Group Projects
The ability to work in groups is one of the top requirements of employers. Students, on the other hand, tend to hate them. This comes from years of experience with dysfunctional teams caused by a lack of instruction on how to work successfully in a group. The good news is that TLS has resources to help you help your students.
- Online Group Work
- Assigning Group Work (That Works) – Part 1, Part 2, Part 3
- Designing Effective Group Assignments in Blackboard
- How-to Make Group Work Collaborative In Online Courses
- Sample Group Mind Map Activity on Failure
- Strategies for effective group work in the Online Class
- Faculty Planning: Group Assignment Planning Worksheet
- Active Learning; An Introduction
- How to conduct an email debate
- Assignment Template : Team Charters
- Use Team Charters to Improve Group Assignments
- Individual Assessment by Group Members
- Helping Students Understand Group Roles
- Team Norms and Charters A Quick How To Presentation
- Keeping Groups Organized: Agendas and Minutes
- Create an interactive discussion board with Padlet
- How to Use Padlet (for students)
- 3 Team-Building Games
- Sorting students into groups: What Kind of Group Member Are You Sorting Quiz
- Improving Group Climate Presentation
- Managing Conflict Presentation
- Give Your Students 5 Tips for a Group Presentation
- Present Like a Pro (module for students)
Do you need to add teamwork to your course, but don’t have the time and resources? Download this SCORM module on group work to your computer and follow the steps here to add a SCORM Learning Object to your Blackboard Content Area for your students. (Preview the module by clicking here.)