Flipgrid

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• Flipgrid Sample activity

1. You can spark discussions by posting Topics to a classroom, school, professional learning community, or public grid. Then students record, upload, view, react and respond to each other through short videos. For a student who may not voice their opinion in class, Flipgrid provides a safe way for a student to be confident with their voice.
2. You can use Flipgrid as a formative assessment tool to make sure the student achieved their learning goal.

Can be linked to (using a private link)
Can be linked to (using a public link)
Can be embedded
✖ Cannot be imported as a SCORM package
✖ Is not already an APP in Canvas External Apps
Can be added via API or LTI (needs collaboration with CIS)

Flipgrid grid owner has access to a dashboard of analytics of engagement include the amount of time your community has spent creating or viewing videos in your grids, the number of grids, topics and video created, and the number of video views.

Flipgrid grid owner has access to a spreadsheet of statistics of videos include video title, which grid and topic it belongs to, the name of the person who created it, when it was created, like count, view count, reply count, reply to who, video length, feedback scores, feedback comment, private feedback and passcode.

1. Title: Using Flipgrid to Increase Students’ Connectedness in an Online Class
   
   This Article by Bartlett and Michelle (2018) presents some interesting findings for the use of puzzles as a learning tool:
   • Adding Flipgrid in the online classroom for an Introductions forum, for example, increases peer engagement, instructor engagement, and overall increases student connectedness and sense of community.
   • It helps students get to know each other as well as increases communication efficiency by showing body language, facial expressions, and tone of voice.
   • Online students often work asynchronously and feel they are alone in the course. Video discussion forums show participants they are not alone and that there are others moving through the course, as well.
   
   
2. Title: Using Screen Recording Platforms to Increase Instructor Presence in an Online Classroom
   
   This Article by Kelly and Banaszewski (2018) discusses how screen recording tools can address the limitations of asynchronous exchanges and enhance instructor presence:
   
   Use of Web 2.0 tools such as screen recordings can help raise instructor presence providing an opportunity to reduce the virtual distance between instructors and students. The exchange remains asynchronous, but the inclusion of the instructor's voice accompanying embedded comments reduces the impersonal nature of traditional, static feedback and helps clarify writing suggestions, objectives, nuance and critique.
   
   Further, the use of screen recording can deepen the quality of feedback by enabling instructors to cultivate learning opportunities in a discussion style format.

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Privacy Policy
Security Features

FERPA:
Yes, grid owners associated with schools must ensure their Grids are compliant with The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act ("FERPA").

Flipgrid Notice:

1. Don’t share student information outside the classroom or the school community.
2. Don’t use Flipgrid to request students to buy things.

Does Flipgrid support screen readers?
To help the users with vision impairments, Flipgrid now allows full control over font size without negatively affecting the display of the content. Users can increase or decrease their font size via their browser or system settings while maintaining the same style and functionality.

Does Flipgrid support people who have learning loss?
The beta release of this service has been a success with over 60,000 videos transcribed and nearly 250,000 keywords extracted.
See the review of Flipgrid accessibility issues here.

Does Flipgrid provide keyboard access?
Yes, users can navigate Flipgrid entirely by keyboard. Now, by using tab, enter, spacebar, etc. users are able to watch, record, and like videos.

To read more about: Flipgrid accessibility.