Estimated Time to Complete
7 minutes

Collaborations, Groups, Peer Review, and Microsoft Teams

Welcome to Lesson 7, where you'll learn to:

Know Canvas tools used to collaboratively work with others.
Use Collaborations to work with others.
Participate in Groups with your classmates.
Complete a Peer Review assignment.
Learn how to use New Microsoft Teams.

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Note: Instructors can choose to use Collaborations, Groups, Peer Review, or Zoom and each course at UIW may differ - always refer to the syllabus or clarify expectations with your instructor.

Collaborations

The Collaborations tool is used to coauthor documents with up to 50 other people in your course. It works with your personal Google account or your UIW Microsoft OneDrive. Watch the 2-min Collaborations Overview video to see how to:

✔ Invite others to or accept an invitation for a collaboration.

Groups

The Groups feature in Canvas creates a space for your group to work together with Announcements, Discussions, Pages, and more. You access Groups using the Global Navigation Menu once you have joined a group or been enrolled in a group by your instructor. If your Group is part of an assignment, only one member needs to submit the work on behalf of the group. Watch the 2.5-min Groups Overview video to see how to:

✔ Access Groups and navigate within a group space.

✔ Join or leave a self-sign-up group.

✔ Participate in your group using the tools available.

Peer Reviews

A Canvas Assignment can be set by your instructor to require Peer Review, where you review the work submitted by one or more classmate and a classmate reviews your work. The instructor sets a date and time after the initial assignment is due for when Canvas is to connect peers with work to review. You'll be notified of this requirement in the Recent Activity Stream, the To Do list, in the individual assignment page, and by email once it has been assigned. It's important to submit your work by the initial due date so that the Canvas process of assigning peers works properly.

How do I know if I have a peer review assignment to complete?

How do I submit a peer review to an assignment?

Microsoft Teams

Microsoft Teams (aka Teams) is a workspace for real-time collaboration and communication, meetings, file and app sharing, and more. To learn all about Teams visit the dedicated Teams at UIW page below!

Microsoft Teams at UIW

Canvas Guides

Collaborations

People and Groups

Assignments