Canvas integration
Edform in Canvas LMS
Add Edform quizzes, interactive worksheets, lessons and video lessons to your Canvas courses. Students open them from the course without another password, Edform grades them and the scores land in the Canvas gradebook.
- Works inside Canvas courses
- No extra passwords for students
- Scores in the Canvas gradebook
How does Edform work with Canvas LMS?
Edform connects to Canvas LMS with LTI 1.3, the standard Canvas uses for external tools. Your Canvas administrator adds Edform once by pasting one registration URL. After that, you add Edform activities to your courses from Assignments (Submission type: External Tool) or Modules (+ → External Tool): a picker with your Edform library opens inside Canvas, you pick an activity, and Canvas places it in the course with a gradebook column. Students click it and land in Edform, signed in. Edform grades their answers and sends each student's best score to the Canvas gradebook. An Edform activity added as an assignment gets its points and due date in Canvas like any other assignment.
Edform at a glance
- Price
- Free for teachers: Basic is free forever, with no credit card, and includes every feature.
- AI tools
- AI teacher tools with 5 AI points a month on Basic and 300 a month on Pro.
- Students
- Students join with a code. They need no email address and no account.
- Grading
- Quizzes and worksheets are graded automatically, with results per student and per question.
- Devices
- Runs in the browser on laptops, tablets, phones and interactive boards. Nothing to install.
- Languages
- Available in 32 languages.
- Works with
- Google Classroom, Microsoft Teams, ClassLink and learning platforms that support LTI 1.3.
- Library
- A free library of ready-made quizzes, worksheets and lessons that teachers can copy and edit.
How to use Edform in Canvas LMS
- 1
Your Canvas admin adds Edform
In Canvas, the admin opens Admin → Developer Keys → + Developer Key → + LTI Registration, pastes https://edform.com/api/lti/register and turns the key on.
- 2
Add an Edform activity to your course
From Assignments (Submission type: External Tool) or Modules (+ → External Tool), choose Edform and pick one of your quizzes, worksheets, lessons or video lessons.
- 3
Students open it from the course
Students click the activity, work in Edform and hand in. Their score goes to the Canvas gradebook.
Try it yourself
No sign-up needed — try it as a student
This is the real Edform player. Answer the questions and see how they're checked.
Your Edform library inside Canvas
When you add Edform to a course, your Edform activities open right inside Canvas. Search, pick one and press Add: Edform creates homework for this course and Canvas adds the link with a gradebook column out of 100.
- Quizzes, worksheets, lessons, video lessons
- Homework only for this course
- Gradebook column out of 100
One click for students
Canvas signs students in to Edform: no codes, no new passwords. The first time, Edform creates their account and puts them in the course's class. Edform also reads the course's student list, so the class is complete before anyone opens a link.
- Single sign-on from Canvas
- Class matches the course
- No join codes
Grades go to Canvas by themselves
Each student's best score goes to the Canvas gradebook as soon as they hand in, and again after you grade open answers. The full report with every answer stays in Edform.
- Sent after each hand-in
- Updated after your grading
- Full answer report in Edform
What you get in Canvas
Single sign-on
Students and teachers open Edform from Canvas without another password.
Activity picker
Add Edform activities from inside Canvas with Deep Linking.
Gradebook sync
Best scores go to the Canvas gradebook, retried until Canvas accepts them.
Course roster
Edform reads the course's students, so its class matches the course.
One-URL setup
Your Canvas admin registers Edform by pasting one URL.
Your existing account
Already use Edform? Connect it the first time and keep all your activities.
Teachers use it to
- 01
Assign auto-graded homework
Quizzes and worksheets graded by Edform, scores in Canvas.
- 02
Add interactive lessons and video
Lessons with questions and videos that stop for questions, all inside the course.
- 03
Stop copying marks
No exporting and importing grades: Edform sends them to Canvas.
- 04
Keep students in one place
Students find Edform work next to the rest of the Canvas course.
Explore more
- MoodleEdform quizzes and worksheets in your Moodle courses, grades in the Moodle gradebook
- D2L BrightspaceEdform quizzes and worksheets in your Brightspace courses, grades in the Brightspace gradebook
- Other LMSs (LTI 1.3)Canvas, Moodle, Brightspace and more: activities in your course, scores in the gradebook
- IntegrationsGoogle Classroom, Microsoft Teams, LMS (LTI)
- Auto-gradingClosed answers checked the moment students hand in
- Online homeworkGive homework with a code and a deadline
Step-by-step guides
- LMS (LTI 1.3)Add Edform to Canvas, Moodle, Blackboard, Brightspace, Sakai, Open edX, itslearning or Blackbaud, add activities to a course and get scores in the gradebook.
- Assign homeworkGive a test as homework with a code, link or QR code and set the deadline.
- Homework reportsSee every student's score, each answer and how the class did on each question.
Frequently asked questions
Is Edform free in Canvas?
Yes. Adding Edform to Canvas, opening activities and sending grades are free for teachers and schools, like every Edform feature.
Which standard does Edform use?
LTI 1.3 with LTI Advantage, the 1EdTech standard Canvas uses for learning tools: single sign-on, Deep Linking to add activities, Names and Role Provisioning for the course roster, and Assignment and Grade Services for grades.
How does our Canvas admin add Edform?
In Canvas, the admin opens Admin → Developer Keys → + Developer Key → + LTI Registration, pastes https://edform.com/api/lti/register and turns the key on. Our LMS guide has the details.
Where do I find Edform in Canvas?
In an assignment, set Submission type to External Tool and press Find, or in Modules press + and choose External Tool. Pick Edform, then your activity.
Will scores match my Canvas points?
Edform sends each score out of 100, and Canvas scales it to the points you set on the assignment.
Do students need an Edform account?
No. Edform creates their account the first time they open an activity from Canvas and puts them in the course's class.
What data does Edform get?
The person's Canvas user id, name, role in the course and, if Canvas shares it, their email, plus the course name and its student list. Edform writes only scores back to Canvas.
Canvas is a trademark of Instructure, Inc. Edform is not affiliated with Instructure.
Bring Edform to your Canvas courses
Create your free teacher account, make an activity, then add it to your course. Free for teachers.
- Free for teachers
- No credit card
- Works on any device