You can upload a file from Google Drive for an assignment. Unlike other assignment submissions, files from Google Drive are not uploaded into your Canvas user files.

Canvas accepts Google Docs, Google Sheest, and Google Slides files. You can also upload any uploaded Word (.doc/.docx), Excel (.xls/.xlsx), PowerPoint (.ppt/.pptx), and PDF files not converted to Google Docs formatting.

Notes:

Canvas will require you to authorize access to your Google Drive account. You can enable Google Drive a web service in your user profile, or you can grant access while submitting the assignment.
When Google Drive files (docs, sheets, and slides) are uploaded as a submission, the files convert to their Microsoft counterpart file types and appear in the submission as respective Word, Excel, or PowerPoint files. This conversion essentially preserves the submission in its current state; any changes made to the file in Google Drive will not be updated in the submission.

Open Assignments

In Course Navigation, click the Assignments link.

Select Assignment

Click the title of the assignment.

Submit Assignment

Click the Submit Assignment button.

Add Google Doc File

Click the Google Doc tab.

Submit Assignment

Google Drive will display a list of all allowed file types. Click the name of the file [1], then click the Submit Assignment button [2].

View Submission