Collaborative documents provide an opportunity for students to work together on one file. In the Course Content page you can create a collaborative document by embedding files from Office365. Collaborative documents provide an opportunity for students to work together on one file which has been created and embedded from Microsoft OneDrive.
Adding a collaborative document to the Course Content area
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new collaborative documents in ultra or you can embed existing files from Office365.
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Create a new collaborative document in ultra
Within the Course Content window, hover your mouse where you wish to create the new collaborative document and select the (purple) + icon. Select +Create
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From the Create Item menu, scroll to the bottom section and select Cloud Collaboration, under Participation and Engagment.
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The first time you create an embedded cloud document, it takes some time to initialise. You will be asked to check back after some time. |
The information dialog usually only appears the first time you attempt to upload an existing document. When you check back, you will see a new collaborative document. Give the document a name and add a description. Then click Save.
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When the document is ready, you will see a message to confirm that the collaboration has been saved.
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In the Cloud Document Settings, you can enable Class conversations if this is needed.
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Click Save.
Your collaborative document will be embedded in the content area.
Make the document visible for your students to work collaboratively (1)
Remember to click Refresh before editing the document to ensure you update the document with any changes made by others (2)
To begin to work on the document, click Edit document (3)
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Embed an existing document for students to collaborate
You can also add an existing document which has been created in Microsoft OneDrive and embed it in your Course Content.
Hover your mouse where you wish to add the new collaborative document and select the (purple) + icon. Select +Create
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Enable Class conversations if this is needed.
Click Save.
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Your collaborative document will be embedded in the content area.
Make the document visible for your students to work collaboratively (1)
Remember to click Refresh before editing the document to ensure you update the document with any changes made by others (2)
To begin to work on the document, click Edit document (3)
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Your new collaborative document now resides in a Sharepoint folder associated with this module. Changes made in the original document in OneDrive will not appear in the collaborative document - only those which you and your students make through the module in ultra will be reflected in the collaborative document. |
For more information about collaborative documents check out Blackboard Help for Microsoft OneDrive
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