FeedbackFruits - Interactive Document
Tired of students who come unprepared to class? With Interactive Document you can motivate students to read the required literature. It also promotes deeper learning and allows students to read the literature together.- Students place annotations into the literature and respond to each other
- Add questions directly in the literature
- Promotes out of class discussion
- Overview of student participation
- Integrated in Canvas
- Be aware of copyright
Setting up Interactive Document
We made a step by step guide for you how you can set up Feedbackfruits Interactive Document in Canvas and how to use the tool.
Step by step guide Links to an external site.How to set up and use Interactive Document as a teacher?
Feedbackfruits offers a guide that will walk you through all the steps to use Interactive Document, 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 Interactive Document as a student?
Do you want to give you students instruction on how to use Interactive Document? Send this guide. Feedbackfruits offers a guide that let you see the Interactive Document from the student perspective.
Go to the site Links to an external site.Try Feedbackfruits Interactive Document yourself!
Want to try and use the tool yourself? We set up a practice assignment for you to try the tool as a student (make sure you're enrolled in this course).
Try it yourselfVideo: 5:38 min. Want a demonstration of Interactive Document? Watch this video.
If you cannot find your question here, try to find it in the FAQ.
Motivating your students to read literature with Interactive Document
With FeedbackFruits Interactive Document you can motivate students to read the literature so that they're prepared for class. But how to best use this tool in order to accomplish this goal? Download this page to receive practical teaching tips on how to use this tool best.
Download documentWhat are good annotations?
Perusall, a similar tool to FeedbackFruits Interactive Document, has written articles what good annotations are in different disciplines. They give examples of real student annotations. You can also share these links with your students to teach them what good annotations are.
Go to examples Links to an external site.How to encourage students to do their self-study assignments?
FeedbackFruits Interactive Document plays a role in motivating students to do their self-study assignments. But how can you promote students to do their work in general? These five tips can help out!
Go to pagePlease help us collect inspiring examples. If you have an interesting example to share, or if you come across an example worth sharing, please tell us by filling out this Contact Form Links to an external site.. Your help is much appreciated.
The most up-to-date FAQ can be found on this website of the supplier. Links to an external site.
VU-specific FAQ
+ If I copy a Canvas course what happens with the FeedbackFruits assignment settings?
+ My FeedbackFruits assignment is running, but (one of) my students are experiencing technical difficulties. What do I do?
+ Can I upload any content in Interactive document?
+ 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.
Privacy statement Links to an external site.Be aware of copyright
Scientific articles and other educational materials are often copyrighted. When using copyrighted articles in FeedbackFruits, the Easy Access Agreement applies. Please check the infographic if your articles or books can be used in FeedbackFruits. Also make sure to turn off the download button in FeedbackFruits.
Easy Access Agreement Links to an external site.Want help with copyright?
Do you need help and want to know if the material you want to use for your classes can be uploaded to FeedbackFruits? You can ask your Subject Librarian for help or send an e-mail to steunpuntleermaterialen.ub@vu.nl. They are happy to help and know exactly what is allowed to be used.
My subject librarianInformation on copyright
The UB has created this page to explain more about copyright. Any questions? You can also contact them via steunpuntleermaterialen.ub@vu.nl.
Dealing with copyright in educationDo you have a question?
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Ask my faculty supportRather set up an appointment?
Using a new tool can be challenging and it can take some time to master the new tool. That's why the VU Education Lab offers the possibility to set up your first learning activity using this tool together with an expert, for free. Use this form or send an email to onderwijswerkplaats@vu.nl.
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