Want to get your students to collaborate on your Canvas site? How about getting them to work on a Wiki Page together? Wiki Pages, simply called Pages or Content Pages in Canvas, are pages that teachers (by default) or teachers and students can edit. You are probably already using Pages to post a lot of material on Canvas. As the instructor, you can set permissions to allow both students and teachers to edit a shared collaboration page.
Collaborate:
- What could students do with a Page?
- Create a glossary of vocabulary for the units being studied
- Collect and share information/resources on a particular topic (images, links, videos)
- Review for an exam (Q&A, study questions and possible answers)
- Create a class “newspaper” or present different angles on a news story (images, links, writing)
- List key ideas, summarize and/or post questions and comments on an assigned reading
- Present a project (rather than a PowerPoint, have groups create a page)
Use Rich text and media: When a page is created, users can add text, images, documents, presentations, audio/video recordings, links, etc. to share with collaborators.
How?
Click on “Pages” on the left side of the screen (or click on + Content Page within a Module).
A screen with a list of pages on your site will appear. Click on + Page on the upper right.
Below this, some options will be available: You can HIDE the page from students, OR you can set PERMISSIONS that allow Teachers and students to edit the page.
Students will open the page, and click Edit Page to add their content. They can upload files, choose images from Flickr, add links to YouTube, articles, etc., or link to other parts of the course.
Edit content on the page using the Content Selector [1]. Or edit the content using the Rich Content Editor [2] or switch to HTML view to edit [3].