How to Enable Collaboration in a Canvas Course

To enable the "Collaborations" menu for all students, Click "Settings"

Click the "Navigation" tab.

Click the more menu next to "Collaborations"

Choose to "Enable" the Collaborations link in the course menu.

Click "Save"

Now that the Collaborations menu has been added to the course menu, you can click the Collaborations link to create a new shared document in Google Drive with students in the course.

Click "+ Collaboration"

Give the new shared document a title.

Use the pull-down menu to choose a file type to create.

In our example, we will create a Doc.

Give the file a description.

Click the check box to add collaborators to the document. You can invite anyone who is enrolled in the Canvas course. This makes adding students to shared documents easier.

When finished, click the "Create" button to create the shared file.

You may be asked to confirm your choice to create a document in Google drive.

Now that a new collaborative document has been created, students only need to click on the "Collaboration" link to find a list of documents they can edit together.

Students can click on the title of the document they wish to edit.