Collaborate on a OneDrive File

You can have an entire class or group of students collaborate on a Word document, PowerPoint slides, or Excel spreadsheet using the Collaborations tool in MyClasses. If you need to add Collaborations to your course navigation, review this video tip about organizing your course menu. Before using collaborations, click on Office 365 from the course menu and log into Office 365 using your SU credentials. Have students complete the same Login process before accessing documents in Collaborations.

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Set up Collaborative Documents using Office 355

To have multiple students edit the same document in real time, you can:

1. Go to Collaborations from your course navigation menu:
   
   
   

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2. Click on Start a New Collaboration:
   
   
   

   
   
   
   

3. In the "Collaborate using" drop-down menu, select Office 365:
   
   
   

   
   
   
   

4. ID&D recommends logging into Office 365 before you create a Collaborative Office document to avoid receiving this error message:
   "Your session has expired, please log back in. An unexpected error occurred."
   
   
   

   
   
   If you are not logged into Office 365, you will be prompted to Log in using your SU credentials, however you may still receive the above error message until you return to the Office 365 menu item to log into directly to the LTI tool:
   
   
   

   
   
   
   

5. Once logged in, determine the document type (Word, PowerPoint or Excel spreadsheet), and add a name and description for the document:
   
   
   

   
   
   
   

6. Select the People or Group who are to collaborate on that document. When you select a person or group, their name will appear on the right:
   
   
   
   
   

7. Scroll down and click Save:
   
   
   

   
   
   
   

8. The collaboration will show in the Current Collaborations list where individuals would select the title to access the document.
   
   
   

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