Virtual Poster Presentations – Recommended Tools

·       Students attach their poster to a thread which classmates can view

·       Classmates can add comments / feedback to the thread

·       Simplest tool that enables student interaction!

·       Students produce a narration of their poster, so must have a microphone

·       Students will need instructions for downloading the Panopto recorder, recording their video, uploading their video to Panopto, and adding their video within a Canvas discussion

·       Works best if poster is already in dimensions that display well on-screen (best with Powerpoint)

·       Students can comment on each others’ videos via the Discussions

·       Students must be scheduled to present at a specific time with their peers in attendance

·       Students must have a microphone (webcams optional)

·       Classmates can send chat replies or ask questions over microphone

·       Difficult for students with poor or unreliable internet access (e.g., rural, northern, on-reserve)

·       Instructor must set up the Zoom session and facilitate it (e.g., by passing the display to presenting students)

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·       Instructor must upload posters to WordPress, as students cannot do this

·       One-way transmission only (WordPress sites do not enable student interaction – you’d need to pair with another tool for that, e.g., Discussion Board)

·       Website can be public, but should be password-protected if any images used by students are not copyright-compliant (i.e., the students’ own work OR licensed with Creative Commons)

·       Enables a year-to-year repository or showcase of student work that can be used in following terms

·       Requires additional work by DEU to generate these sites and set up instructor as an Administrator, so this approach may need to be limited