2. Configure the collections for a course
Having answered these three design questions you're ready to start configuring Collections. The first step is to create and configure the collections for your course.
Four steps to configure collections
The process illustrated below can be summarised as follows.
| Step | Description |
|---|---|
| 1. Turn on Collections | Initially, Collections is turned off for a course. The first time you start using Collections on a course you must turn it on |
| 2. Turn on editing | Once Collections is turned on you will be able to see Collections navigation interface elements. Before any configuration takes place, this is likely to be quite bare. Before you can make any changes you must turn Edit on. At any one time, only one person in one browser window can be editing Collections for a given course. |
| 3. Add a new collection | With Edit on you can start adding new collection(s) by providing a collection name and choosing an initial representation. |
| 4. Check the collection | Optionally, once created you can check that it has been created. |
1. Turn on collections
On the Modules page, if Collections is installed, you will see the Collections element. If Collections has not been previously turned on for the course, you will see a switch. Click that switch to turn Collections on.
2. Turn on editing
At any one time, only one person can edit Collections for a course. Before you can make changes - like adding a new collection - you must turn Edit on
Students can't see an unpublished Collections
The newly created Collections configuration (just a normal Canvas page) will be unpublished. This means students will not be able to use live Collections. You need to publish it before they can.
Collections inline help provides more detail (see the animated image below for more)
3. Add a collection
With Edit on you can start adding new collection(s) by providing a collection name and choosing an initial representation.
4. Check the collection (and goto 3)
Once created you can check what's been created and/or you can continue to add more collections.