Canvas Collaborations enable instructors and students to work together on the same document at the same time using Google Docs (and other tools in the Google Workspace) and Office 365. Collaborative documents are saved in real-time, meaning a change made by any user will be immediately visible to everyone. To participate in Collaborations using Google, students must log into their UW Google account, not their personal account.
UPDATE 9/16/2026: the previous Office 365 integration has been replaced by Microsoft Education LTI 1.3. When setting up a new Office 365 collaboration, please select "Microsoft Education" from the menu of options. The outdated integrations for Office 365 and OneNote/Class Notebooks will be deprecated on 9/17/2026.
Microsoft Education may require a separate login to connect your UW Microsoft account to your Canvas account. Please sign in using your UW email address and your NetID password when prompted.
Previously, there have been two separate Microsoft integrations: one for OneNote (also called Class Notebooks) and one for OneDrive/Office 365. Now, these are combined into a single Microsoft Education integration. This integration can be accessed through Collaborations, used as an external tool for Assignments, or added directly to your Course Navigation.
Browsers that protect against cross-site tracking can sometimes cause issues with integrations like this in Canvas. It seems like there are specific issues emerging for some Firefox users staying signed into the app. If you experience this issue in your Firefox browser, you can either disable the "enhanced tracking protection" feature in Firefox or try accessing the integration through another browser like Chrome, Safari, or Edge.
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