Overview
GroupMaker is an application that manages teaching assignments. Especially capable of managing group assignments, GroupMaker enables instructors to administer assignments expeditiously. GroupMaker can supplement a learning management system, but it also can be used as substitute, for its functions are comprehensive enough to be itself a management system for education.
This version of GroupMaker is free to both instructors and students. It operates in public space, where anyone can be either student, instructor, or both. Students, however, cannot have access until instructors give access. Thus, for students to have access, the instructor must access the application and set the option to open registration for students.
Instructors wishing to explore features can assume the identity of one of five shadow instructors, each associated with students in the shadow instructor’s classroom. To assume a shadow instructor’s identity, at the application’s opening Login-to-GroupMaker panel, type a numeral between 1 and 5 in the Password edit box, leaving all other edit boxes empty. Then click the OK button. The numeral entered allows the shadow instructor to access the numeral-designated classroom (My Class #) and open registration (File > Administration > Options > Open registration) for students to enroll in the class.
Students register by clicking the Register button on the opening “Login to GroupMaker” panel, proceeding from there to enter instructor-required information and act on assignments constructed by the instructor (File > Action > Assignment). The instructor can edit student-entered information (File > Administration > [select registered name] > Edit).
Inasmuch as this version of GroupMaker operates in public space, what one shadow instructor does can be undone by another, and no student is obliged to enter a real identity at registration. Contact us to reserve space for your class and remove shadow-instructor access. There is no charge for the service.
Contact us also for a version of GroupMaker that operates in private space, perhaps space on your own computer server. Charges for a private-space setup depends on your need for resources that we must supply. Charges apply for a customized local version of GroupMaker that downloads data for local storage and access.
Features
Assignments can target individuals, groups, or the entire classAssignments can be related so that work on one assignment either affects the score of or precludes work on another assignmentFeedback on close-ended assignments can be instant, with credit reduced when successful after repeated attemptsQualified students can jury-evaluate submissionsGrading on open-ended assignments can be a weighted combination of instructor score, jury score, and self-scoreGroup membership can differ across assignmentsGroup membership can be self-selected, set by instructor, or set by rulesGroup leaders can be selected and de-selected by the votes of group membersGroup leaders can limit the ability of members to change group submissionsGroup members can validate each other\’s engagementCredit for submission of group and class assignments can be conditioned on engagementSubmissions can be constrained by length and formatPrivacy of submissions can be varied and set to change after assignment due datesHistory of actions taken is time-stamped and available for action-taker\’s reviewHelp is context sensitiveData is archived regularly and available for everyone\’s reviewRegistration can be shared with a business game or another application
Additional Information
- Developed by Precha Thavikulwat
- Version 2025.01.29
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Requires
Available on: PC, Mobile, Surface Hub, HoloLens
OS: Windows 10 version 19041.0 or higher
Keyboard: Not specified
Mouse: Integrated Mouse
- Published 2025-01-27
- Size 7.63 MB
- File Type appx/msix
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Language
English (United States)
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Permissions
Uses all system resources
Access your Internet connection
- Microsoft Store ID 9nk50r9qsmfr
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