Collaborative Group Work
The OJT collaborative group work is an expansion of the On-the-Job Training functionality. This feature allows customers to create tasks for collaborative group work within a course, promoting social learning and collaborative work.
On-the-job training templates can be marked as group work, making it possible to create a "collaborative group work" medium within a course. Groups can be created, and members can be assigned from the course participant list. An integrated messaging feature allows participants and tutors to communicate within the assignment. Task review and final grading can be done once for all participants in a group task. Furthermore, adjustments have been made in handling attachments, giving and editing feedback, and delivering notifications.
To create a new OJT template and enable the group work function, follow the steps below:
Check the "Enable group work" checkbox on the while creating a new OJT template. Save the template.
Select the desired course, click on 'edit', and go to the 'components' tab. Click on 'Create' and select "Collaborative Group Work".
Fill in the necessary details and select the OJT template you created in step 1. Choose the desired position for the group work in the course. This will add the collaborative group work to the component list as a new type of “Collaborative Group Work”. On the “Tutor” tab, assign a tutor to the course and tick the checkbox for On-the-Job Trainings.
Go back to the "Collaborative Group Work" Component that you added in step 2, click on “Edit” and go to the “Group” tab. Click on “Create new group”, choose a group name, and hit save. You can create as many groups as required. The group name will be displayed in the tiles in the learner and tutor view.
Assign group members to the group you created in step 3 by selecting a group name and then clicking the green "Plus" sign. A list of all participants assigned to the course will be displayed, and you can select the ones you want. Already assigned users are marked in italics.
After following all the above steps, the collaborative group work is ready, and you can save the course.
On-the-job Training: Learner view with group work panel
On-the-job Training: Learner OJT overview o single & group work OJTs
Messaging, Learner view
Limitations
It is not possible to provide different scheduling during bulk assignment via My staff.
For OJT Collaborative Group Work:
OJT Group Work Template: Only one template enabled as group work can be used within one course
Tutor evaluation: no separation of group tutoring possible for e.g. tutor 1 can only mark task 1, tutor 2 marks task 2 etc.
Course Room: The simple course room design cannot display additional information on tiles
Reports: There are no extra reports available for collaborative group work on-the-job training
Attendance tracking: is visible, but it is currently locked and cannot be used
My Staff (-Pool): The creation of group work on-the-job training cannot be done through the “Staff Pool” or “My Staff” section
Audit log: If user A starts the course with group work OJT, it starts for all participants. (Courses with “Duration of use”)
Course Removal: If a user is removed from a course, they will also be removed from the associated group and their progress will not be saved.
Group Assignments: If User A is assigned to Group 1 AND is then moved to Group 2 the progress/status for User A from Group 1 is deleted and replaced by the status from Group 2 but ONLY if the move is from a lower status (e.g. not started) to a higher status (in progress)
Learning Status: Editing the learning status via “Edit learning progress per component and user” is not supported