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Groups, Peer Review, and Google in Canvas

Gregory Beyrer

  • DE coordinator & adjunct history professor, Cosumnes River College
  • Course facilitator, @ONE

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Outcomes

  • Create structured opportunities for student-to-student interactions that support the achievement of course learning outcomes
  • Understand the different methods for group formation, peer review, and sharing Google Drive in Canvas

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Fourth-wall break #1: In person vs. Zoom

John Landis, Trading Places, 1983.

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Outline

  • Student Groups in Canvas
  • Google and groups
  • Peer review
    • Rubrics and peer review
  • Q&A

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Student groups in Canvas

  • Manual, automatic, or self-enrollment?
  • A mini-course for each group
  • Student access to “grouped” discussions
  • Group assignment submissions

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Fourth-wall break #2: Students for software demos

Sam Raimi, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, 2022.

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Ideas for Google & groups

  • Google Drive items for each group
    • Create separately and then share with each group
    • Be mindful of Google share settings
  • Collaborations (main course or inside a mini-course)
    • Students can create their own

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Peer review

  • Using groups not required
    • Class-wide or within groups?
  • Manual or automatic assignment?
    • Be mindful of due dates
  • Students cannot give a grade to each other
    • Relevant rubrics make peer review more effective

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Q&A

Gregory Beyrer

professorbeyrer@gmail.com

Tim Marshall, Painted red, Unsplash.