Enable Authorship for assignments in Canvas

Before Authorship can be enabled for assignments in Canvas, it must be installed by a Canvas admin. Learn more: Set up Grammarly Authorship in Canvas LMS

First method: Make assignments require Authorship reports

Once Authorship is set up, instructors can enable it for assignments in Canvas by following these steps:

1. Check the box next to Require Authorship Reports and click Authorize Grammarly Authorship.
   
2. On the next page, grant Grammarly Authorship access to your account by clicking Authorize.
   
3. Once completed, you will see a message saying “You successfully authorized Grammarly Authorship.”
   

Once you authorize Grammarly Authorship, the next time you enable the Authorship report for a new or existing assignment, you will see the message “You have already authorized Grammarly Authorship” and won’t need to authorize again.

Note: For existing assignments where Authorship was turned on but no one authorized it beforehand, you will still see the prompt to authorize it.

For existing users who previously provided an admin token, Authorship for Microsoft Word submissions will still work if the new approach hasn’t been implemented. However, we highly recommend switching to the new authorization process outlined above. Once authorization for the assignments is complete, please contact your Grammarly sales representative to delete the old admin-level token.

Second method: Change the submission type

1. Open an assignment and set the Submission Type to Grammarly Authorship. 

   

2. Click the Grammarly Authorship Assignment button to see the instructor preview.

   

3. Save and publish the assignment.
4. Authorship reports submitted by students will appear in the Grammarly Authorship reports section of the assignment page.