How to add a Google doc for students to collaborate

The Collaborations tool allows you to create a Google Doc within Canvas that you can make available to students in your course. This provides a subset of users with a document they can add to and edit and allows you to view their activity on the document.

Steps:

1. Within your Canvas course site, click on the “Collaborations” link in the left nav menu
   
   
2. Give the document a name. The description is optional but helpful to signal to students the intended purpose of this document
   
   
3. Give users access to the document by clicking on the user’s name. You can also add groups of students at a time by toggling to the Groups view
   
   
4. Click “Start Collaborating” to create the shared Google Doc. You can always access these documents by clicking on the Collaborations link in the left nav menu of your course. When students click on the Collaborations link, they will only see the documents they have been added to.