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Description
FeedbackFruits is an online educational technology platform that offers a suite of tools designed to enhance student engagement and collaboration in both online and in-person learning environments. The platform provides various tools for activities such as peer review, group assignments, interactive documents, and discussions, among others. FeedbackFruits offers a range of features that aim to promote active learning and increase student participation, such as anonymous feedback, real-time collaboration, and customizable rubrics. These features allow instructors to create more dynamic and interactive learning experiences that can lead to better student outcomes.
How to Access
Who is eligible?
FeedbackFruits can be used by any member of Sacred Heart University that is teaching and/or enrolled in a course. Only Instructors can configure activities in the tool. Once an Instructor releases the activity, the students can access and complete the work.
Where and how do I access it?
FeedbackFruits is available within the Content Market of a Blackboard Ultra course. Once the activity is setup, students will be able to access the activity within their Blackboard course, just like any other content. Credentials are automatically passed to authenticate, but if prompted, please use your Sacred Heart University e-mail and password to login.
Description of Activities Available
| Name of Activity |
Description of Activity |
| Peer Review |
Streamlines formative and summative assessment with flexible peer feedback criteria and self-reflection. |
| Group Member Evaluation |
Streamlines how students assess their peers' collaboration skills based on instructor-designed criteria. |
| Automated Feedback |
Enables students to receive AI-powered formative feedback on their academic writing skills, based on criteria set by instructors. |
| Assignment Review |
Allows instructors to provide in-line feedback on students' assignments, based on teacher-designed criteria. |
| Skill Review |
Facilitates teacher feedback on activities such as presentations, oral exams or an interview. |
| Self Assessment |
Facilitates self-assessment on deliverables or skills - for individual work or performance within a group. |
| Interactive Document |
Enhances learner-content interaction and engagement by enabling teachers to add in-line questions and discussion points to documents. |
| Interactive Video |
Stimulates asynchronous engagement and interaction with video materials by enabling teachers to add in-line questions and discussion points to videos. |
| Interactive Audio |
Creates inclusive, engaging learning experience by enabling teachers to add in-line questions and discussion prompts to audio recordings. |
| Comprehension |
Stimulate students' active consumption of the study content, critical reading skills and collaborative learning by annotating the materials. |
| Discussion on Work |
Encourages students' collaboration, interaction, and critical thinking through online discussion on deliverables. |
| Discussion on Topic |
Encourages students' collaboration, interaction, and critical thinking through online discussion on course topics without deliverables. |
| Interactive Presentation |
Foster synchronous student interaction and engagement during live presentations by enriching slides with questions and discussion points. |
| Team Based Learning |
Supports the facilitation of the individual and team Readiness Assurance Test of the team-based learning process in online settings. |