On August 11, 2026, ICON will be switching from several Office 365 connections to one connection through Microsoft Education.
The ICON and Office 365 integration allows instructors and students to use, create, share, and collaborate on files from Office 365 in ICON.
The Office 365 integration appears in several areas in ICON such as Assignments, Collaborations, and Modules. There is also an integration with the Rich Content Editor that opens up even more areas for connecting a course to a user’s OneDrive for Business, such as in Announcements, Discussions, and Quizzes.
When using the ICON and Office 365 integration, users will log in with their HawkID and password to allow Office 365 to connect their information to ICON. If a user is not able to view a file, check the document viewing permissions in Office 365 to ensure that the user has permission to view that document.
Overview Videos
Collaborations
- How do I create an Office 365 collaboration as a teacher?
- How do I create a Microsoft Office 365 Collaboration as a student?
| Scenario | Google Docs | Office 365 |
|---|---|---|
| Create a collaboration link to a document, spreadsheet, or presentation | No | Yes |
| Create a collaboration link to a document | Yes | Yes |
| Supported by University of Iowa ITS | No | Yes |
| Collaborative editing of a word document | Yes | Yes |
Assignments
Accounts and the ICON and Office 365 integration
Users who have a healthcareID will receive email notifications about shared files from Canvas, but will not receive email notifications from OneDrive for Business about changes to shared files.
| ICON and Office 365 integration | OneDrive for Business | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Email notifications from Canvas | Email notifications from OneDrive for Business | Email notifications from OneDrive for Business | |
| HawkID user's HawkID | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Healthcare user's HawkID | Yes | No | No |
| Healthcare user's HealthcareID | No | No | Yes |