Overview
Flipgrid is a free video discussion platform that provides you and your students with a way to share thoughts and resources in a genuine and interactive manner, anytime and anywhere. It is designed to facilitate collaboration and social learning among your students. Here is how it works: You create a Discussion Topic (similar to how you do in a Learning Management System), share the URL/Code with your learners, and watch them have back-and-forth conversations via short video posts.
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In regards to privacy and accessibility, Boise State University’s OIT department has vetted this tool for FERPA and accessibility.
Activity Ideas
There are a variety of ways that you can integrate Flipgrid into your course. Here are a few ideas to help you consider the possibilities of using it in your course:
Introductions: At the beginning of the semester, have students post a Flipgrid video introducing themselves to you and their fellow classmates.
Case Study: Have students discuss a case study in small groups and then post a video recording of a role-play of their group applying key concepts or skills.
Presentation: Invite students to select a topic from a provided list and present the information to their peers via a Flipgrid video post. Classmates view the presentations and can post their questions for the presenter. Presenters return to their original post and answer their classmates’ questions.
Debate: Students watch a debate and choose the speaker that they felt made a compelling argument. They can provide their analysis with the reasoning in a video post.
Experts: Invite an expert to post a short video on a specific topic or to answer a question posed by the class. Then give students an opportunity to engage with the expert by asking questions or providing their input.
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How to Get Started with Flipgrid
The creators of Flipgrid have made it easy and intuitive for both you and your students to begin using this platform. When setting up your Educator account, be sure to add the Boise State email address domains for faculty and students: ...@boisestate.edu or …@u.boisetate.edu. Learners will use their Boise State Google email to access Flipgrid Groups and Topics. Here are a few resources that will help you get started:
Boise State Teaching & Learning Tools Knowledge Base Articles:
Related Information
Episode 257: Engaging Students Using Flipgrid podcast by Teaching in Higher Ed. In this episode, Ramesh Laungani, an Associate Professor of Biology at Doane University in Nebraska, talks about how he has used Flipgrid to engage his college students.
Building a Higher Education Flipgrid Community PDF by Flipgrid provides topics, questions, and theme suggestions for higher ed courses that are part of Undergraduate, Master’s, and Ph.D. programs.
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