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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

  1. Within the Course Content window, hover your mouse where you wish to add the new collaborative document and select the (purple) + icon. Select +Create

Course content view, context menu, create highlighted

  1. From the Create Item menu, select Embedded Cloud Document.

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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.

  1. This information dialog usually only appears the first time you attempt to upload an existing document.

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  1. The next time you select Embedded Cloud Document, your OneDrive files will be available for you to choose from.

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  1. Choose the file you wish to upload by clicking the radio button to the left of the filename. Then click Select.

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  1. Enable Class conversations if this is needed.

  2. Click Save.

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  1. Your collaborative document will be embedded in the content area.

    1. Make the document visible for your students to work collaboratively (1)

    2. Remember to click Refresh before editing the document to ensure you update the document with any changes made by others (2)

    3. 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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