FeedbackFruits | How to create FeedbackFruits Learning activities
FeedbackFruits is one of the external learning tools that are integrated into Brightspace. FeedbackFruits is a suite of learning activities, such as Peer Review, Assignment Review, Interactive document, Interactive video etc., that provide students with opportunities to give and receive feedback related to a range of assessment activities.
This article shows how to:
How to add a FeedbackFruits Learning Activity in the course's content
Navigate to your course, in the green navigation bar,
1. Click on Content
2. Click on the preferred (sub)module
3. Click on Existing Activities, a drop-down menu will appear
4. Click on FeedbackFruits
You are now in the FeedbackFruits homepage.
You can increase the window size by dragging the three diagonal lines on the bottom right corner.
- Click on FeedbackFruits tools, either on the sidebar or in the home page.
On the sidebar you can find 1. Homepage, 2. Your Library with templates you have created, 3. Previously created activities at WUR, and 4. FeedbackFruits tools.
- From the pop up window, select the activity you wish to develop.
To know more about each Feedback Fruits Learning activity please visit the links below:
How to set-up a FeedbackFruits Learning activity
For this example, the Peer Review was selected to be displayed.
A new interface will appear
- Give the activity a name
You can edit the activity on fullscreen mode. Just click on the Fullscreen button.
FeedbackFruits Peer Review Settings
- Give an overall instruction for the assignment
- Click downward arrow next to Student collaboration settings
- Click Change to view collaboration options
- Click on either Individually or As a Group to select the way to hand in the assignment
- Select desired Evaluate option from the following:
- Hand in individually, review individually
- Hand in individually, review within groups
- Hand in individually, review outside of their groups
- Hand in as a group, review individually
- Hand in as a group, review as a group
- Then click purple button Next
When hand in As a Groups option is selected, new page appears with the overview of group categories from the Brightspace course.
- Click downward arrow in the groups settings to expand all groups in the category
- Tick the box to choose which groups will participate
- Tick the box of group category to choose every group in that category
- Click purple button Done
- Click on exactly, a drop-down menu will appear. Select the required submissions (minimum, between, exactly)
- Click on the downward arrow next to the number 1 to choose the number of files each student has to hand in
- Click on Scheduling deadlines.
It is set by default that the task has no end date. To display the deadline options:
- Click on the downward arrow next to "Never" and select "After a certain deadline", then
- Click on the Date and Time icons
- Click on File requirements and tick the boxes to allow the file types that students are allowed to hand in
- Click on Anonymity. Toggling on Submitter anonymity allows the work to be submitted anonymously to peers but the submitters name is still visible for the teacher.
- Click on Visibility to select who can see the handed in work.
- Click on the downward arrow next to Only the allocated reviewer(s). A drop-down menu will appear where you select the visibility (only the allocated reviewer(s), everyone, only students who handed in)
- You can add optional instructions for handing in work but clicking on Guiding students.
- Click purple button CONFIGURE to insert Feedback criteria
This will open a pop-up window
- Click on Create new criteria
In the same pop-up, you can build your set of criteria.
- Click on either Add rubric, Add Scale rating or Add Comment Criterion. You can also copy a pre-existing criteria settings by clicking on Rubrics from My library.
You can select as many criteria sections as you like
Once you have finished building your set of criteria,
- Click on the purple button Done
This action will close the pop-up page,
- To select the number of peer to review, select the downward arrow next to the number 1.
- Toggle the Self-assessment switch to have students first review their own work.
- Click on Scheduling deadlines. Click on Never, a drop-down menu will appear. Choosing after a certain date will allow you to set a Date and Time for the hand in deadline
- Click on Allocations to select how the reviews are allocated.
- Click on CHANGE to select the Allocation method (automatically - one by one, Automatically - all at once, Manually, Students choose who to review).
- Click on CONFIGURE to override automatic allocation assignments and manually select what a student will review.
- The configuration for Anonymity, Visibility and Guiding students is the same as the previous section Submissions.
To enable that students write a reflection on the received feedback,
- Toggle the Feedback-feedback switch on
Under Scheduling deadlines:
- Click on the downward arrow
It is set by default that the task has no end date. To display the deadline options:
- Click on the button and select "After a certain deadline", then
- Click on the Date and Time icons
After the deadline passes, students can still read their feedback, but it won't count towards their progress. This deadline also applies for submitting a reflection on the feedback, if required.
- Click on CONFIGURE to adjust the grading scheme of the FeedbackFruits Peer Review
- Select the grading format by clicking on the downwards arrow next to Percentage (either Percentage or Pass/Fail)
In order to create a grade item in Brightspace after the grades have been published, please visit: How to add a grade item post-published to FeedbackFruits Learning Tools
If you have Feedback-on-feedback on in the Received review section, you can include whether a student has completed rating the peers who reviewed them based on the quality of their feedback to their grade.
Saving the FeedbackFruit Peer Review
- Click on the Save purple button on the top right corner
Now, you have created a FeedbackFruits Peer Review in your (sub) module
This action will redirect you to the (sub)module, were the FeedbackFruits Peer Review will appear
How to copy from an existing activity
As soon as a Feedback Fruit assignment has been created in a course, it can easily be copied.
Follow the steps 1 to 6 above to add a FeedbackFruits Learning Activity.
Once you have selected the type of activity you wish to develop,
- Click on COPY FROM EXISTING
This action will show a list of all the FeedbackFruits activities that have been created in the courses you are participating in.
From the list that will appear,
- Select a template that you have previously created from My library or choose a recently created template.
- Click on the Assignment you wish to copy
- Click on USE
This action will create an exact copy of the activity, which can be edited accordingly
It is also possible to save an activity as a template by clicking on "SAVE AS TEMPLATE". In that way, next time you want to add one to the content of your course it will be easier and quicker.
As soon as you save the activity, you will be directed to the Content module's page, where a copy of it will appear.
Now you know how to create and copy a FeedbackFruits Activities in Brightspace!
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