Introduction
In this article we will walk you through how to use Interactive Document from the perspective of a teacher.
If you’d like more information on how this tool works, you can check out other articles here:
Interactive Document: For Teachers (Setting Up)
Interactive Document: Overview
Interactive Document: For Students
Tool In Action
How this article is structured
This article walks you through the steps of an Interactive Document activity, following the same flow as the tool itself. It will describe the process of using the active assignment. This refers to what happens after the assignment is published and available to students. It covers monitoring student progress, viewing submissions, giving feedback, and reviewing outcomes.
Note: When you open a published activity, you’ll land on the Active Assignment view by default. To return to the setup view after publishing, click Edit in the upper-left corner of the activity.
You can see the article about Setting Up this tool here.
Accessibility
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Overall Student Progress
When you open the assignment, you'll see an overview of the overall student progress. This section shows the overall grade, the percentage of completion for reading the instructions and document, as well as the reflection, if included. It provides a clear summary of the learning activity's progress.
To edit the activity, click on the three dots in the top-right corner of the screen.
Note: The downloaded document will not include the questions and/or comments added.
It is also possible to export all the student data into an Excel file. This file contains information concerning student uploads, review ratings, review comments and grading. You can download this export by clicking on the blue Export Analytics button in the overall student progress window.
Step 1: Instructions
After saving the instructions in the setup, you'll be able to view how they appear to students in the active assignment.
Step 2: Document
In the active Assignment for this section, this is how it appears.
By default, the participants' overview is displayed. Here, you can view each student's progress, including who has viewed the document, the percentage of question cards completed, their answering scores, and their total number of comments.
In the Questions section, you can view the questions you’ve added for students to engage with and answer. You can also monitor the skip rate for each question and review their responses. If you enable student contributions in the settings and toggle this option open, you'll be able to see the number of question cards and discussion threads created by students.
Click on Open Document to set up the discussion thread that you want the students to participate in.
Open Document
When you first open the document, this is how it will appear. The discussion thread and any distributions you've added will be visible in the Comment bar on the right. If you'd like to hide this and enlarge the document, simply click the blue circle located in the middle-right section of the document.
To annotate, highlight a phrase or paragraph in the document. You will then have two options, create a question card or start a discussion thread.
For more information on adding question cards and/or discussion thread, click here.
For multiple choice questions, you will see the distribution of answers. The tick mark next to an answer means that you indicated that this answer option is correct.
For open questions, you’ll find a list of all the students' responses displayed beneath the correct answer. You’ll also see an indication of whether each student's response was marked as correct, almost correct, or incorrect.
Note: If you enable anonymity in the settings, students will only see a list of answers under random pseudonyms. However, you will still be able to view the students' names alongside their responses. Additionally, you have the option to display the students' pseudonyms by toggling the feature located between the correct answer and the student's response.
Click the ← button in the top right corner of the screen to return to an overview of all the question cards, discussion threads, and comments added to the video. You can sort this list by newest to oldest creation, location, most to least upvotes, or most to least comments. This allows you to prioritize comments that are relevant for your next offline interaction.
For instance, focusing on the comments that have received the most upvotes would be particularly important, as these likely represent areas where students are seeking clarification or further discussion.
You can also filter contributions based on those created by teachers or those made by peers (students).
When you open a comment, you'll see the comment along with all its replies. As a teacher, you can upvote comments and add your own response to the discussion by typing in the text field below the comment. If you encounter an inappropriate comment from a student, you can delete it by clicking on the three dots next to the student's name and selecting delete.
Grading
In this step, you have to access a comprehensive overview detailing the grades of each student within the system.
By default, the grading module is enabled, it will be visible after the last step. The image below shows what that will look like. By clicking on the arrow on the right or using the scroll bar at the bottom, the teacher can view the rest of the grade sections (from left to right). On the far right there is also an optional grade adjustment . This allows the teacher to add or subtract points for each student. Click on Fullscreen to get a better view.