This article is for Students using groups in Canvas who want to create and work on collaborative Google Docs, Slides presentations, and Sheets.
Article Overview
1. Select a Course and a Course Group
1.1. Choose a Canvas Course from your Dashboard
1.2. Choose a Course Group from the Homepage
1.3. Course Groups are located in the bottom right hand side of the Homepage
Select a course group to access a group area in your Canvas course.
2. Access Collaborations from the Group Navigation Link
2.1. Select + Collaborations
(1) Select the Collaborations link on the left. (2) Choose + Collaboration on the upper right-hand side. Link to Create a Collaboration in Your Course Group if your instructor posted an announcement with a link to collaborations
Below is the view of what it looks like if a group member has already created a collaboration.
2.2. Choose Google Apps
To begin creating a collaboration , choose Google Apps after selecting the + Collaboration button.
2.3. Log in / Authorize with Google
You may encounter a Log In / Authorize message. If this happens, select the Authorize button
2.4. Select Authorize
Select the red Authorize button.
2.5. Choose your CSUEB Horizon email account
Select your CSUEB Horizon email account.
2.6. Select Allow
Select the Allow button.
2.7. Set up the Collaboration
Enter your collaborative doc name and description. Then select group members to collaborate with by clicking on each group member's name from the people to the group column.
2.8. Select Submit
Select the Submit button at the bottom to continue. For complete steps to setting up a group collaboration see: Create a Collaboration in Your Course Group.
3. Review Your Group Area
3.1. Select Announcements to Read your Instructor's and peer's messages
In the example, the instructor included links in an announcement for accessing Collaborations. If you do not see instructor announcements in your group area link to Access Collaborations from the Group Navigation Link .
(1) Click on the word Announcements to view messages from your instructor and group members. The message with a red dot (unread) and underlined in red text is from the instructor. The message in black text in from a group member. (2) Select the message from your instructor underlined in red with the red dot.
3.2. Read the Announcement from Your Instructor
(1) Select the download arrow beside any linked document provided in the message. (2) Click on linked words, in this case Collaborations - to begin creating a collaborative Google Doc.
4. Create a Collaboration in Your Course Group
4.1. Read Current Collaborations Instructions
The view below shows Collaborations linked from an instructor's group announcement. This view will be displayed if no other group member has created a collaboration, and you can start one now. If your instructor does not provide a group announcement with a link to collaborations, proceed to Accessing Collaborations from the Group Navigation Link .
4.2. Add a Name and Description to the Google Doc.
(1) Keep the "Collaborate using" set to Google Apps. To create a shared Google Doc (2) keep "Document" selected from the Kind drop down menu. (3) Add a name to the group doc. (4) Type out an informative description for your group members to read and understand the purpose for the doc. Make sure you enter all the information here before moving on.
The three types of collaborations you can select from the "Kind" dropdown menu are: Document - Google Doc format, Spreadsheet - Google Sheets format, and Presentation - Google Slides format.
4.3. Add Collaborators by Selecting Group Members' names in the Left Panel
Selecting a group member's name on the left People column will add them to the group doc.
In the image below, all of the group members from the people column have been added. Select the Submit button to continue.
Selecting Submit will launch the Google Doc inside a new browser tab.
Navigate back to your Canvas group page and see how the Collaboration will display for your group members. The circled "Group 1 Outline" title is linked for you and your group members to access and collaborate on the group project.
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