We got a great response to our last e-mail where we introduced you to our new Help Center, so we decided to keep you updated with tips and tricks on a more regular basis. This time we will share an “Introduce yourself” assignment and show you how you can use to the new completion type Peer Review.
The “Introduce yourself” assignment
An assignment where the learners introduce themselves is good way to get the learners started in Promote and at the same time introduce them to the program. To make it more alive and engaging you can also add a video in the assignment.
Our tips for the “Introduce yourself” assignment:
- Make the assignment about the learner’s current role and organisation – if you think it suits the target group you can ask them to share more personal matters such as hobbies, favorite movies or funny anecdotes
- Make the learners reflect by also asking them to share either their expectations of participating in the program, or what brought them to the program
- Ask the learners to use the paper clip in the comment box if you’d like them to attach pictures to support their presentations
NB! If you have used the function “Presentation cards” in old Promote the solution with the paper clip is a great option for you when you rebuild the program into Next Gen.
It makes it easier for the learners to read and comment on each other’s presentations when the presentations are gathered in one place, and as a result it will encourage social learning to a greater extent.
The completion type Peer Review
When you have a task with the completion type Comment as in “Introduce yourself” you can connect it with a Peer Review task. With Peer Review you let the learners review and provide feedback on each other’s answers, which will help to broaden the social learning. Who review who will be automatically set by Promote. To add this option in the beginning of a program, e.g. in an “Introduce yourself” assignment, will kick-start the program.
In our Help Center we have uploaded an example of an “Introduce yourself” assignment with a Promote introduction video for you to use, or to get inspired by when you compose your own assignment.
Good luck!