About Group Work

You will have the opportunity to work closely with a group of your peers on case reports throughout this course.

More information about the collaborative case reports can be found in the modules.

Collaborating with Group Members

There are several collaborative tools available for your group to use while working together. There a few key things to consider when working with others:

How and when are you going to communicate as a group?
What role and/or responsibilities will each team member play? Would you like to rotate these roles from activity to activity?
Who will be responsible for submitting the case reports for the group?

Communication

Asynchronous

Canvas Groups

Within Groups, you can:

View the group list
Start a discussion
Send a message
Create group collaborations

To access groups, click on People in the near-left navigation tab, then click on the "Groups" tab.

Learn more about Groups by watching this video: Group Creation and Interaction for Students (Video).

Microsoft OneDrive

As an OU student, you have access to the Office 365 suite of products. One of those products is Microsoft OneDrive, which allows you to co-author documents in real-time.

To access OneDrive, go to onedrive.com and sign in using your OU email address and OU password.

Learn more about how OneDrive works by reading this Microsoft Support article: Collaborate on Word documents with real-time co-authoring.

Synchronous

Microsoft Teams

Another product that OU students have access to with Office 365 is Microsoft Teams, a synchronous/asynchronous communication platform. Teams offers workspace and videoconferencing, file storage, and application integration. Here are some of the features:

Chat: includes group chats and file sharing
Teams: allows the user to set up a team for classes
Channels: allows the user to set up a channel within a team (similar to Slack)
Calling: including instant messaging, video conferencing, phone-in options, meeting link connection
Meetings: including Outlook integration, broadcasting live events, attendance reports

You may find the following tutorials helpful:

Zoom and MyMedia Kaltura

OU students have access to a pro Zoom account, which allows you to communicate in real-time.

To access Zoom, visit oklahoma.zoom.us and sign in using your OU email and password.

Other Synchronous Options

If your group is more familiar with FaceTime, Slack, Discord, or Skype, you can use one of those options instead.