Intro to Collaborations
Canvas leverages technologies like Google Docs allow multiple users to work together on the same document at the same time. Collaborative documents are saved in real-time, meaning a change made by any of its users will be immediately visible to everyone.
Collaborations that leverage Google Docs require that all participating learners have created and linked their Google account to their personal Settings.
You can use Collaborations to:
- Copy and paste lecture notes that everyone can access.
- Share with your students bullet-point lists or agendas for upcoming synchronous class time or meetings.
- Create a text-based whiteboard that everyone in the classroom can see and refer to later.
- Assign student groups a collaborative assignment. Require them to turn in the URL as a graded Assignment. Note: As an instructor, if you want to create a document for a certain group, create it within the group. Or you can create a Collaboration Links to an external site. in the course by adding a group per document.
To Open Collaborations, select the Collaborations tab on your Course Navigation Bar.
To Create a New Collaboration, select the "Start a New Collaboration" button.