Creating collaborative Kami assignments in Canvas

Who is this for?

👤 This guide is for Teachers who use Canvas as their primary LMS.

👤 Some features of Kami may only be available in Canvas to users on a Kami paid plan.

The steps in this guide require a Kami assignment sharing link. Learn how to create one, if you haven't already.

What are collaborative assignments?

Collaborative assignments allow multiple users to open the same file in Kami to work on it together. This can be done in Canvas using Kami link sharing.

Before moving on to the steps below, learn more about how to create a Kami assignment sharing link.

Creating a collaborative Kami assignment in Canvas

There are several ways to create collaborative Kami assignments in Canvas. Find the steps for each method below:

From the Canvas Assignments section

Navigate to the Canvas Assignments section on the left, then select the Assignment button at the top right of the page.

In the Assignment window that opens, select the link icon to insert your Kami sharing link in the description section.

Kami link sharing button in Canvas assignment creation

For the Submission type field, select the No submission option.

Submission type field

Once finished, select save and publish.

From the Canvas Modules section

Navigate to your Module, then select the Add (+) button. Afterward, select Create Assignment, then Add item.

Open the newly created item, then select the Edit button.

In the Edit window, select the link icon to insert your Kami sharing link in the description section.

Kami link sharing button in Canvas assignment creation

Once finished, select save and publish.

From the Canvas Pages section

Navigate to the Pages section, then select Add (+) button.

In the Create page window, select the link icon to insert your Kami sharing link in the description section.

Once finished, select save and publish.

Additional features on a collaborative document

Collaborators section

On a collaborative document, you and your students will have access to the Collaborators button (located next to the undo button at the top of the document).

When selected, this opens the Collaborators panel on the right, where you can see each collaborator listed along with their current online/offline status.

All collaborators have the option to hide another user's annotations from their view by selecting the Hide button next to their name, or the Hide All button (located at the bottom of the Collaborators pane).

📝 Hiding another user's annotations will hide them only from your view; it will not remove their annotations from the document or hide them for any of the other collaborators.

Deleting student annotations (for teachers only)

Teachers can remove student annotations by hovering over the annotation and selecting the delete button (trash can icon). A warning message will appear, prompting you to confirm you want to delete another user's annotation.

Students can see the name of the user who made an annotation when hovering over it, but cannot delete or edit it.

Creating collaborative Kami assignments in Canvas

Work on Canvas assignments alongside your collaborators.

Who is this for?

What are collaborative assignments?

Creating a collaborative Kami assignment in Canvas

From the Canvas Assignments section

From the Canvas Modules section

From the Canvas Pages section

Additional features on a collaborative document

Collaborators section

Deleting student annotations (for teachers only)

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