• Collaboration with Word

    One of the huge benefits of working 'in the cloud' (working online), is that multiple people can access the same document at the same time. This means that you can be writing a document while a colleague is also editing it at the same time.

    • Activity 1

      Co-authoring Documents

      Allow 30 minutes

      In this activity you will be challenged with sharing a document with someone else and working on it together. Get ready to 'phone a friend!'

      Task 1: Real-time Co-authoring

      Work through the resources on this website, then have a go at the challenge below.

      Link: Collaborate on Word documents with real-time co-authoring

      Link: Share with the click of a button

      Challenge:
      • Create a document in Word and save
      • Share the document with another person or with yourself using a different email account
      • Update the document together at the same time

      Task 2: Sharing

      Work through the resources on this website, then have a go at the challenge below.

      For a more detailed look check out the following resources:

      Link: Word real-time co-authoring - a closer look

      Link: Office Online - chat with your co-editors in real-time

      Link: History - collaborate with confidence!

      Challenge:

      Find someone who you can share a document with and experiment with collaboration and chat. This will only work if both people are part of the same 'organisation' (i.e. have an email address with the same organisation) and are online at the same time.

    • Activity 2

      Tracking Changes and Using Comments

      Allow 60 minutes

      Another useful feature of Word regarding collaboration is the ability to 'track changes' and/or make comments on the document.

      Task 1: Track Changes and Comments

      Work through the resources on this website, then have a go at the challenge on page 6 of the website.

      Link: Track Changes and Comments


      Task 2: Track Changes extended

      Work through the resources on this website to get a more in-depth understanding, then have a go at the challenge below.

      Link: Track Changes

      Challenge:

      Find someone who you can collaborate with and experiment with tracking changes, e.g. create a brief document, share it with them and get them to make some changes while 'Track changes' is turned on. Get them to return the document to you and be sure to view the different 'Markup' options. What happens when you make some additional changes?

    • Checkpoint

      Collaboration with Word Self-Assessment

      Now that you've completed the activities in this module, take the time to complete this self-assessment of how competent you think you are in using Word to collaborate with others.

      Follow the instructions by clicking the link below.

    • Collaboration with Word Self-Assessment Quiz
      You have to add at least one completion condition.

    • Discussion

      Collaboration with Word Forum

      Using the forum below, click the 'Add a new discussion topic' button and perform the following tasks.

      1. Using a PNI format (Positive, Negative and Interesting) post something that you found useful, something that you found difficult or confusing, and something that you would like to find out more about relating  to the activities in this part of the module.
      2. Share at least one additional resource (web link, video etc.) that you think would help any other students working through this module.
    • Collaboration with Word Forum