Educational Technology & Distance Learning Manchester Community College

 This workshop will provide pedagogical and technical guidance for the provision of electronic feedback to students. Participants will learn how to provide effective and time- efficient feedback using a variety of tools such as Microsoft Reviewing, audio comments in Microsoft Word, VoiceThreads, and Jing.

 Summative  Formative  Individual: Comments on assignments, conferences  Group: Questions about the class forum, group work, peer reviews  Personalized: Salutations, use of student’s name  Boilerplate: FAQ, copy & paste  Demonstration of correct method  Questions that lead students to answers  Suggestions for alternatives

 Orally  In writing (style & tone)  Body language  Expressions and tone of voice  Attitude  Modeling  Rubrics  Electronically: Blackboard Vista discussion boards, journals, announcements, MS Word, VoiceThreads, Jing, etc.

 Common understanding of purpose  Understanding of how to decode feedback  Strategies to use feedback for improvement  How to communicate with instructor about feedback  Understanding how to use technology that delivers feedback

 Cognitively  Emotionally

 Stage of learning  Learning style  History/past experiences (baggage)  Too much information (cognitive overload)  Student’s perception of self as learner  Student’s perception of instructor (expert, parental figure, guide, enemy, etc.)

 Clarity  Timeliness  Timing  Tone (oral and written)  Personalization  Sufficient, but not overwhelming detail (pick your battles)  Explains why and shows how  Modeling  Inclusion of strengths as well as weaknesses  Context  Opportunities for improvement  Appropriate delivery method  Opportunities for discussion (journals, , phone)  Action plan to empowering student’s control of learning  Opportunities for student reflection  Opportunities to apply/practice feedback in different situations (recursive)

 Students comment on their work before handing it in, using rubrics, questioning, or marginal comments that explain process (MS Word Reviewing)  Students respond to instructor comments before receiving grade  Revision cover letter  Journaling (Blackboard Vista)  ePortfolios  Facilitated group critiques (Blackboard Vista)  Guided peer critiques (Blackboard Vista)

 Student preparation  Clear, detailed guidelines/checklists  Modeling  Clear understanding of the technology  Blackboard Vista peer review

Peer Review options in discussions enable students to review each others’ posts using a simple rating scale or a Grading Form that can also be used by the instructor.

A student can select a particular discussion and look at both a summary of all Peer Reviews of their posts on that discussion, as well as at individual reviews of specific posts by other students. Students can only see peer reviews of their own posts to discussions. Instructors can see peer reviews that have been made about any students’ posts.

 Match objectives to type of technology  Be aware of advantages and constraints of various technology  Prepare students to use the technology  FERPA compliance

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Adding a Voice Comment in Microsoft Word 2007 If want to add a voice comment to a document in Word 2002 and 2003, you simply click the drop-down arrow of the New Comment button on the Reviewing toolbar and select Voice comment. This opens the Sound Object dialog box for you to record your comment. However, in Word 2007, you will first need to add the Insert Voice button to the Quick Access toolbar: : 1. Click the Office Button. 2. Click the Word Options button. 3. Click Customize. 4. Click the drop-down arrow of the Choose Commands From box and from the list, select Commands Not In Ribbon. 5. Scroll to, and then select, Insert Voice. 6. Click the Add button, and then click the OK button. The Insert Voice button will be available on your Quick Access toolbar, so you can easily add voice comments to any Word 2007 document.

How to Insert and Record Your Voice Comment To add a comment, simply click your cursor into the spot where you want to add your voice comment, and the little sound recorder dialog box will open.

Click the record button (a red circle) and record your comment. when you're done, click the Stop button (black square) and then you can close the sound recorder dialog box.

Your comment will be shown in the margin with a little "speaker" icon. When the student clicks on the icon, they will hear your recorded comment.

 An interactive website for group conversations around images, documents and videos  You can leave comments in 5 different ways: using voice (with a mic or telephone), typing text, attaching an audio file, or video (via a webcam)  Users can doodle while commenting, use multiple identities, and pick which comments are shown through moderation. VoiceThreads can be embedded on other websites and exported to MP3 players or DVDs to play as archival movies.

Comments are on both sides of the image and are played in order. You can skip or go back by clicking on the arrows below the Comment bubble.

There can also be multiple pages of a voicethread. You can leave your own comments by using the comment bubble.

 Jing is a free, screen-capturing program offered by TechSmith (Creator of Camtaisia)  Create 5 minute screen recordings or pictures from your screen and post them online with screencast.com, Flickr, or download the file  You can add voice narration to your short videos  It’s super easy!

Select Capture in the Jing Sun. Draw on your screen a box of what you want to capture. Select Capture Image or Capture Video.

Stop your capture when you are finished. Preview it.

Save the file or post to Screencast.com. With Screencast, you can just send a link to the video to others. You can also download the embed code to embed the video in a website.

The Complexities of Responding to Student Writing; or, Looking for Shortcuts via the Road of Excess Richard HaswellRichard Haswell, Haas Professor Emeritus, Texas A&M University, Corpus Christi 06.cfm

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