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joeturek608
Copper Contributor
Aug 09, 2020

Fillable MS Word forms in Teams assignments.

I tried to make a simple syllabus with a signature field for students and parents to sign virtually. Yes, it'd be nice if they could draw their signature there and not edit the document itself. But i...
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harveer singh
Steel Contributor
Aug 16, 2020

Hey joeturek608 ,

 

It appears that you are hitting a limitation around what features are available in word online, since word online doesn't have an option to draw (or i couldn't find one) and is limited around formatting features, any attempt to use such features is forcing people to open the document in word desktop app.

I don't know how feasible it is for you but Onenote can be a good option, not a neat one though, but may be workable :

 

Instead of a text box ( which again most probably is not available in OneNote online) you can use a table with one column instead. Like in screenshot, you can dedicate a signature field at the bottom and students can draw directly via teams. 

If you have access to 'Class or Staff Notebooks for Office 365 Education' you may be able to insert 'Forms' directly into OneNote as well, they should remain clickable but i couldn't test it due to lack of education subscription. Here is a link for the same:

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/insert-a-form-or-quiz-into-onenote-0a96a3a7-5e36-4eda-abc6-99417911f0bc

 

Thanks

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