Do a quick search online, and you’ll see lots of messages asking for help to the tune of “Google Drive won’t let me download my files.”Ī common error here is HTTP 403, saying that access to … was denied. The downloading part, however, does sometimes break. You can even share files with others and download them too.
You can edit all kinds of documents, including Microsoft Office ones, right within the app.
Personal accounts get 15 GB of storage for free basic corporate accounts get 30 GB. Thanks to the dominance of Gmail, both in our personal and professional lives, lots of us have switched to Google Drive for our cloud storage needs. Please view this guide for more information.CloudMounter connects unlimited storage to Finder.
If the assignment you are accessing displays differently, your assignment may be using the Assignment Enhancements feature. However, if you prefer, you can disable this feature setting in your user settings. If enabled in your account, Canvas plays a celebration animation when you submit an assignment on time. 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. 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. In Google Drive assignments, you can only submit one file for your submission. Otherwise, you must enable Google Drive a web service in your user profile to upload Google Drive files.
If your course displays a link to your Google Drive in the Course Navigation Menu, your course has enabled Google Drive directly. If the Google Docs or Google Drive tab is not available in your submission, your institution has not enabled this feature. You can also upload any uploaded Word (.doc/.docx), Excel (.xls/.xlsx), PowerPoint (.ppt/.pptx), and PDF files not converted to Google Docs formatting. Unlike other assignment submissions, files from Google Drive are not uploaded into your Canvas user files.Ĭanvas accepts Google Doc, Google Sheet, and Google Slide files. If your institution has enabled Google Docs or Google Drive as a submission type, you can upload a file from Google Drive for an assignment.