Collaborations
The Collaborations tool lets you create shared documents for your students in Office365 (Word, Excel, or Powerpoint online) or in Google Docs from your Canvas course. Students do not need to register Office365 accounts, since it is connected to their University accounts. To receive shared Google Docs, students and teachers must give Canvas permission to access their GoogleDrive account in Account > Settings. Google Docs allows you to add up to 50 users per collaboration, and all users can view and edit a document at the same time. Participation can be scored by having students turn in the URL as a graded Assignment.
- Guide: What are Collaborations? Links to an external site.
- Guide: How do I create a Microsoft Office 365 collaboration as an instructor? Links to an external site.
- Guide: How do I start a Collaboration with a Student Group as an instructor? Links to an external site.
- Guide: How do I connect to Google Drive? Links to an external site.
Click here to view more Canvas Guides about Collaborations. Links to an external site.
Additional video: Collaborations Overview from Instructure Links to an external site.