There are several tools within Quercus that can help promote collaboration among your students. 

The Quercus Discussion Board

The Quercus Discussion board is a discussion board tool to allow students to have conversations within Quercus. You can also create graded Quercus Discussions.

Wiki Pages in Quercus

Pages in Quercus can be set up as wiki pages, allowing students to participate in collective authoring.

Quercus Groups

The group feature in Quercus allows you to give groups of students a separate group space in Quercus for collaborative work, graded or ungraded.