Overview for the Instructor:
The Student Presentations Tool, sometimes called Group Presentation Tool, creates a private space in the Manage Files area for student groups. A group can be one student or all the students. A student can also be in multiple groups. This special, private filing area allows students to upload and exchange files. The main application of this tool is for students to share files in this manner to create a group project either for presentation to the instructor or to the class. If the presentation is meant for the class then they need to convert it to a web page and name the completed project file index.html. The index.html file in each group folder is public to the entire class. Any other file nameis private and can only be accessed by the group. The instructor always has access to the files in any group folder. Upon adding the Student Presentation Tool, a folder student_pres, is automatically generated within My-Files. Students, however, cannot access any files in Manage Files that are not a part of their own group folder within the student_pres file. This tool can be very useful, but requires instructors to either extensively brief students in the use of the tool or make sure that they study the online help files. The students might demonstrate to the instructor that they understand the tool by uploading samplefiles.
When you create a new group either one at a time or with the group generator option, you can create a private discussion topic for that group in the Discussions Tool simultaneously. This is a very helpful feature because most groups need to communicate about their work and leave a record of that process without having to remember to e-mail the whole group and the instructor. This private discussion topic also allows the instructor to follow the progress of the project and to monitor the participation of the various members. Besides watching a project grow, it can limit the potential for plagiarism.
This document is meant to aid both student and instructor in facilitating the use of this powerful tool. In this chapter we have listed the ways that students and instructors can benefit from this tool.
Pedagogy:
- Promotes active learning.
- Appeals to the constructivist student.
- Promotes student-to-faculty interaction.
- Promotes student-to-student interaction.
- Promotes the learner-centric approach
Uses and Advantages:
- Gives students server space for storing, exchanging or presenting files.
- Allows students to work together in an orderly fashion online.
- Allows the instructor the chance to watch the progress of any group work and offer advice or guidance along the way.
- The Suggestions & Tips section of this chapter will offer some creative ways to utilize this tool.
- Most file types can be uploaded into the group folders. For example, PowerPoint files can be uploaded and then the group could present them to the class.
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