microsoft 365 user UPN or primary email address. Verify this field is populated for every student who will use Teams Assignment in Canvas to ensure grades and feedback can sync back to the Canvas gradebook.
  • Rostering Microsoft Class Teams to Connect to Canvas Courses - There are multiple options that can be used to create and roster Microsoft Class Teams to connect with your Canvas courses and use the Teams Assignments integration. Using the Canvas integration for Microsoft Teams Sync ensures that teams are created only for educators who enable them and are kept in sync automatically with the Canvas course roster. Microsoft School Data Sync can be used for district and school-wide team deployments kept in sync with the SIS/MIS for course or sections. If you enable educators to create their own teams, they can do so and connect those teams to courses for things like labs, cohorts, and other groups.
  • Enabling the Microsoft Teams Assignment App in Class Teams - The Microsoft Assignments app for Teams must be enabled in the class teams you use with the Teams Assignments LMS integration. Read more about the Teams Assignments app and how to enable it for users.

Deployment options

Option 1: Deployment to all courses in a Canvas Sub-Account with option for left nav placement visible or hidden by default in course menus

This method requires a one-time setup by the administrator.

  1. Sign into your Canvas instance as an administrator.
  2. Select the Admin link in the global navigation, and then select the Sub-Account to which you wish to deploy the app.
  3. In the Admin navigation, select the Developer Keys link, and then choose the Inherited tab.
  4. In the apps list, search for Microsoft Teams Assignments, and click the Show All Keys button to see additional pages of results in the view.
  5. Enable the inherited dev key for the Microsoft Teams Assignments app in the list. There will be two versions of the Microsoft Teams Assignments app listed:
    • To deploy the app visible in the Course Navigation for all courses by default, enable the "Microsoft Teams Assignments" app with ID 170000000001876
    • To deploy the app with the Course Navigation placement hidden by default, enable the "Microsoft Teams Assignments (Course Nav Disabled)" app with ID 170000000001877
  6. Toggle the State switch to On for the app version you wish to deploy.
  7. Copy the ID you've enabled to the clipboard: You will need this app ID in step 12 below (or Option 2 step 4).
  8. Select the OK button to confirm your choice.
  9. In the Admin navigation, select the Settings link, and then choose the Apps tab.
  10. Select the View App Configurations button, and then select the + App button.
  11. In the Add App screen, change the Configuration Type dropdown to By Client ID.
  12. In the Client ID textbox, enter the app ID you enabled in step 6 above and then Click Submit
  13. Select Install to complete the installation.

Option 2: Single course installation

If you choose not to install the app for all courses in an Sub-Account as described in steps 9 to 13, then you or each course teacher must install the app for individual courses.

  1. To install the app for an individual course, select the Settings link in the course navigation, and then choose the Apps tab.
  2. Select the View App Configurations button, and then select the + App button.
  3. In the Add App screen, change the Configuration Type dropdown to By Client ID.
  4. In the Client ID textbox, enter the app ID you enabled in step 6 above (170000000001876 or 170000000001877), and then select Submit.
  5. Select Install to complete the installation.

Teams Assignments is now be deployed and ready to use.

Ongoing use by educators and students in a course

On their first access of any Teams Assignments flow, users must sign in using their Microsoft 365 account.

  • Cookies should be allowed for Microsoft Assignments app.
  • Popups shouldn't be blocked for Microsoft Assignments app.

Note

  • Cookies aren't allowed by default in the Chrome browser incognito mode and will need to be allowed.
  • The Microsoft Assignments LTI app also works in the InPrivate mode in Microsoft Edge browser. Ensure that you haven't blocked cookies, which are allowed by default.

Getting help for admins and educators

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