What is a Group Project?

The lecturer assigns students to groups and shares a pre-recorded introduction to the activity, which allows the students to access the information about the task as required. The students spend time on a mix of personal preparation and group work, while the lecturer devotes occasional time in live sessions for students to work on the project and ask and answer questions. Later, the students submit their project online

Unlike a group presentation, a group project is more likely to take place over an extended period of time and so require online interaction between students, as well as online opportunities for lecturers to check groups' progress and answer questions.

Supporting Technologies

• Panopto
• Collaborate
• Teams
• Blackboard Groups
• Google Drive
• Office365

Making it work

• Provide opportunities for students to receive live support on the activity
• Use Blackboard Groups to provide a basic set of tools for students work with, including a private Collaborate room
• Set up a Q&A discussion board to avoid needing to answer the same question multiple times

Examples

• Group posters
• Individual posters

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