Idea 19: Strategies to Support Student Work with Digital Projects

The following strategies can help make sure that your students final product is as good as possible, and meets your expectations. They can work for individual and group projects.

Best Practices

• Be specific with your expectations.
• Don’t let the project content or parameters be too broad.
• Before expecting students to use a software tool for an actual assignment, give them a chance to use it and practice.
• Don’t make the project open-ended.
• For example, specify a length for videos, or a number of pages for websites.
• Emphasize the importance of proper planning prior to starting the actual project.
• It can be easy for students to jump right into the work, but it will likely hurt their final product.
• Create deadlines for various parts of the project throughout the quarter.
• Requiring sections to be due at certain points can help students keep on track, and act as formative assessment.

Adapted from:

University of Missouri (2011) Faculty guide to Teaching and Learning with Technology. Retrieved from http://etatmo.missouri.edu/toolbox/doconline/Faculty_Guide.pdf

 

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