Seriously disappointed to read this from the Google Integration:
"Google Apps displays a Google Drive icon in the Rich Content Editor. The icon displays everything in a user’s Google Drive account and allows users to display documents as inline links or embed them directly."
Can anyone tell me whether embedding is going to occur on the RCE for Office365 and why this appears to be easy to do for Google and not Microsoft?
Are we going to get a reply about this? Is anyone from Microsoft or the team related to this project able to give a response? Are there any plans for further iterations/developments?
Unfortunately, there are some technical limitations we have when it comes to embedding o365 documents into the Rich Text Editor. It's good to hear that would be helpful to you in your process and we'll keep in mind as we evaluate developing the integration further.
This is an odd statement, because I have created a wysiwyg rich content editor and was able to easily implement an embed function for Office 365 Documents, PowerPoints, Sways, etc. And I do not consider myself to be an expert programmer by any means.
Please can you share? This sounds amazing!
Perhaps you would be so kind as to state what they are? Maybe Microsoft could remodel the feature based on Google!
The lack of embedding is a major issue but is only one of a number of concerns:
Those are just with the 'shell'. We have not explored in detail the other collaborative/assessment features
We created OneDrive accounts for departments which allows embedding via iframe on RCE and sharing without a lot of the grief.
I am afraid a lot of this is repetition from the comments made during the beta testing group..
Hi Gideon, the technical roadblock has to do with when we launch the lti tool and the sequencing for our assignments and the Windows document previewer. What I've heard from Microsoft is that they have a fix coming so that would be an opportunity for us to consider developing further in the future. Thank you so much for your overall feedback. We have this out as a Public Beta so we can continue to get feedback and evaluate options for improving our integration.
All the best,
Kate
Any new about this coming fix?
Thanks
maybe there can be qualified parameters passed in the canvas architecture ... ref. Play safely in sandboxed IFrames - HTML5 Rocks
Thanks for this. Anything would be better than nothing. Not sure we will see any movement on this in the near future which makes it a huge challenge asking staff to move to the cloud if they are not able to embed their work.
I wish Canvas could push Microsoft further on this matter
Hello. It would be wonderful if the Office Integration extended to include Files and Folders that are Shared with you by others!
Collaboration is central to Office365 and needs to teaching - especially K12. It would be great to see Canvas get on board....
Hi Gideon Williams, We are talking with Microsoft about offering embedding documents. So please keep those fingers crossed
Also, thanks for the feedback regarding shared files and folders, makes sense. As we make improvements we'll certainly keep it in mind and look at options.
Thanks!
Thanks Kate that is really good to know.True integration with Shared folders would be a huge leap forward. Still concerned over prospect of teacher sharing resources from their Office365 account and the resources no longer being there if that teacher leaves and the account is closed.
Hey Gideon Williams and Kate McGee I know it is not the RCE, but I have had success embedding Office 365 files using the External tool item in modules. Make sure not to select "Load in a new tab" and the file(s) load right into the Canvas window. This does not get rid of some of the other problems mentioned, but it does at least give some ability to embed a file.
Thanks Ryan. That is a good feature which will help.
Two years further on and still waiting for embedding options. We are now on the cusp of a new RCE but still no mention about the features that many of us are crying out for.
No mention of anything at CanvasCon - is that the end of the integration?
Pretty disappointing if the case - I dont want this to be another example of a good idea from Canvas that was not developed to its full potential.
I echo this....embedding capability should be a top priority..