[ARCHIVED] Embedding an Interactive Google Slide to Canvas

[sheffner]

Is there a way to embed an interactive google slide in to Canvas where students can enter their answers? Example: Daily Math Review. I don't want to give this as a quiz but as a way for students to complete a review each day.

[rpsimon]

Hi  @sheffner  and welcome to the Canvas Community!  I don't see any issue of embedding a Google Slide into Canvas at all.  What I am confused about is why you would want to?  What I mean is that are you looking for something to use for collaborative purposes?  I think of Google Slides more for presentation purposes, or one sided.  You'd have to allow the students to have editing rights - is that what you want?  For an assignment, I would recommend a Google Doc or maybe even use Google Assignments for submissions?  I apologize if I did not understand your request fully.  Please feel free to expand and provide more information. Otherwise, why not make a quiz type of assignment in Canvas and count it as a homework grade?

[sheffner]

This is a resource created by another teacher for use in Google Classroom.

I'd like to be able to use it in Canvas while keeping it an interactive

activity. I don't want students to be able to edit anything but the text

boxes. I could probably link it in Canvas but have it go to Google

Classroom for their editing purposes.

On Wed, Jul 22, 2020 at 6:28 PM Rebecca Penina Simon <instructure@jiveon.com>

[rpsimon]

If you just want to use the Google Slide, you shouldn't have a problem doing so.  I think you should just try and embed it here.  Can you try that?  Maybe you can share a screenshot of it?

[lubonski_b]

Hi!

I am interested in how to do this as well.  This was extremely important for Remote Learning last year as I created charts, guided notes and other assignments for students to complete in Google Slides.  We were allowed to use Google Classroom last year, which made it VERY Easy to assign each student a Google Slide and they could answer and fill out the the Google Slides Assignment with ease and it was very easy to see their answers and grade the assignment.  Unfortunately, we can't use Google Classroom this upcoming school year and it would be nice if Canvas would make it easy to assign and grade each students individual Google Slides that have been assigned.  It's frustrating that Canvas is not as user friendly as Google Classroom.  Everything seems difficult to do or achieve in Canvas and we are expected to adapt or create new assignments, rather than Canvas listening to teachers needs and making it easy for us to transition into using their program.  So frustrating!

[Mmwatt930]

Agreed 100%!!!

[TerriFried]

Here is why teachers want to create this: there is a strategy called "Gallery Walk" where students physically walk around to stations and post sticky-note answers to posters with questions.  Then, they can walk around and view what their peers have to say.  I would like to create a virtual version of this: students write their answers on Microsoft sticky-notes, take a screen snip of the sticky-note answer, then post it to a virtual poster.  The best virtual poster I can figure out is a google slide.  I see how to embed them, but how do I embed them as a discussion, or page, or whatever?