FeedbackFruits - Discussion on Work
Please note, starting the last weeks of september 2024 you may need to provide renewed consent to share your details between FeedbackFruits and Canvas due to new functionalities. This is normal behavior of the system and only needs to be done once you call up the FeedbackFruits Toolpicker.
- Students discuss each others' work
- Students can be assigned to specific peers
- Students can participate in open discussion
- Create requirements or specific areas for focus
- Overview of student participation
- Integrated in Canvas
Setting up Discussion
We made a step by step guide for you how you can set up FeedbackFruits Discussion in Canvas and how to use the tool.
Step by step guide Links to an external site.Discussion | Teacher Perspective
Feedbackfruits offers a guide that let you see Discussion setup from teacher perspective
Go to the site Links to an external site.Discussion | Student Perspective
Feedbackfruits offers a guide that let you see Discussion setup from student perspective
Go to the site Links to an external site.Video: 8:26 min. Want a demonstration of FeedbackFruits Discussion? Then watch this video to get rundown of what to expect.
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Discussion in class
In this example, Chiel van der Veen explains why and how he uses discussions during his classes.
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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?
+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.
The VU privacy statement for FeedbackFruits
The VU has a contract and a data processing agreement with the supplier. These contain all kinds of provisions that prohibit the supplier from using personal data of VU employees and VU students for their own purposes (such as reselling). There are also a variety of security agreements in the agreement about when employees of the supplier may view data (almost never) that enters the application and what the supplier must do to minimize the chance that third parties can view or change data.
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