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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.

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  • Works inside Canvas courses
  • No extra passwords for students
  • Scores in the Canvas gradebook
Edform's activity picker inside Canvas, listing the teacher's quizzes, worksheets, lessons and video lessons

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.

How to use Edform in Canvas LMS

  1. 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. 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. 3

    Students open it from the course

    Students click the activity, work in Edform and hand in. Their score goes to the Canvas gradebook.

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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
Edform's activity picker inside Canvas with the teacher's activities and Add buttons

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
A student's homework in Edform, opened from Canvas

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
Edform homework report with every student's score

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.

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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.

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