How do you manage Canvas Course created SharePoint sites?

[SLSYDGRAM]

Hello,

I've recently joined a program in eLearning and IT, and I've noticed that our current setup in Canvas integrates with Microsoft SharePoint. This integration creates individual SharePoint sites for each course every year. Over time, this results in thousands of SharePoint sites for various courses in our SharePoint environment.

Has this setup become an issue for anyone else? Is it safe to remove these SharePoint sites after the course concludes? 

Thank you for your insights.

[dbrace · Accepted solution]

Hi @SLSYDGRAM,

I am replying to this to give it a bump and for some conversation.

My institution does not use Microsoft SharePoint and we do not have Microsoft (in any capacity) integrated with Canvas. Maybe other institutions have used Microsoft SharePoint with Canvas but I feel it is probably more likely that others have integrated Microsoft 365 (OneDrive) or Microsoft Teams because (whether in business or education) they are Microsoft's more popular product offerings.

If you go to https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/lti/?view=o365-worldwide, you will see on the left-side a section of guides dedicated to "Canvas integrations" and SharePoint is not listed (yes, I understand that "365" is different but it is a website/webpage dedicated to Microsoft's LTI offerings; I even learned about something new called Microsoft Reflect).  I also briefly browsed through https://learn.microsoft.com using different keywords and there does not seem to be much of anything related to SharePoint and Canvas (most of which seemed to be for "canvas" in a different context and not the LMS) and LTIs.

I did do a Google Search for "microsoft sharepoint canvas lms lti" (not in quotes) and the first result (even in a different web browser, without any previous browsing data and without being signed into Google, something I regularly do so that search results are less likely to be skewed) and the first result was the link provided above.

I do not have much more to say besides that but maybe others in the Community will.

-Doug

[GinaDonovanGC]

I also have this question and issue. It does not look like the reply that is marked as a solution is really a solution. We are using many aspects of the Microsoft Education integration so we don't want to just disable it, but are really struggling with all of the extra SharePoint groups made with this integration. Does anyone have a management solution?

[dbrace]

Hello @GinaDonovanGC,

I am sorry but I do not have an answer but have you looked at...

1. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/lti/?view=o365-worldwide
2. https://lti.microsoft.com
3. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/lti/microsoft-365-lti-canvas?view=o365-worldwide
4. https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/educationblog/preview-the-new-microsoft-365-lti%C2%AE-for-y...
5. Microsoft 365 LTI Office Hours
   • 1st and 3rd Thursday of each month
   • @11am EST
   • https://aka.ms/LTIOfficeHours

Besides those resources and office hours, your next best option would be for your Microsoft 365 Admin to contact Microsoft for assistance and possibly have a one-on-one working session.

-Doug