How do I create an Office 365 Collaboration document (Word / Excel / Powerpoint)?
Canvas Collaborations 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.
Instructors can create a Microsoft Office 365 document (Word / Excel / PowerPoint) to serve as a collaboration document and select individual users, groups, or both as part of a collaboration.
YouTube video demonstrating Canvas / Office 365 Collaboration:
Go to Collaborations
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This displays the current and new collaborations.
Under Collaborate Using, select Office 365
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NOTE: You may be required to log into your Tufts Office 365 account.
Under Type, select either Word, Excel or PowerPoint
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Name the document and add a description if needed
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Click on the names of the students you want to collaborate on the document, then click Save
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NOTE: If you use Groups on your site, click on the Groups tab and assign the collaborative document to a group.
-Students click on the Collaborations tool
-Then, click on the name of the Document
-Then, click on open in a new page
-Then, click Edit document
Students will have to log into their Tufts Office 365 account to access the document. Non-Tufts students (who do not have a Tufts Office 365 account) will not be able to access the collaborative document.