Wednesday, January 8, 2020

Explain Everything & Quick-Loading Images

I like to distribute and collect student work during class using Google Classroom, for many reasons. Among the most important reasons are:

  • I can distribute PDF files to all of my students instead of having paper printouts
  • Students can return digitally annotated exercises in class for immediate review and feedback


However, there is at least one drawback with this approach: when making a copy of a Google Classroom assignment for each student, Google Classroom appends the student's name to the filename they are sent. So, there are potential privacy issues if I want to be projecting my computer (and their work) for anonymous peer review and feedback, if the whole class can see the filename as I open it.

There are some obvious and inelegant solutions, like blacking the projector screen while I open documents. But, I've devised some cleaner solutions. I've written about a couple previously:


Now I have a third approach, which I've used quite a bit the past few semesters, and I really like it. Please view my five-minute demonstration video to learn more!


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