AN INTRODUCTION

OBJECTIVES

1. Introduce the Kaizena web application2.Explain the benefits of Kaizena in an education environment3.Define the account creation process4.Provide an overview of the Kaizena dashboard5.Describe workflow for requesting and providing feedback

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Introduction and Benefits

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Kaizena: Give Great Feedback Kaizen: A Japanese philosophy of continuous improvement Provides teachers with a quick and easy way to provide personalized voice feedback

Attach resources to the assigned work

Highlights and reinforces learning from class

No more red pen

Accessible from anywhere

FREE

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Account Creation

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WWW.KAIZENA.COM

Teachers & Students Kaizena is fully integrated with your Google account

Profile creation in a few clicks

o Note: You will be required to sign into your Google account to install Kaizena if not already signed in.

Two important things occur after profile creation:

o Your Kaizena personal website URL and dashboard are created

o The Kaizena Google Drive plugin is installed

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Your Profile Edit your profile info

Change personalized URL

Add bio

Designate role

Teacher, Student, Other

Add school name

Add grades

Add subject taught

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Kaizena Dashboard

Kaizena Dashboard This is the main hub for students and teachers to request and provide feedback

To access the dashboard go to kaizena.com

If you are already signed into your Google account, the main dashboard will open by default

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Give FeedbackBOXES, RESOURCES, TAGS

Give Feedback: Boxes

Displays documents requiring feedback

New boxes can be created for organization feedback

o You can create a box for each class, group, or assignment, etc.

Boxes can be archived

o Archived boxes can be viewed in the Archive view

o Archived boxes are not available for students to submit requests into

o Students can still access their feedback if a box is archived

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Give Feedback: Resources

Problem: you find yourself always saying the same thing over and over again.

Solution: save any link you find on the web, and quickly attach it to a highlight without having to remember the link.

You can direct students to any lesson, video or game on the web

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Give Feedback: Tags

Track and rate skills as you see them

o Tags can be anything : rubric criteria, common core standards, learning objectives, outcomes you get the idea!

The first time you type a tag we save it for future use

Every tag gets a rating you can change the tags rating levels to match, say, your rubric levels

You can also use tags to save feedback

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Get Feedback(FOR STUDENTS)

Get Feedback: Before youve asked

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STUDENTS: YOU NEED YOUR TEACHERS PROFILE LINK have them email/post/tweet it for you somewhere!

Request Feedback Go to Kaizena profile of

reviewer

Click Ask ____ for Feedback

Select the document

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Select Document In the window that appears,

click the document that requires feedback

Click select

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Select Box Select the appropriate box

Click Ask ____ for Feedback

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Get Feedback: After youve asked

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This is everyone youve ever asked for feedback. Click on their name to see your work.

How it WorksFOR TEACHERS

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How it Works Just like an inbox, new

feedback requests appear in the box they were placed into

Access full list of requests by click box header

From the list view, the teacher can:

move feedback request(s) to another box

delete a feedback request(s)

open a feedback request in Kaizena edit mode

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Kaizena Feedback Mode Document

Feedback receiver

Feedback reviewer

Tags

Versions

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Tags Highlight a piece of text by clicking and dragging

Add a tag (criteria, skill) or skip

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Tags Give your tag a rating. For example, align the rating with a rubric criteria

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Tags Summary When you tag and rate

highlights, we automatically create a summary in the sidebar.

If you've used the same tag (ie. "transition") multiple times in the document with different ratings, the tag in the summary is the average of those ratings

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Adding Feedback Now you can provide your feedback in 3 different ways :

Mic: Allows you to record audio feedback

Text: Allows you write text feedback

Resource: Allows you to provide feedback via an external link

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Adding Voice Feedback

Click the microphone icon

Give microphone access to Kaizena

Click record

Start talking

Click stop

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Adding Text Feedback

Click the text icon

Enter your text feedback

Click comment

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Adding Resource Feedback

Click the resource icon

Enter the name of your resource

Copy and paste the URL of the resource

Click attach resource

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Versions Create a new version to

pull the latest changes from Google Docs into Kaizena.

Click on the timestamps to switch between versions, and the trash can to delete old versions

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Edit Feedback Panel Toggle notifications

Change highlight colour

Delete highlight

Add new feedback for this highlight

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Submitting Feedback A link to your feedback is automatically added to the original Google Doc under the comments button (which is next to the blue share button) after you make a comment

If your students asked you for your feedback via your Kaizena profile, they will also receive an email with a link to your feedback

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Thank you! IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, FEEL FREE TO CONTACT TEAM@KAIZENA.COM