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Activities overview
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  • Activities overview

    Categorisation

    To help you navigate the activities more efficiently, they are grouped into three categories based on their primary pedagogical approach:

    • Present: Focuses on demonstrating and explaining key concepts, ideas, and arguments.

    • Practice: Students can apply and test their understanding in a structured and controlled setting.

    • Produce: Encourages students to engage with concepts and theories in more complex contexts through scaffolded problem-solving in relevant environments.

    These categories are not rigid, as many activities may span multiple areas depending on their role within a specific learning sequence.

    Activity

    Category

    Definition

    Activity

    Category

    Definition

     

    Produce

    Students select answers from a set of options, which appear as bubbles. More popular responses are larger, visually highlighting group consensus.

     

     

    Practice

    It enables students to categorise information by dragging text into a table, helping with structured understanding.

     

     

    Present

    It provides exam details (date, time, location), but does not support online exam functionality.

     

     

     

     

    Present

    The 'Explanatory text' activity provides a simple text box to highlight key information. It helps distinguish faculty-provided explanations from the main narrative text, ensuring clarity in course content.

     

     

     

     

    Practice

    It helps create sentences with missing words for students to complete using blanks or dropdown menus. Useful for reinforcing keywords and terminology.

     

     

    Practice

    It collects location-based responses and displays them on a world map, illustrating global perspectives.

     

     

    Practice

    It allows students to label images, reinforcing visual learning.

     

    Produce

    It can be used by students to upload images with comments, supporting visual learning and creative tasks like modelling data or introducing themselves.

     

     

     

     

    Present

    Similar to the 'Explanatory text' but with a coloured background to visually highlight key information. Useful for categorising content (e.g., all assessment instructions in yellow).

     

     

    Practice

    Students enter responses in a table format, using free text, dropdowns, or checkboxes for organised learning.

     

     

    Present

    It enhances videos with bookmarks, questions, and discussion points, pausing playback at key moments for student engagement.

     

     

     

     

    Produce

    Students can use it as a private space to reflect on topics, visible only to them and their tutor. Tutors can provide feedback on entries, fostering personal and professional growth.

     

     

    Present

    It displays intended learning goals at the start and end of a session, allowing students to self-assess their understanding.

     

     

    Practice

    As the 'Poll', it also allows students to vote on options and then displays the results in a chart or a table.

     

     

    Practice

    Students rearrange a randomised list into the correct sequence, useful for process-based learning.

     

     

    Produce

    It is used to assess student engagement in a course with written feedback.

     

     

    Practice

    It enables students to vote on options and see results in various chart formats, useful for engagement and opinion-based questions.

     

     

    Practice

    It allows structured question sets with rich-text responses, encouraging deeper reflection.

     

     

    Practice

    Simple question-response format with immediate feedback, ideal for quick calculations in subjects like math or finance.

     

     

     

     

    Present

    It allows course readings to be added as links, files, or references, consolidating all required readings in one place. Notes can be added to guide students.

     

     

    Present

    It requires students to click a button to reveal additional information, helping with self-testing and sequencing content.

     

     

     

     

    Produce

    It is virtual board where students post short responses on coloured sticky notes under designated columns. Great for brainstorming and visualising concepts.

     

     

     

     

    Present

    It shows clickable words within a text display additional explanations when selected. Useful for defining terms without disrupting the reading flow.

     

     

     

     

    Present

    It embeds Dacast, Youtube, Vimeo, Vimeo showcase, Panopto or Kaltura videos with optional start times or unlock codes for controlled access. Useful for illustrating concepts or case studies.

     

    Produce

    It allows students to upload videos, useful for introductions or assessment tasks.

     

     

     

     

    Produce

    Students submit text responses to a vertical board and vote on peers' submissions. Higher-voted responses move to the top, encouraging collaborative idea development.

     

     

     

     

    Produce

    It can be used by students to submit words in response to a prompt. Frequently chosen words appear larger, offering a visual representation of shared ideas.


    To learn more about how these activities function from a student point of view and what they need to do with each of them, please visit the following article: 'Activity Completion Guide'.

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