Create a OneDrive Assignment

You can create a template document in OneDrive to assign to students so that they can create unique submissions for an assignment. A OneDrive assignment will duplicate the document, slide deck, or spreadsheet you assign for each student to edit/update for assignment completion.

To Create a OneDrive Assignment:

You must first have the OneDrive LTI tool enabled in your course.

1. Click on Assignments from your course menu:
   
   
   

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2. Click Add Assignment and enter assignment details (e.g. Title, Description, point value, due date):
   
   
   

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3. For Submission Type select External Tool:
   
   
   

   
   
   
   

4. Choose Office 365 Cloud Assignment from the external tool list:
   
   
   

   
   
   
   

5. A OneDrive folder will open where you can check the box next to the file you want students to use for their assignment. Then click Attach File:
   
   
   

   
   
   
   

6. An Office 365 URL will auto-fill the URL field. Check the box next to Load in a New Tab and click Select:
   
   
   

   
   
   
   

7. Click Save or Save and Publish retain your assignment settings:
   
   

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