Collaborating with Other Teachers

To view a video of the following procedure, navigate to the following link:
https://youtu.be/7hySO1peC1k

You can work together with other teachers (as well as principals and curriculum directors) to create and share courses. For example, you may want to write the content for one section while other staff members write other sections. Only the Owner of a course can add collaborators.

1.On the Dashboard, click Settings on the course on which you want to collaborate.

The Course Settings screen displays.

2.At the top of the screen, click Collaborators.

The Collaborators screen displays with your name beside a drop-down list with Owner listed as your Role.

3.Click .

In the Name column, a new text box displays.

4.In the text box, enter at least the first 3 letters of the first or last name of the person you want to add.

A listing of potential matches displays beneath the field.

5.Select the desired name from the list.

6.In the Role column, select one of the following roles for the collaborator:

•Reader – Can tie course to GradeBook classes and assign activities (default)

•Contributor – Full access to editing content; cannot rename or delete course

•Owner – Full access to editing content, adjusting settings, and renaming or deleting a course (there must be at least one owner on a collaborated course)

Note: For more detailed permissions by role, see “Permissible Tasks by Role.”

Note: The information on this screen saves automatically.

Note: As the owner, you can change a user’s role at any time by returning to this screen and selecting a new role in the Role column for a collaborator.

On your Dashboard,  displays beside the name of the course in collaboration. This symbol also displays for the other collaborators.

7.(Optional) After all authors have added their content (or at any time if you wish to stop collaborating), you can end the collaboration entirely or remove only some collaborators by clicking Remove in the Action column for the collaborator(s) you want to remove.

Ending a collaboration results in collaborators being unable to edit or read content that displays in the course you own, as they can no longer access the course from their Dashboard screens. If you want a collaborator to be able to assign activities from the course but not edit its contents, you must assign the collaborator the Reader role.

Permissible Tasks by Role