Collaboration

The Rubric feature of the canvas learning management system

Evaluating Project Reports Using Rubrics

November 30, 2015

In Applied Physics 50b, the Rubrics feature in Canvas was instrumental in allowing students to get feedback on their project reports and to submit an improved version based on this feedback.

Applied Physics 50b, which is a new project-based introductory physics course, includes three month-long hands-on projects where students, working in teams, are asked to build physical devices applying the concepts taught in class.

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Making the Middle Ages

Making the Middle Ages

July 1, 2013

Culture and Belief 51: Making the Middle Ages focused on the cultural and historical context of five objects (e.g., things, texts, and manuscripts) that students unpack through lectures and projects. The course offered students “a great adventure into the unknown”—an opportunity to unlock their own talents while exploring the cultures and beliefs of medieval Europe.

The goals in Professor Daniel Smail’s PITF proposal for this course included:

  • Preparing a photo-sharing program that Professor Smail could access easily in class
  • ...
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Principles of Scientific Inquiry Wiki

Principles of Scientific Inquiry Wiki

April 24, 2013

In Spring 2011, a new laboratory component of Physics 15a (Introductory Mechanics and Relativity), 15b (Introductory Electromagnetism), and 15c (Wave Phenomena) was begun under the name “Principles of Scientific Inquiry” (PSI). A three-semester sequence on the methodology of experimentation and modeling, PSI exemplified the cyclic process of scientific inquiry.

The goal for this project was to provide students with a unified laboratory experience in PSI. The end result would be a central source from which all of the course documents would be distributed, and to which faculty and...

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Collaborative Annotation in Government 2001

Collaborative Annotation in Government 2001

April 10, 2013

There were several ambitious goals for this ATG project: synchronizing lecture slides with lecture videos at corresponding timestamps; creating an R statistical code library and attaching it to specific points in the lecture videos; building a concept map of the entire course; and parsing annotations created by students from the previous semester in order to associate them with specific points in the lecture videos.

ATG staff accomplished the following:

  • Edited full lecture videos from the entire course, then segmented them into shorter lecture topic videos and loaded...
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Michael Brenner: Collaborative Problem Sets

Michael Brenner: Collaborative Problem Sets

February 1, 2012

In his course Applied Mathematics 201, Professor Michael Brenner used an innovative approach in his problem set assignments. Students worked in groups of two or three on each assignment. In a first phase, they collaboratively wrote the solution of the problem set and posted it on a wiki. In a second phase, students were asked to study the solution posted by another group and to provide comments to improve the writing and clarity of the solution. Students then voted for the best solution.