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Was explaining how I structured my collaborative group work discussions on Zoom to friends who found it helpful and suggested I share it (caveat--not reinventing the wheel). I used Word online (what my institution uses), but it would work with Google Docs or any document editor.
First, create a number of shareable, open-editing documents with specific questions to work through and find references in the primary sources. Then post the links in your LMS (or Slack, or whatever) with numbers attached to them. In this case I did 6 small groups of 3-4 each.
Next, make a corresponding number of breakout rooms in Zoom and had them click on the number link for the room they were in, and then each group worked through the questions and they edited their notes as a group all at once.
It worked really well for folks who were using smartphones or calling in from a phone line, because they could say out loud their thoughts and the students on laptops would type it for them. They could follow the doc collaboration on their end.
Revisiting the notes and source gathering during our next session with new random groups and a new set of sources, so that students can see how their peers approached and worked through the same topic from a different angle. Everyone will have access to all docs at the end.
