Group Work & Collaborations

Setting up Groups in Canvas

Click on People > "+ Group Set" to get started. You can create a different group set for each project in your course.

Canvas can automatically create groups for you within the group set, or you can create them manually.

Once groups are set up, students will receive a notification that they have been added to a group. Each group receives their own collaboration space inside of Canvas with dedicated storage space.

On the Groups page, the instructor may observe each group's reserved space.

How to: Set up Groups Manually in Canvas Links to an external site.
How to: Set up Groups Automatically in Canvas Links to an external site.

 

Collaborations

The Collaborations link in the left hand menu allows your class to collaborate together on a document using Office 365. Students have the ability to do this within their groups as well. 

How to: Create a Collaboration Links to an external site.