Authentic Lessons for 21st Century Learning
In LEARN, you can add collaborators and co-write lessons. Here’s how:
Find or create a lesson, strategy, or other document that you want to collaborate on.
On your “My Learn” page, select the “Edit” icon to the far right of the document,
While in edit mode, select the “Meta” tab.
Scroll down until you find the section labeled “Collaborators.” Add a collaborator by typing their name in the search bar. An email won’t return results—use their first or last name. Keep in mind that you can only add collaborators who have a LEARN account.
Now that you’ve added your partner, select “Save” at the top of the screen and then select “Close Draft.” Now you can both edit the content.
Only one collaborator can edit at a time. This is because LEARN prevents users from overwriting each other’s work by locking the document while an author or collaborator is editing it. For example, If your collaborator tries to edit your lesson while you are editing it, they will see an “Access Forbidden” error page. On the other hand, if you see that page, it probably means your collaborator is editing right now or has the page open. You can use the back button on your browser to get back to your My Learn page.
You won’t be able to see edits applied to the document until the last person to edit has saved the document and closed the draft. You can see the status of a document by looking at the “Status” column on your My Learn page. (The “Open Draft” status means someone is editing the document. Once they select the “Close Draft” button in edit mode, the document will be available for others to edit again.)
You may notice that the actions icons available to the creator and to the collaborator are different. A lesson owner can edit, copy, submit for publication, and archive. The collaborator can only edit and copy.
That’s the basics of collaborating with others in LEARN.