{"id":38797,"date":"2026-06-25T09:42:31","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T08:42:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/digitallearning\/?p=38797"},"modified":"2026-06-25T09:44:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T08:44:12","slug":"canvas-commons-groups","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/digitallearning\/blog\/canvas-commons-groups\/","title":{"rendered":"Canvas Commons Groups"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"38797\" class=\"elementor elementor-38797\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cf411b2 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"cf411b2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e3325e0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e3325e0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Canvas Commons Groups allow staff to share content with a defined subset of users within the institution, supporting controlled collaboration and reuse of teaching materials. When a user is creating content and they have been assigned a group they then have the option to share the content with only the group in commons.<\/p><p>In order to have a \u2018Canvas Commons Group\u2019 created, please submit a support ticket to\u00a0<strong><a id=\"menur1nh\" class=\"fui-Link ___1q1shib f2hkw1w f3rmtva f1ewtqcl fyind8e f1k6fduh f1w7gpdv fk6fouc fjoy568 figsok6 f1s184ao f1mk8lai fnbmjn9 f1o700av f13mvf36 f1cmlufx f9n3di6 f1ids18y f1tx3yz7 f1deo86v f1eh06m1 f1iescvh fhgqx19 f1olyrje f1p93eir f1nev41a f1h8hb77 f1lqvz6u f10aw75t fsle3fq f17ae5zn\" title=\"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/digitallearning\/staff\/need-help\/\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/digitallearning\/staff\/need-help\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Link Canvas Tier 1 Support\">Canvas Tier 1 Support<\/a><\/strong>. 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