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Google Course Tools is an external app that helps you integrate Canvas with Google at IU. Currently this tool facilitates sharing and collaboration among class members by creating a collection of folders for the course in Google Drive and two Google groups for managing permissions on the folders. Additional features, including a course mailing list, will be added in the future.

• Create shared folders for different purposes. Options include an instructors-only folder, a folder for sharing course materials with the entire class, student drop box folders, and a file repository for anyone in the class to share.
• Customize permissions for TAs and Designers. You can determine whether TAs and Designers can access and can view protected content such as student drop box and instructor-only materials
• Help students share content with classmates. In folders where they have read/write permissions, class members can create new Google files, upload files from their local device, or select existing Google files to share with everyone who can access the parent folder.
• Get roster synching with Canvas. The membership of the Google Groups associated with the course is synchronized with the Canvas roster on a nightly basis, but you can also initiate a manual roster sync at any time.