How do I let an assistant edit the course I have open?

With the course open in Xogogy, you can watch your assistant work: each change lands on the slide as it is made, and an activity card names the assistant and counts its changes.

Turn on the live connection

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   Open your course. It does not need to be saved yet; the sample course, a new course or a fresh import works too.

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   Choose File › Options › Settings and turn on Allow assistants to connect. The header shows Assistants: on, waiting.

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   Ask your assistant for a change, for example "Add a slide called Summary at the end."

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   The first time, Xogogy asks who may connect. Choose Allow for this session, Read only or Deny. Read only lets the assistant look at the course but refuses every change.

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   Watch the change appear. The activity card in the bottom-right corner reads, for example, Claude is working…, then sums up the run with Undo all, Show changes and Dismiss. See How do I follow my assistant's work on the activity card?.

When you and an assistant edit at the same time

While you have text open for editing on the slide, an assistant's change never throws away what you are typing:

• It tries to change, move or delete the object you are typing in: the change is refused straight away and nothing in the course changes. Your assistant is told Object is being edited by the person; try again shortly, so it can wait and try again after you finish.
• It changes a different object: the change waits until you finish your edit (press Esc or Ctrl+Enter, or click outside the text), then applies. If you are still typing after about 10 seconds, your assistant is told you are busy and can send it again.
• The course changes underneath your edit some other way, for example the object is removed: the edit ends, your typed text is copied to the clipboard, and a message above the slide shows it, such as Your unsaved text is on the clipboard: followed by the text. Paste it back where you want it.

Hold changes until you accept them

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   In File › Options › Settings, turn on Review assistant changes before they are applied.

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   Each assistant change now waits in a list for you to choose Accept or Reject. Nothing is applied until you accept it. A change you do not accept within five minutes is refused, and turning the setting off refuses every waiting change. Your assistant can still read the course while changes wait.

Your choice lasts until Xogogy closes or you turn off Allow assistants to connect. Every assistant change is recorded in the history under the assistant's name.