Students were asked to submit, as part of a group assessment, a video instead of a written report
Phil Ansell (Maths & Stats) Stage 2 Undergraduate students
Students were told in advance that the group project was going to be "a bit different!". I formed groups by asking students to team up in 2's or 3's and then I joined the groups up, the aim being to get students to work with friends but also with people they didn't know. In the introductory lecture for the project the "rules" were revealed. Each group had to produce 2 videos and submit to me using the University "dropoff" service (this was to avoid concerns about file size). One of the videos was a "Street Scientist" activity and the other was the solution to some homework questions.
Three reasons for doing it: - to include team work in a key Stage 2 probability module - to evaluate how easy it was for students to make and edit videos on their mobile devices - to evaluate how this method of assessment could be incorporated into a "skills module"
The practicalities of it worked well. I asked for feedback and in general the team aspect of it worked well (although as always, some teams worked better than others"). The quality of the videos was excellent, students made them in their flats (using whiteboards etc) in rooms in the School of Maths & Stats (meeting rooms, study areas etc) and also in the University library. Many of them were produced on phones, tablets and although the quality varied all were easy to view and assess. Many of them were edited using standard software (e.g. Windows Movie Maker). The "dropoff" service provided a simple and efficient way of getting the files to me. The content that the students were asked to make the videos about didn't engage them in the way that I would have liked, but that will be easy to amend in future years.
Video submission and assessment for group projects
Assessment and Feedback, Skills and Employability, Student Engagement, eLearning or Technology-Enhanced Learning
Undergraduate (Stage 2)
Mathematics and Statistics
video recordings
Up to 10 students in a group
In response to issues