Last updated: July 20, 2022.
Class now provides instructors with the ability to sign in to their Google Docs or MS Office 365 account in order to launch files directly into Class sessions. Once enabled from the Class admin portal, instructors will have the ability to launch each tool from the Collaborate menu.
Google Docs (available by the end of July!)
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Once launched from the Collaborate menu, users will be prompted to log in to their Google account. This login screen will open in a web browser.
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Users will be required to select which Google account they would like to use with Class and will be taken through the standard authentication process for that account.
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Upon successfully authenticating, users will be asked to authorize Class to access their Google Docs account.
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Once the integration has been authorized, users will be directed back to the Class app. The 20 most recently edited or created files will be shown by default. Users will be able to search among these files, scroll down to load more files, or create a new file.
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Once a file has been selected for launch, users will have the option to set permissions for the file for other participants in the Class session. Users will also have the to revert these permissions once the file is closed within the session.
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Once launched, the file will appear in its own tab for all participants in the session. Participants will now be able to collaborate on the document per the edit permissions that were set prior to launch.
Microsoft Office 365 (available on macOS)
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Once launched from the Collaborate menu, users will be prompted to log in to their MS Office 365 account. This login screen will open in a web browser.
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Users will be required to log in to their Microsoft Office account and will be taken through the standard authentication process for that account.
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Upon authenticating, users will be directed back to the Class application. They will now see their Microsoft Office files arranged in the same structure as is used in their Microsoft OneDrive. Users will also be able to create new files.
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Once a file is selected, users will have the ability to set file permissions for the document, as well revert these permissions after the file is closed in the Class session.
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Once shared to the Class session, the file will appear in a tab and will be viewable by all participants. Depending on the permissions that were set for the file, participants will also be able to edit the file.
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