FeedbackFruits - Automated Feedback

- Let students run automated feedback before handing in final document
- Use in Peer Feedback and Assignment review processes
- Set feedback criteria for structure and language
- Set feedback criteria for referencing and indexes
- You can use templates for common types of assignments
- Students can also set their own criteria (student autonomy)
- Best for English language, Dutch language still in development
- Not to be used for grading purposes
How to add FeedbackFruits to Canvas?
FeedbackFruits is available in Canvas. However, it's hidden away how to add it. This guide will show you exactly how to add the tool to Canvas.
Go to guide Links to an external site.How to set up and use Automated Feedback as a teacher?
Feedbackfruits offers a guide that will walk you through all the steps to use Automated Feedback, from how to set up the assignment to how to monitor student progress.
Go to the site Links to an external site.How to use Automated Feedback as a student?
Do you want to give you students instruction on how to use Automated Feedback? Send this guide. Feedbackfruits offers a guide that let you see the Automated Feedback from the student perspective.
Go to the site Links to an external site.Want to know how to use Automated Feedback as a teacher? Then watch this video.
If you cannot find your question here, try to find it in the FAQ.
Learning to write as an academic is one of the main learning goals in many programmes of VU Amsterdam. It is the responsability of each programme to design courses and provide training to students.
Improving academic writing in Dutch
Go to the Academic Workbench of the Faculty of Humanities with overall information on written academic texts in Dutch.
Go to pageIt is not only about text, it is about the research as a whole
Rene Bekkers of VU Amsterdam wrote an extensive Open Educational Learning Resouce (OER) to become better in academic research writing. He made a practial guide. Follow the link to use this free resource for your teaching and learning.
Go to page Links to an external site.Improving academic writing in English
The University of Manchester has an excellent website on learning and writing academic texts. Check it out.
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The University library has a number of LibGuides to help you find and process literature.
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VU Amsterdam has a unique center of expertise and support on academic language: the Academic Language Programme. Check out their services to see how your teaching or programma can benefit.
Go to pageInform students clearly about the fact that you ask or oblige them to use the Automated Feedback. Be aware that the system does not work 100% accurate (it can vary between 30-80% based on current experiences) and that it is important that students interpret the feedback themselves. Per feedbacksnippet, student can indicate if the feedback was usefull or not. By doing so, the system will improve over time.
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VU-specific FAQ
+ My FeedbackFruits assignment is running, but (one of) my students are experiencing technical difficulties. What do I do?
+ How do I check for plagiarism in FeedbackFruits?
+ If I copy a Canvas course what happens with the FeedbackFruits assignment settings?
+ I've created the entire FeedbackFruits assignment, but it didn't save in Canvas. What happened?
+ How do I change the language in FeedbackFruits?
Step 2: Go to this Feedbackfruits assignment in Canvas. In the top right corner, there is an option to open a menu. This is visualised as three dots placed vertically. If you click on these, three options will be revealed: Edit, Share and Preferences. Choose Preferences.
Step 3: Here you will see the option to change the language. You can change this to three different languages: English, French and Dutch. You only need to change the language once: after you have selected the preferred language it will automatically be updated within your Feedbackfruits environment.
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