[ARCHIVED] WebDav Parts in Canvas

[GideonWilliams]

A friend is using a different LMS (VLE) Firefly, which is very popular with UK schools. He tells me that the platform allows him to:

(a). Viewable Documents. Drag over an Office file to a page in the VLE. The Office file then displays as open - eg like embedding - video demo​

(b). Open an uploaded Office file displayed on a course, LIVE edit it and save it on the platform without having to download and re-upload - helpsheet​

I have just watched a video of it and it is amazing. Those people who have a school/institution OneDrive account will know that it is impossible to embed PowerPoint/Word/Excel files but this feature allows it.

Further research would seem to suggest that this could be WebDav.

How awesome would this be to have in Canvas?

[sabsmith]

Box.com has a similar integration with Office. Could this LMS have something similar?

[Robbie_Grant]

 @GideonWilliams ,

We are giving the Instructional Designers area a little bit of love and just want to check in with you.  This will also bring this question new attention. 

Were you able to find an answer to your question? I am going to go ahead and mark this question as answered because there hasn't been any more activity in a while so I assume that you have the information that you need. If you still have a question about this or if you have information that you would like to share with the community, by all means, please do come back and leave a comment.  Also, if this question has been answered by one of the previous replies, please feel free to mark that answer as correct.

Robbie

[GideonWilliams]

No answers I'm afraid.