Online Alternatives for Group Projects

Create Groups in Blackboard

1. Use Blackboard’s Group tool to create an online collaborative space for students to work.

2. Provide text or audio feedback through Blackboard.

3. Humber Resource: Create and Manage Groups

4. Blackboard Help: Breakout Groups

5. Blackboard Help: Collaborate Ultra Help for Participants

Use Google Suite of Apps for Education

1. Students can collaborate using Google’s suite of apps (e.g. Slides, Docs, Sheets, Sites, Jamboard, Hangouts (videoconference))

2. Students can submit links to Google files through the Assignment in Blackboard.

3. Students can give the instructor commenting access to their work to receive feedback.

4. If you are unfamiliar with using Google Docs, here’s a resource by Stephanie Hedge on Teaching with Google Docs

How to do Group Presentations Online

Have students do presentations through Blackboard Collaborate Ultra

1. Promote them to “Presenter” status while they are presenting.

2. If they need to show a video, have them provide the link to the video for people to watch, rather than stream over Blackboard Collaborate Ultra.

Consider having the presentation be a Discussion forum instead

1. Have the group “presenting” responsible for the discussion forum about their topic.

2. The group can post any videos, slides, etc in the discussion forum and then respond to classmates questions/feedback.

Online alternative activities for in-class discussions

Create Discussion Forums in Blackboard

1. Blackboard Overview Video (2.5 minutes): Use Discussions in the Original Course View

2. Blackboard Help: Create Discussions

3. Humber resources: How to Build a Discussion Forum

Create a Padlet Board

1. Padlet Help: Getting Started

2. University of Westminster video: Using Padlet

3. Russell Stannard’s Teacher Training Videos: Padlet 2019-A full introduction to Padlet

4. Teacher’s Tech video: Learn Padlet

Create a Flipgrid Topic

1. Consider creating a Topic in Flipgrid: post a discussion prompt or conversation starter and students respond to the prompt and to each other through short videos.

2. Flipgrid Help: Getting started with Flipgrid