Collaborations with Microsoft Office 365 | Overview

What is a Microsoft Office 365 Collaboration?

A Collaboration is a shared Word Document, Excel Spreadsheet or PowerPoint Presentation. Each member assigned to the Collaboration can work, synchronously or asynchronously, and contribute to the resource.

Why Use Collaborations?

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    • Collaborations make it easy to create and share resources in your Canvas course. 
    • Collaborations can be created by any user, if the Course Navigation is enabled for students. 
    • When students are organized into Groups, they can access and create Collaborations for group work.
    • Collaborations save to the users' OneDrive and can be used as a File Upload submission in Canvas. 

Creating a Microsoft Office 365 Collaborations

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      1. Open Collaborations from your Course Navigation.
      2. Create a new Collaboration.
      3. Add Collaborators.
      4. Scroll down and select Save.