Collaborations

00:07: How do I use the collaborations index page? 00:14: In course, navigation, click the collaborations link. 00:18: The collaborations page displays all collaborations that have been created for the 00:22: course. For each collaboration, you can view the name of the collaboration, 00:26: the description, the person who created the collaboration, and the 00:30: date and time, the collaboration was created. 00:34: To create a new collaboration, click the start a new collaboration button. 00:39: Depending on your institutions preference, you may be able to create a Google 00:43: Drive collaboration, or create a Microsoft Office 365 00:47: collaboration. If your collaborations page does not 00:51: match the image shown in this lesson, you can still create a Google Docs 00:55: collaboration. 00:58: To open a collaboration, click the name of the collaboration. 01:21: To edit a collaboration. Click the edit icon to delete a collaboration. 01:25: Click the delete icon.

The video explains how students can work together in a shared document using Google or Microsoft Office, and how a teacher sets this up in Canvas.

To use a shared document, students need a Google or Microsoft Office account. Students and teachers at the University of Iceland have a Microsoft Office account and can sign in at office.com using the same username and password as in Ugla.

Microsoft Office
To use Microsoft Office collaboration documents in Canvas, the teacher must enable Office 365 in the course navigation menu. This is done in Settings > Navigation, by dragging Office 365 into the active links area and saving the change.

Students may need to sign in at office.com before they can start working in the shared document.