How to Collaborate on Presentations and Folders

How to Collaborate on Presentations and Folders

Collaborative editing lets you work together on presentations or folders and present them with other AhaSlides users.

Adding your Collaborators:

Add Collaborators to your Presentaion:

There are two ways to add collaborators to your presentation:

1. In the presentation editor toolbar - You'll see an icon containing your profile image and a ''+'' icon



2. You can also click on the Share menu button and choose Add Editors tab


Clicking either of these will bring up the 'Invite to edit' menu. From here, you can add your collaborators via their email addresses. Once added, your collaborators will be listed in this menu alongside a dropdown box where you can remove them as a collaborator.

 


Your added collaborators will receive an email informing them that they've been given editing rights in your presentation. You will always remain the owner of the presentation.

Protip 👊: If you're using AhaSlides team plan, on the 'Invite to edit' menu you will see an option to 'Select team members'. Clicking this will open another menu where you can handpick the team members you want to share editing access with.

Add Collaborators to your Folder:

1. From the Dashboard view, locate and select the folder you wish to share.
2. Click on the 3-dot menu positioned to the right of the presentation name within the selected folder and choose 'Add Collaborators'



4. In the provided field, type the email addresses of the collaborators with whom you want to share the folder. After entering the email addresses, click the 'Add' button to confirm and grant access to the selected team members.


Now, the chosen collaborators will have access to the shared folder within your Personal Workspace.

Editing and Viewing:

At present, it is not yet possible for two people to edit a presentation at the same time. While your collaborators have permission to edit and present the same presentation, there can only be one person actively editing or presenting the presentation at any given time.

Your collaborators can view the presentation while it is being edited. When your collaborators are viewing the same presentation, their profile picture will show up in the top toolbar beside the 'Invite' button.

Share Bar

When there is at least one person editing and one person viewing the presentation, one of two bars will appear at the top of the editor:

For the person who is editing:

View bar-1

For anyone that is viewing:

Take over bar

Users seeing this second bar will have two options:

  1. Take over - Pressing 'Take over' will immediately make you the editor of the presentation and will turn whoever is currently the editor into a viewer.

  2. Refresh - Pressing 'Refresh' will refresh the page so that you can view any new changes made by the editor.

As long as there is no one currently editing or presenting the presentation, any collaborator can press the Present button to start presenting that presentation immediately.


Removing Collaborators' Access:

Should you need to revoke access from a specific collaborator, simply click on the dropdown menu next to the collaborator's name. From the dropdown options, select 'Remove' to initiate the process of revoking access.



This action will remove the collaborator's access to the presenter presentation or folder, ensuring that they no longer have visibility or editing rights.

Finding Shared Presentations or Folders on the Dashboard:

As the owner, any presentation or folder that you share with a collaborator will still appear in the 'My Presentations' tab with the rest of the presentations you've created.

As an added collaborator, any presentations or folders that you've been invited to collaborate on will appear in the 'Shared with Me' tab.

Shared with me

From here, any added collaborator can Leave a presentation/folder that they've been invited to edit by right-clicking on them (or clicking on the 3-dot button on the right side), then choose 'Leave'

For presentations:


For folders:




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