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Timely

The writing takes away from actual discussion and thus there is not time necessarily to expand on all the interesting responses.

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Gamification

The live contributions gamify the discussion a little bit.

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Free!

JAC subscriptions allow teachers and students to use Teams freely.

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Customizable

There are more customizable options with Moodle than with Teams - especially if you don't mind implementing a little bit of HTML.

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Free!

JAC subscriptions allow students and teachers to use Moodle freely.

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Free!

Students do not an account. Free teacher account allows up to 50 participants per month, which is enough for my small class size.

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Learning Curve:

Students and myself are already familiar with Teams and are comfortable using it.

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Learning Curve:

Mentimeter slides are fairly straight-forward for anyone who has used PowerPoint or Slides. Students follow instructions on screen. I tested this in class and students found the platform simple to follow.

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Learning Curve:

Both myself and students are familiar with discussion boards. Students have previously taken an intro web design course and thus Moodle tools should be fairly intuitive

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Difficult to set up discussion prompts

i.e. provide topics of conversations for students to share and then comment on

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Discussion Boards

Can create individual forums based on topics to organize content. This will also be easier to see which students have actually posted about what.

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Difficult to sort conversations

While overall engagement can be monitored it takes more work to see who has posted where, or to organize topics of conversation (other than creating multiple channels)

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Private Conversations

Students can create private chats and channels for group work

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Mobile friendly

The moodle app is fairly easy to use (if students are comfortable downloading it)

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Mobile Friendly

Accessible from mobile devices

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Reactions

Can share easy reactions to posts without having to write anything

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Proficiency

Students have used Teams in other classes (perhaps during Covid) and thus are already fairly proficient

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Teams Fatigue

Many students in this class started Cegep during Covid and do not want to use Teams anymore.

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"New" Platform

Not all students have used Moodle. They need to access it through a different part of Omnivox (or a link via Lea) and may need to log in. This may deter some students from using as often.

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Student Reactions

Students can respond to each other's posts

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Monitor Access

Easy to see student engagement

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No Subscription or Login

Students can simply go to the link and respond without signing in or submitting an email. Teacher account is also free.

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Longer Answers

Students can give detailed responses including links and images

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Unique Answers

Everyone can add responses independently before seeing other responses - less influenced from others

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Varied Answers

Students may be inspired to comment and share based on someone else's answer

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Short Answers

Responses may not give all the information and not all students are willing to share more

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Internet/Device Issues

Students cannot participate if they are having challenges that day with internet access.

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Anonymous

Anonymity means that there's no way to verify all students have participated (especially if students can submit multiple answers)

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Shareable Results

Can summarize the results into a PDF and share with students afterwards

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Live Feedback

Can see the class feedback immediately during class discussion.

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Anonymous

No pressure to speak up in front of class.