Microsoft Education
What is it?
UAB faculty, staff and students have access to Microsoft Education to download Microsoft products such as Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneDrive, Teams and OneNote. These applications are also available for use as web applications in the cloud, where each user has 5TB of storage in a OneDrive account. More information can be found on UAB IT's Microsoft website opens a new website.
Microsoft Education in Canvas
Canvas supports integration with Microsoft Education in Course Navigation, Assignments, Collaborations, Modules, Course Navigation, and the Rich Content Editor. This integration replaces the old Office 365, Teams Classes and Teams Meetings Canvas integrations. Microsoft Education allows students and instructors to use, create, share, collaborate, and meet in real time using Microsoft 365 files within Canvas. Users can also view OneDrive files directly in Canvas.
Features
- Choose if the OneDrive, Teams, Teams Meetings, and/or OneNote Class Notebook are available through Microsoft Education on a course-by-course basis. These features are enabled by default unless the course instructor disables them.
- Create & access Microsoft Teams based on the course roster
- Create & access Microsoft Teams meetings inside Canvas
- Access OneDrive files from inside a Canvas course
- Assign a Word, PowerPoint, or Excel file as a cloud assignment
- Allow students to collaborate on documents within Canvas groups
- Students can select files from their OneDrive to submit to online assignments
- Embed OneDrive files anywhere the rich content editor is available
- Add OneDrive files to Modules that are updated automatically
- Grade Microsoft Education submissions via Canvas SpeedGrader
- Create, Share and Edit a OneNote class notebook for the course
How to Access
Sign in to Microsoft Education Opens an external link.
For more information, including how to install the desktop versions of Microsoft Education apps, please visit UAB IT's Microsoft website opens a new website.
Instructors
Faculty and staff have a Microsoft Education account automatically created by UAB IT. Course instructors should enable the features they would like to use in their Canvas course from the Microsoft Education course navigation link. When choosing to use any Microsoft Education app, add the Microsoft Education link to your Course Navigation menu opens a new website.
The first time Microsoft Education is accessed by an instructor in a Canvas course, you will be asked to choose if OneDrive, Class Notebook, Teams or Meetings are available in the course. Please view our step-by-step guide for more information.
Students
Licenses for students using Microsoft Education will be automatically granted while you are enrolled at UAB.
To get started, visit mail.uab.edu opens a new website and sign in with your BlazerID and password to claim your Microsoft Account. Click the matrix in upper left hand corner to view available apps begin using the web applications.
FAQ
Microsoft has replaced the functionality of several tools with one tool. All previous functionality is available with the new tool accessible from a unified location in Canvas
Content embedded in Canvas with prior versions of Microsoft tools will continue to function. We encourage you to use the new Microsoft Education for new embeds.
Each functionality of Microsoft Education is individually reviewed for use at UAB to ensure data safety and appropriate AI use. Some tools are still under review and will be made available as they are approved.
Learning Accelerators are AI coaching tools that are currently under evaluation for use at UAB. These tools are not currently available for use in UAB Canvas.