Last semester, my freshman EFL students were required to build websites for mock companies. I had my students use Google+ Communities to give positive and constructive feedback on other students' websites. Students were graded on the quantity and the quality of their contributions. I gave them a simple template to follow to make comments stating what they liked about the work, suggestions for improvement, and possible errors they had found. Students often went well beyond the template ideas to assist one another with their projects.
In ISLT 9485, I designed an activity for building a persuasive presentation using Google Slides. The activity promotes curiosity and critical thinking by asking students to find good examples from the Web to construct a presentation to persuade the audience to visit an assigned tourist destination. The guided analysis section of the activity specifically instructs students to use the Google Explore tool to find images that they can use without violating copyright. The activity also states that students need to provide links to their sources. This activity is for Korean university freshmen, who generally have little to no experience with research documentation; therefore, only links were required. I hope to use some or all of this activity in the fall 2018 semester.
I use online discussions and collaborative activities in all of my courses. This creates risks for students that information or images they share with the class will be shared outside of the class. At the beginning of each course, I have students sign an academic integrity pledge, which directs them to the university privacy policy (Part 7 especially). The YU privacy policy page provides information on how to safeguard and respect personal data. By signing the form, students pledge not to knowingly violate copyright, commit plagiarism, or violate other students’ privacy. In addition, I allow students to use avatars or other images to represent themselves on web pages or online discussions if they are not comfortable using a photo of themselves. Finally, I recommend that students keep their student numbers private, though it is often difficult. If I need a student number as a visible identifier, then I require only the last four digits to be visible to others.