Setting up a Shared Document in OneDrive to be Shared in Canvas

Setting up a Shared Document in OneDrive to be Shared in Canvas

Want to give your students a shared document to collaborate on? Use OneDrive to create your document and share it with your students in Canvas.
Related Topics: Canvas

Steps for setting up a shared document on a Mac

Step 1: Create your document

You can create your document using Word. When you save the document, be sure to save it to your OneDrive - University of Oregon folder.

 

Tip: Consider setting up a folder for "Shared Class Documents" to house all documents you want to share with students.

Save word document to onedrive

Step 2: Get a Sharable Link to the Document

1. Log into OneDrive on the web at onedrive.live.com. Use your uoregon.edu email credentials.

log into onedrive.live.com

 

2. In OneDrive, navigate to the document and get the Sharable Link by selecting the Share Link icon to the right of the file name.

File on OneDrive with Share Link highlighted

3. This will open up the Send/Share Link dialogue box. Select the People you specify can edit link at the top to designate who with the link can edit the document.

4. In Link settings, select Anyone with the link to allow anyone with the link to open and edit the shared document. Be sure to click Apply when finished.

Send link option people you specify can edit
Link settings anyone with the link can edit

 

5. At the Send Link screen, select Copy Link. Do not fill out the To email line or select the ​​​​​​Send button.

6. Now that you have a copy of the link, you can add it to an Assignment or Page in Canvas.

 

OneDrive send link & copy link
copy link to shared document on onedrive

 

Step 3: Add the Link to the Document in Canvas

The best way to share the document link is via an Assignment or Page in Canvas. You can also add a link in a Module.

OneDrive Document Linked in Canvas Assignment
OneDrive Document Linked in Module

Steps for setting up a shared document on a PC

Step 1: Create your document and then Save it to your OneDrive folder.

Save document to OneDrive on PC

Step 2: Sign into OneDrive

Go to onedrive.live.com and sign-in with your UO email credentials. Navigate to the document you want to share.

Find fine on OneDrive for PC

Step 3: Get a Sharable Link

Highlight the document you want to share and select the More Options [⋮] icon and then select the Share option.

OneDrive Share File Options

From here, follow the steps outlined in the Share Link section above.