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I created a Microsoft 365 LTI assignment in Canvas LMS, but there is no submit button for student.

Nan Schutz 0 Reputation points
2026-03-25T04:15:38.44+00:00

After creating a Microsoft 365 LTI assignment in Canvas LMS, I log in as an enrolled student and click on the OneDrive Word Doc, edit the doc then close it. But there is no Submit button anywhere. When I log back in as a teacher, the assignment shows 0/0 turned in. Speedgrader also shows no submission. What am I missing!! It shouldn't be this difficult to create an assignment.

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  1. Doris V 1,695 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
    2026-03-25T05:06:45.16+00:00

     Hi @Nan Schutz, 

    When you create a Microsoft 365 Cloud Assignment in Canvas, students should be able to open the OneDrive Word document, edit it, and have Canvas automatically register the submission. There is no manual Submit button for this type of assignment. If Canvas is still showing “0/0 turned in” after a student edits and closes the document, it means Canvas did not receive the automatic submission event. 

    To understand what is preventing the submission from being captured, I need a bit more information about how the assignment was created and how the student accessed it. Could you tell me: 

    1/ Whether you selected the “Microsoft 365 Cloud Assignment” option when creating the assignment, or whether the file was added using another method. 

    2/ Whether the student sees a Microsoft 365 Cloud Assignment banner when opening the document in Canvas. 

    3/ Whether the assignment uses the Microsoft 365 LTI 1.3 integration provided by your institution. 

    4/ Whether students are signed into Microsoft 365 inside Canvas with the correct institutional account. 

    In the meantime, my recommendation is to delete the existing assignment, re-create it using Assignments > Submission Type: External Tool > Microsoft 365 > Cloud Assignment, after that select the file inside the Cloud Assignment picker, save and publish to check if it can resolve the issue. 

    Note: Please understand that as a forum moderator, my primary goal is to provide helpful guidance and support through general troubleshooting steps. While I don’t have access to internal systems or test devices required to resolve backend/account issues, I truly appreciate your understanding of these limitations.  

    I hope you find this information helpful. If you can share the information above, I will be able to investigate further. 

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    2026-03-25T04:16:00.9166667+00:00

    In Canvas, a Microsoft 365/OneDrive file attached as an External Tool template is only a submission if the assignment itself is configured with an online submission type that uses that tool. Simply opening and editing the embedded Word document does not count as a submission by itself.

    To get a visible Submit/Turn in action for students and have submissions appear in SpeedGrader, check these points when editing the Canvas assignment:

    1. Ensure the assignment is created using the Microsoft 365 / Microsoft Education external tool workflow, not just as a file link:
      • In the course, go to Assignments.
      • Use More (… ) → Microsoft Education to create the assignment and attach the OneDrive Word document as the student template.
      • This path creates the correct LTI-based submission workflow where each student gets their own copy and can submit it.
    2. Verify the submission type is set to use the OneDrive/Microsoft 365 external tool:
      • In the Canvas assignment settings, the Submission Type should be External Tool pointing to the Microsoft 365 / OneDrive LTI, or Online with file uploads allowed so students can upload from OneDrive.
      • If the assignment is only a page with an embedded document or a regular file link, Canvas will not show a Submit button and nothing will appear in SpeedGrader.
    3. Confirm the OneDrive LTI is correctly enabled in the course:
      • A Canvas admin must have added the Microsoft OneDrive (or Microsoft 365) LTI app to the root account and/or course via Settings → Apps → View App Configurations → Add App using the LTI client ID.
      • If the LTI app is not correctly configured, the assignment may open the file but not provide the full submission experience.

    When configured as an LTI assignment template (Microsoft Education / OneDrive external tool), students open the assignment from Canvas, edit their own copy of the Word document, and then use the Canvas submission action provided by the LTI. Those submissions are then visible to educators in the assignment summary and in SpeedGrader.

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