Quick Student Explainer Video

Introduction

In this article we will walk you through how to use Interactive Document from the perspective of a student.

If you’d like more information on how this tool works, you can check out the overview article here:

Interactive Document: Overview

Tool In Action

Accessibility

We're devoted to making our tools as accessible as possible for all learners - to read more about accessibility in FeedbackFruits tools, check this article: Accessibility: Within FeedbackFruits Tools.

Step 1: Instructions

In this step, you can read the instructions that have been set by your teacher.

Fig. 1: Instructions by teacher

Step 2: Read Document

In this step, you will see a a preview of the document you are going to have to read. Click Open Document to open the document viewer.

Below the document, you will find the in-document activities. These tasks must be completed to finish this step. You can also see how many student contributions are there.

Fig. 2: Step 2: Overview

Question cards: The number of questions you need to answer depends on how many your teacher has provided. Your progress will update once you answer all the question cards embedded in the video by your instructor.

Join discussion: To participate in and contribute to the existing thread in the document.

Add own contribution: To complete this task, you need to add your own contribution to the document.

Document Viewer

Once you've entered the document viewer, there are a few things to watch out for. Some very basic options are found on the top and bottom of the document.

Fig. 3: Inside of the video

The image above displays the basic view you'll encounter upon opening the document. On the right side, you'll find the retractable menu bar, where you can view all questions and contributions from both your teacher and peers. You can toggle the visibility of this bar by clicking the blue button located in the middle right of the document.

Fig. 4: Blue button to view the comment bar

Questions

Questions, both open and multiple choice, may be added by your teacher, and sometimes these will prevent you from proceeding with the video until they are answered (as shown in the screenshot below with a Required question). Questions can also be added by you or your classmates if the teacher allows it during setup by clicking on the plus button on the bottom right of the document.

Here's an open question right at the beginning of the document, which must be answered before you can continue reading. All of those marked with padlocks will need to be answered before you can proceed, while the one marked with a dot can be answered at any time.

Fig. 5: Required open question

For open questions, such as the example above, where you'll need to provide a text answer. You can type in your response and submit it, or choose Don’t know the answer to skip the question without providing an answer. If this is a graded assignment, you'll also see the percentage of your grade allocated to each question.

Fig. 6: Rating your answer

As soon as you've answered, the correct answer may be revealed (along with any answers that classmates might have recorded), and you will be asked to estimate whether your answer is wrong, almost correct, or correct. Do this by simply clicking the appropriate option.

To add your own discussion thread to the document, click the blue and white plus sign. After clicking, depending on whether your teacher has enabled the option, you may be able to choose between creating a question card or a discussion thread. If this option is not available, you will only be able to add a discussion thread.

Fig. 5: Plus sign icon

Fig. 6: Discussion thread

The Social & Summary Bar (Right)

The retractable menu bar on the right side of the screen provides additional functions beyond those shown earlier. By default, it displays annotations/questions sorted by location. You can also sort them by the time they were added, the number of upvotes, comments, or filter for answered and unanswered question cards. You can use the second filter to sort contributions created by your teacher or peers.

Fig. 7: Sorting and Filtering Comments/Question Cards

Furthermore, you can use this menu to add comments to or upvote questions. Clicking on any listed question or the progress bar on the side of the document will display the question in the menu. If you've already answered, your selected option and the correct answer will be shown. If you haven't answered yet, you'll have the option to select and submit your answer.

Fig. 8: Answering questions & adding comment

Finally, if you pick your own contribution, you will get the option to edit or delete it by clicking the 3 vertically placed points in the upper right corner.

Fig. 9: Edit your own question

Tracking your progress

In the bar at the top of the assignment, you can see an overview of how much of the assignment you have completed and how many elements you can still complete in order to receive a full grade.