FeedbackFruits
FeedbackFruits supports these learning types (see definitions):
FeedbackFruits is integrated with Canvas. It provides a suite of tools designed to enhance student engagement, interaction and feedback, and improve collaboration, discussion and critical thinking. Tools encompass peer feedback, group assignments, interactive video and discussion forums.
Getting started
FeedbackFruits has been added to the University’s Canvas Production environment and a license has been procured until Jan 2028 for the Peer Review and Group Member Evaluation tools.
Check out how to add FeedbackFruits in Canvas.
Navigate to your course’s Assignments area and create a new Canvas Assignment; select External Tool followed by FeedbackFruits. Choose the relevant FeedbackFruits tool from the list.
As FeedbackFruits is fully integrated to Canvas, you do not need to manually create groups in the FeedbackFruits activity. The Canvas groups will automatically be synced with FeedbackFruits, allowing you to choose and select the groups that are participating in the activity.
Similar to groups, grades and deadlines are also directly synced to the Canvas grade book and calendar. Therefore, you do not need to manually create additional deadlines or have to manually enter grades.
Help and support
Live supportIn FeedbackFruits, look for the purple chat icon in the lower-left hand corner. This will connect you with their 24/6 live-support service (Monday – Saturday), where you can send a direct message to their team.
Help center provides basics of FeedbackFruits and how to get started which directly accessible through the in-tool support chat.
‘Tool Setting Explanation’ offers options on available settings on functionalities such as manual allocations, setting up feedback criteria, anonymity settings, grade configuration, etc.
Frequently asked questions includes how to keep track of student activity, how do you see the allocations, how to re-use and/or copy activities, how to make adjustments to created assignments, etc.
Templates from the FeedbackFruits Learning Design Community.
Types of assignment tools
FeedbackFruits’ Peer Review and Group Member Evaluation replace what Aropä and TeamMates do and that is where most staff have existing assessments.
Peer Review Assignment
If there is submission involved, whether it’s asking students to submit a draft paper, a video recording or a PowerPoint presentation, Peer Review Assignment would be the tool to offer the submission option. Peer Review Assignments are an opportunity for students to receive and give feedback through the review of artefacts and events, including essays, posters, videos, presentations, performances and professional practices. Instructors create the review structure, providing evaluation criteria with options of ratings and text responses, choosing the number of self and peer reviews to be completed, and timings. Reviews can be based on individual or group submissions. Students can also be assessed on several components of the activity, including participation, scores awarded by reviewers and number of comments. The relative weightings of these components are chosen by the instructor.
How-to guides:
View guides on how to use and set up a Peer Review assignment. This step-by-step guide, run you through setting up your first Peer Review activity as well as how the activity will look like from the student perspective.
The FeedbackFruits’ YouTube channel provides playlist specifically for Peer Review covering a quick guide on setting up a Peer Review activity, use cases and student perspective as well as practices from other institutions.
Additional guiding videos can be found on specific tool configurations such as collaboration option, setting up rubrics and setting up anonymity.
Watch demo videos that highlight how the Peer Feedback tools work:
- Peer Review (student perspective)
- Peer Review (staff setup)
Group Member Evaluation
The Group Member Evaluation Assignment structures the process of students giving feedback about other group members. The tool focuses on assessing peer collaboration and the process of the work with no submission step. Students can reflect on the group experience and provide confidential feedback to staff, addressing the performance and contributions of individual members, including a self-evaluation. Instructors create the review structure and assign to particular group or all groups within a course in Canvas. Students can receive marks for participation, writing a set number of comments, writing a reflection and reviewing feedback. Group member evaluation assignments can also be used for peer review activities when no document submission step is required.
How-to guides:
- View guides on how to use and set up a Group member evaluation. This step-by-step guide run through setting up your first Group Member Evaluation activity as well as how the activity will look like from the student perspective.
- Further information on particular features such as Detect Outliers and Group Contribution Grading is also available to provide more insight on how these features work and how to enable them.
- Beta features such as Automated Feedback Coach that is specifically available for Group Member Evaluation aims to provide students with real-time tips on their feedback to their peers. If you’re interested in testing and utilizing this feature, please reach out to FeedbackFruits support and they can enable it individually for teachers.
In the FeedbackFruits’ youtube channel, you will find a playlist specifically for Group Member Evaluation covering a quick guide on setting up a Group Member Evaluation activity, use cases and student perspective as well as practices from other institutions.
Additional guiding videos can be found on specific tool configurations such as Detect outliers, setting up rubrics and setting up anonymity.Watch demo video that highlight how Group Member Evaluation tools work.
New to FeedbackFruits?
Watch these presentations by Catherine Fraser to learn how Peer Review and Group Member Evaluation tools can enhance your course. This video covers integrating these tools into Canvas, addressing grading challenges, and improving student feedback skills. Perfect for newcomers or those needing a refresher.
Click the fullscreen button or watch in Panopto.
An introduction to FeedbackFruits: Recorded on 2 September 2024. Watch in Panopto.
A guide to FeedbackFruits’ Group Member Evaluation: Recorded on 20 September 2024. Watch in Panopto.
A guide to FeedbackFruits’ Peer Review: Recorded on 27 September 2024. Watch in Panopto.
FeedbackFruits in action
Boosting writing skills with FeedbackFruits for first-year engineers: The ENGGEN 140 story
Discover how Peer Review was scaled to facilitate draft essay reviews in a 1,000-student class.
Teamwork assessment with FeedbackFruits: Insights from Tertiary Foundation Course for Business
Curious about FeedbackFruits? See how its Group Member Evaluation tool can help create fair individual assessment in team assignments.
Enhancing learning at scale with FeedbackFruits: A case study from BUSMGT 708
See how Feedback Fruits’ Peer Review tool in Canvas has helped foster continuous skills practise through peer-driven feedback.
FAQs
Why do students receive a 'late' notification from Canvas when they submit their feedback in FeedbackFruits?
If you have set an assignment due date in Canvas as the same date and time that is set for the submission step in the FeedbackFruits (FF) assignment, then, when students enter the FF assignment to do the next step, which is the ‘give feedback’ step, this somehow triggers the Canvas assignment as being late, thus sending out a notification. So please set a due date to later than when the feedback submission is due.
See also
UoAxFeedbackFruits training sessions
Come along to an introductory session to the FeedbackFruits suite.
Page updated 10/12/2024 (added FAQ)