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What to do

Typically, group results are presented in class presentations, group reports or other collaborative products.

LIVE GROUP PRESENTATIONS

  1. Provide or pre-record (with PowerPoint) your instructions for a live group presentation …

Typically, group results are presented in class presentations, group reports or other collaborative products.

LIVE GROUP PRESENTATIONS

  1. Provide or pre-record (with PowerPoint) your instructions for a live group presentation session and upload this to Canvas. You can explain how the live session is structured, what you expect students to do, and how the grading procedure works.
  2. Set up your grading rubrics in Canvas SpeedGrader.
  3. Schedule a live Zoom session of max 90 minutes in Canvas.
  4. Let your students present their findings (10 min max) live in Zoom, group by group. Provide 10 min breaks after 30 minutes.
  5. Grade the presentations in Canvas SpeedGrader.
  6. Alternatively, you might have too many students to conduct live presentations within one timeslot or other challenges that make live presentations inappropriate for your class. In that case, you can have students present their presentation in Canvas, see below.

CANVAS GROUP PRESENTATIONS/REPORTS/PRODUCTS

  1. Provide written or pre-recorded PowerPoint instructions for the assignment and upload this to Canvas. You can explain what you expect students to do and how the grading procedure works.
  2. In case of presentations, have your students record their presentation with Powerpoint.
  3. Let your students submit their presentation, reports, or showcase their product in Canvas Assignments.
  4. Set up your grading rubrics in Canvas SpeedGrader.
  5. Provide feedback with SpeedGrader in Canvas. Alternatively, you can use Feedback Fruits to provide (peer)feedback in a great interactive manner.
  6. Grade your students in Canvas SpeedGrader with rubrics.
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Tools to use

MS 365 PowerPoint - Presentation tool for your students and for you to record a presentation.
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Check out these instruction videos on how to record and save your presentation and how to upload it on Canvas made by Fam te Poel (UvA TLC).
Canvas Assignments - Online tool for submission and online grading of assignments.
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Here are the instructions to set up an assignment in Canvas.
Canvas Rubrics - Online grading grid used with a Canvas Assignment. Helps to grade faster and more consistently.
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Here are the instructions on how to set up a rubric up and how to use rubrics for grading submissions.
SpeedGrader in Canvas - Online tool in Canvas to provide feedback in an efficient and effective manner.
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This built-in tool allows you to highlight elements in the text, provide inline written comments, write overall comments and you can even leave a voice or video recording. Find out more here.
Feedback Fruits - Online (peer)feedback tool in Canvas.
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First, check with your ICTO team if your department uses Feedback Fruits. Here are the instructions to use the peer-feedback functionality.
ZOOM - Online communication tool to provide live group sessions.
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Check out short instruction videos on how to schedule a Zoom session in Canvas, the basics of Zoom and using Zoom polls (made by Fam te Poel, UvA TLC). Full instructions can be found here. And yes, there are even pdfs, on Zoom etiquette for students and how to monitor Zoom attendance.
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Why do this

LIVE GROUP PRESENTATION

Live sessions help your students to stay connected to the course and each other. But, attending online live sessions takes up a lot of the participants’ energy, including your own. Therefore, your online …

LIVE GROUP PRESENTATION

Live sessions help your students to stay connected to the course and each other. But, attending online live sessions takes up a lot of the participants’ energy, including your own. Therefore, your online sessions are shorter and with more breaks in between than in an offline setting. By preparing a rubric using SpeedGrader you can instantly assess your students in an efficient manner and students get their ‘just-in-time-feedback’.

CANVAS GROUP PRESENTATIONS/REPORTS/PRODUCTS

Using Canvas to showcase and grade group assignments can be very efficient and effective. Adding a rubric to your assignment makes grading more consistent between different graders, helps to speed up grading, and to give students insight into how their grades came into being. Setting up a new rubric is a time-investment, but in the long run it can save you a lot of time.

You have various tools available to provide peer-feedback in an interactive manner too. Peer-feedback can increase the amount of valuable feedback for students. Note that it often doesn’t save the lecturer too much time as he/she has a different role to fulfill; providing feedback on the peer-feedback. If you leave out this part, students often tend to underestimate the value of peerfeedback and perceive it as ineffective additional work. A plenary Zoom session or pre-recorded video in which you discuss the best feedback and your general view on the products (main mistakes, issues, things to attend), helps to overcome these issues.

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Tips

  • Live Presentations: Take advantage of the online setting to increase student engagement and peer feedback. Let students provide one compliment, one suggestion for improvement, and/or one question in the chat after each presentation.
  • Live Presentations: Assign student roles to generate questions and lead a discussion after a few presentations.
  • Use the SpeedGrader audio feedback tool in Canvas. For each student, you can record an audio message with the main feedback point. This is a fast way and provides a personal touch to your feedback.
  • After a Canvas group assignment (and peer-feedback), set up a plenary Zoom session or record a video in which you discuss the best feedback and your general view on the products (main mistakes, issues, things to attend). This speeds up the feedback process. In case of peer-feedback students know you’re monitoring the process. With Feedback Fruits you can also provide (peer)feedback on skills.