Using a Page as a Student Wiki

Asynchronous & Synchronous Collaboration in Canvas

There are many opportunities in Canvas for students to work collaboratively.

There are two major features in Canvas that are particularly useful for student collaboration: Pages and Collaborations.

Pages afford students the opportunity to collaborate in an asynchronous (multiple people editing a document at different times) fashion while collaborations allows students to collaborate in either a synchronous (multiple people editing a project simultaneously) or asynchronous fashion.

In this tutorial, we'll look at using the Page as a student wiki.

Advantages of using Pages include:

Students do not have to leave Canvas to complete the assignment.

• Students can add, edit, and delete their own work, the work of other students, and your work
• All student work is captured on the page, including an instructor viewable page history detailing who made what changes
  
• Easy to use WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get) text editor

Disadvantage of using Pages include:

• Real-time editing not supported
• If two users are editing the page at the same time, the first user to save will erase the second user’s edits.

 

Accessibility Concerns

There is a learning curve to using this feature with a screen reader, but completing the task may be possible.

The accessibility of web-based applications is frequently changing. Ongoing conversations and evaluation will be needed to ensure the needs of all UT Austin instructors and learners are met. Students with Disabilities office at http://www.utexas.edu/diversity/ddce/ssd/ Links to an external site..