Summary

This article describes how to access Office 365 through Collaborations.

How-To

Instructions

The Collaborations tool in Canvas uses Office 365 for collaborating. If the instructor of your course has enabled access to Collaborations, it will appear in the course menu list as "Collaborations". All faculty and students have an account on Office 365. After accessing Collaborations, you have to login to Office 365.

The login process will only be required the first time you access Office 365 through Collaborations from inside of a course. This connection between Office 365 and the course will be saved so the next time you access Collaborations you will be passed through to your Office 365 environment.

How to login to Office 365 in Collaborations

Step 1 - Log in to Canvas and navigate to your course.

Step 2 - In the course menu list, click on Collaborations.

Step 3 - Under Start a New Collaboration, select Office 365 from the "Collaborate using" field.

Step 4 - Select the blue Log In button.

Step 5 - Login with your school's username and password.

Even if the student or faculty has setup a different email address as their default Canvas account, Office 365 collaboration requires the user to login using their school email address. If the user has used Office 365 at other schools, the school email address must be used in your Canvas course. Select the change user button to switch to the option for logging in with a different email address.

NOTE: If you get an error message, try clearing your browser Cache and relogin to the Collaborate site.

Next step collaboration!

Visit Collaborating with Office 365 for help

Outcome

You understand how to access Collaborations within Office 365.

Need additional help?

Submit a Canvas (myCourses) support request or visit the Technology Help Desk Support page to locate your local campus contact information or to submit an online technology support request.  For password issues you must call or visit the Help Desk in person.