{"id":2591,"date":"2023-10-10T11:23:19","date_gmt":"2023-10-10T10:23:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/fmstel\/?p=2591"},"modified":"2023-10-10T11:23:20","modified_gmt":"2023-10-10T10:23:20","slug":"collaborative-documents-in-canvas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/fmstel\/2023\/10\/10\/collaborative-documents-in-canvas\/","title":{"rendered":"Collaborative Documents in Canvas"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Some group tasks are easier to complete using Word\/Excel\/PowerPoint. The easiest way I have found to share the files with students is to create a folder in SharePoint and provide a link to the folder in Canvas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"891\" height=\"408\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/fmstel\/files\/2023\/10\/group-docs-before.png\" alt=\"group activity. each group has a document. one link to access folder on onedrive\" class=\"wp-image-3048\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/fmstel\/files\/2023\/10\/group-docs-before.png 891w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/fmstel\/files\/2023\/10\/group-docs-before-300x137.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/fmstel\/files\/2023\/10\/group-docs-before-768x352.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><figcaption>Task while the module is running<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>At the end of the academic year, I find its best practice to upload the completed documents and remove the link to SharePoint.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/fmstel\/files\/2023\/10\/group-docs-after.png\" alt=\"group activity showing links to 7 group documents\" class=\"wp-image-3049\" width=\"596\" height=\"428\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/fmstel\/files\/2023\/10\/group-docs-after.png 887w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/fmstel\/files\/2023\/10\/group-docs-after-300x215.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/fmstel\/files\/2023\/10\/group-docs-after-768x552.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 596px) 85vw, 596px\" \/><figcaption>Task after module is complete<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Benefits<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Files are not lost, should a member of staff leave the University<\/li><li>The SharePoint files can be rolled back to a previous version and reused<\/li><li>The link in the original task can be used year after year<\/li><li>Files can no longer be edited by past students<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Negatives<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Can be time consuming if you have a lot of group activity files to upload<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some group tasks are easier to complete using Word\/Excel\/PowerPoint. The easiest way I have found to share the files with students is to create a folder in SharePoint and provide a link to the folder in Canvas. At the end of the academic year, I find its best practice to upload the completed documents and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/fmstel\/2023\/10\/10\/collaborative-documents-in-canvas\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Collaborative Documents in Canvas&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7576,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[12,697,77],"class_list":["post-2591","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-guide","tag-canvas","tag-microsoft","tag-online-learning"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/fmstel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2591","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/fmstel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/fmstel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/fmstel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7576"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/fmstel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2591"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/fmstel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2591\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3083,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/fmstel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2591\/revisions\/3083"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/fmstel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2591"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/fmstel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2591"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/fmstel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2591"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}