Managing the Microsoft Education Integration in Canvas

[GinaDonovanGC]

We are having an issue with the number of SharePoint groups being created by the Microsoft Education integration with Canvas. Faculty are using the integration, which is great, but how are people managing all of the SharePoint groups being created by this? Are there any good archive and management policies you have rolled out? Has anyone found a way to turn off the group creation by reconfiguring the settings in Canvas or O365?

[mae_case]

This is the exact same problem that happened to our institution several years ago when we installed our Microsoft Office integration to our previous LMS (Blackboard Original)! It caused a huge, confusing mess because it created creating hundreds of SharePoint sites and groups for all our old and existing courses automatically, with no way to turn the "feature" off. We promptly turned off the LTI permanently, especially since our team had to manually delete all the newly-created groups from it.

It's interesting to see this same behavior continue today in a newly-released LTI for Canvas.

[dbrace]

Hi @GinaDonovanGC,

I do not have an answer for you but I do not have recommendations based on Microsoft 365 LTI FAQ - Microsoft Support.

If we need assistance or have questions about this update, who should we contact?

You can contact Microsoft Education Support through https://aka.ms/EduSupport.

Additionally, you can attend Join Microsoft’s LTI Office Hours the 1st and 3rd Thursday of each month, 11am EST @ https://aka.ms/LTIOfficeHours.

The third Thursday of November is on the 20th so maybe you can attent that office hour if you still have a problem.

I hope those two options help you out.

-Doug