Shared Class Documents in Office 365
There are many teaching and learning benefits to students creating and collaborating in the cloud, however, the prospect may seem daunting to some. The process can be much smoother and more effective with a little bit of planning. We have created some how-to guides for teachers who would like to create and share PowerPoint, Excel or Word documents with a whole class or group. These guides are attached below, and include overall objectives, sample documents, curriculum links, set-up instructions, and instructions for introducing, undertaking and concluding the task during the lesson. Relevant Approaches to Learning have been included, which we use as an IB school, but you may wish to replace these with relevant ICT General Capabilities. Please feel free to use and modify these guides to suit your own situation. While specific instructions for set-up will be different for schools working in Google etc., these guides can be applied to shared documents created in any platform.
Some benefits of using shared class docs include:
- Student accountability
- Students share with, and learn from, each other
- Ease and visibility of peer and teacher feedback
- Opportunities for formative assessment
- Students can access and contribute to the document anywhere, any time
- Students develop skills of responsible and respectful online behaviour
- Students develop collaboration skills
Please add a comment below if you have other benefits to add, and/or if you would like to describe your own personal experiences, suggest some tips & tricks, etc.
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