Creating collaborative Kami assignments in Schoology

Who is this for?

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

👤 Some features of Kami may only be available in Schoology 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 Schoology

1. Navigate to your Schoology course, then select the Add Materials button at the top of the page.
In the dropdown menu, select Add File/Link/External Tool.

You will then be prompted to select between File, Link, or External Tool. Select the Link option.

2. In the Add Link window that opens, paste your Kami sharing link and add a title to your assignment. Once finished, select Add.
Add Kami sharing link

Afterward, your assignment will appear in the course as a link-based assignment for students to complete with Kami.

Kami assignment view

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.