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Collaborating with comments and suggestions

A setting where your edits show as proposed changes, not final ones. The file owner can accept or reject each one, and comments can be resolved when finished.

Part of: 7-8 Digital Technologies: Sharing online and managing projects — Module 2, ACARA Digital Technologies Years 5–6 — Digital Footprints — Module 48

Understanding Collaborating with comments and suggestions in Years 7–8 Data & Information

What it does: Switching to Suggesting mode means your changes are only proposals until the file owner accepts them. Accepting a suggestion makes the proposed change part of the final file. Typing @ and a name is an @mention. It tags that person so they get notified about your comment. A suggested edit proposes a change to the text. A comment is a note that does not change the text. Resolving a comment marks it as finished and tidies up the file. The comment is not lost and can be reopened. Resolve is the button used to close off a comment thread when the feedback has been dealt with.

Common mistakes: Viewing mode only lets you read the file, so you can't make edits. To propose changes the owner can accept or reject, use mode ← Suggesting. Owners accept or reject suggested edits. Resolve is for comments. The line should be owner.accept(edit).

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Learning

Duo

You want to change a sentence in your teammate's shared doc, but they should approve it first. Which mode do you use?

Editing modeSuggesting mode

Matches

Mode: Editing (to propose a change for the owner to approve)

↓

Editing mode changes the file straight away. To propose a change the owner can accept or reject, you need Suggesting mode.

Applying

Meanings

Term

Suggesting mode

Meaning

A setting where your edits show as proposed changes, not final ones. The file owner can accept or reject each one, and comments can be resolved when finished.

Practice

@Mia please check the title on slide 2

Testing

Gaps

Switch to mode before you edit.

Check Answer

Spots

1mode ← Viewing

2edit(para2, 'add the date')

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Quick Questions

1. You want to change a sentence in your teammate's shared doc, but they should approve it first. Which mode do you use?

A. Editing mode

B. Suggesting mode ✓

Suggesting mode shows your change as a proposed edit. The owner can accept or reject it. Editing mode changes the file straight away.

2. A teammate suggests an edit in your file. You are the owner and you like it. What do you do?

A. Accept the suggestion ✓

B. Resolve the suggestion

Owners accept or reject suggested edits. Accepting makes the change part of the file. Resolving is used for comments.

3. You want to ask Mia a question about a paragraph and make sure she gets a notification. What should you type in your comment?

A. #Mia

B. @Mia ✓

Typing @ and a name is an @mention. It tags that person so they get notified about your comment.

4. Which one shows your change as a proposed edit that can be accepted or rejected?

A. A suggested edit ✓

B. A comment

A suggested edit proposes a change to the text. A comment is a note that does not change the text.

5. Your teammate fixed the problem you pointed out in a comment. What should you do with that comment?

A. Resolve it ✓

B. Delete the whole file

Resolving a comment marks it as finished and tidies up the file. The comment is not lost and can be reopened.

Match the Pairs

@Priya can you check this? → Tags a teammate in a comment so they get a notification and know you need their help

Resolve → Marks a comment as finished and tucks it away once the issue has been dealt with

Suggesting mode shows your edits as proposed changes that the owner can accept or reject → Mode: Suggesting

The owner reviews a suggested edit and keeps it in the file → Click Accept

Mode: Editing (to propose a change for the owner to approve) → Editing mode changes the file straight away. To propose a change the owner can accept or reject, you need Suggesting mode.

Priya, check this (no @ symbol) → Without the @ symbol, Priya is not mentioned, so she may not get a notification. It should be @Priya.

Key Term

Suggesting mode

A setting where your edits show as proposed changes, not final ones. The file owner can accept or reject each one, and comments can be resolved when finished.

Fill in the Blanks

1. Switch to Suggesting mode before you edit.

Hint: Type the name of the mode that shows your edits as proposed changes.

2. @Mia can you check my intro?

Hint: Type the symbol that tags a teammate in a comment.

3. Owner clicks Accept to keep a suggestion.

Hint: Type the button word the owner clicks to keep a proposed change.

4. Owner clicks Reject to remove a suggestion.

Hint: Type the button word the owner clicks to turn down a proposed change.

5. Fixed it? Click Resolve on the comment.

Hint: Type the action used to close a comment once the feedback is dealt with.

Spot the Error

Question 1

A mode ← Viewing

B edit(para2, 'add the date')

C owner.accept(edit)

Line A — Viewing mode only lets you read the file, so you can't make edits. To propose changes the owner can accept or reject, use mode ← Suggesting.

Question 2

A mode ← Suggesting

B edit(title, 'Ocean Facts')

C owner.resolve(edit)

Line C — Owners accept or reject suggested edits. Resolve is for comments. The line should be owner.accept(edit).

Question 3

A comment(para2, 'Add source')

B mention(@Mia)

C Mia.reply('Done, added it')

D owner.accept(comment)

Line D — A comment is not accepted. Accept and reject are for suggested edits. When a comment is finished, it is resolved: owner.resolve(comment).

Question 4

A mode ← Suggesting

B edit(para1, 'Change title')

C if owner.agrees(edit)

D owner.accept(edit)

Line C — The if line is missing its colon at the end. It should be if owner.agrees(edit): so the indented line below belongs to it.

Question 5

A edit(para4, 'Remove ending')

B owner disagrees

C owner.accept(edit)

D original text stays

Line C — If the owner disagrees with a suggested edit, they should reject it so the original text stays. Accepting would make the change permanent. It should be owner.reject(edit).

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