FlipGrid
FlipGrid is a video response conversation platform created by created by Dr. Charlie Miller, a professor of design at the University of Minnesota, to use with 12 PhD students. You can create a FlipGrid Group with uis.edu only access when you sign up for FlipGrid with your UIS Google Account (netid@uis.edu). As the group owner, you create topics in which your group members submit their video responses. You can customize video response lengths and provide detailed instructions on the site. It is easy to link to FlipGrid in Canvas.
Student Engagement Ideas
Use as an icebreaker to build community at the start of a class, an orientation, or the launch of a student organization.
Poetry Slam event -- spoken word recordings
March Madness-like bracket on any topic. Students can vote up (rank) or like posts to emulate social media competition.
