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Inside of Canvas, click on the link to download an assignment template.
Sign-in to your free Microsoft 365 account at https://www.outlook.com, then click on the waffle icon and select “OneDrive.”
Create or locate the desired file folder. Click to enter the desired folder.
Click “Upload” then “Files”.
Find the correct file on your computer. Select it, then click “Open”.
The file now appears in your One Drive folder. Click on the icon to open the file.
The file will open in Microsoft Word using the same internet browser that you used to open Microsoft OneDrive. Work on the assignment. Microsoft Word will automatically save your changes to OneDrive.
Once you are finished with the assignment and you are ready to upload it to Canvas, go to One Drive. In OneDrive, select the file, then click “Download.” This will download the completed file to your computer.
In Canvas, click “Start Assignment”.
In the File Upload tab, click “Choose File” Find the correct file (the one you just downloaded from OneDrive). Submit that file.