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NowComment Fall 2014 Higher Education Newsletter


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I’m the head/founder of Fairness.com LLC. We really hope you … (more)

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I’m the head/founder of Fairness.com LLC. We really hope you … (more)

Dan Doernberg (Nov 17 2014 12:39PM) : Added since this was written: Folders as a way to organize your My Library documents (complementing Groups).
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  • Create accounts by importing a class roster

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  • Create accounts for students without email access

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  • Compile documents into personal or class blogs

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  • Highlight in multiple colors, produce group “heat maps”

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  • Export documents and comments more easily

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Other Recent Enhancements

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  • Upload PDFs

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  • Edit Documents to fix typos, add material, and (like Microsoft Word) accept suggested changes

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  • Interface to your LMS (e.g. Blackboard, Canvas, Moodle, Sakai) via LTI

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  • Consolidate email notifications to one daily message

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Our Features Gallery shows everything NowComment can do.

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Why Teachers Like NowComment

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  • Commenting is a great way to hold students accountable for assigned reading, and having all their comments in a single online document can simplify your review and feedback workflow.

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  • Automatic sorting and tallying of student comments lets you easily evaluate the quantity and quality of their participation, per document or for selected documents.

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  • NowComment’s design reinforces key teaching goals. Our summary line requirement pushes students to think through what they’re writing, and sentence-level commenting encourages close reading and helps students find text-based evidence. Here’s a K12 Common Core perspective.

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  • NowComment has been successfully used by 2nd graders -- you and your students won’t have any trouble.

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See more reasons here.

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Watch a 2-Minute Overview

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Students Like It Too (More than Online Forums!)

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NowComment channels students' enthusiasm and comfort with social media into engaged class discussion. And NowComment is more interactive and efficient than online forum software:

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j m (Oct 28 2014 7:51AM) : Suggested Revision more Tags: wording

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And NowComment is interactive and efficient than online forum software:

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  • Students don't have to switch back-and-forth between the assigned document and its comments; both are together on the same screen.

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  • Students don't have to explain which sentence or paragraph they're commenting on, NowComment provides that context automatically.

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  • Clicking on an interesting or confusing passage immediately displays any existing comments about it.

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Use NowComment in Your Classroom

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It's powerful, easy to use, and free for unlimited numbers of documents and invitees. Popular applications include:

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  • Preparation for in-class discussion

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  • Small group work (e.g. e.g. writing feedback)

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  • Distance education (no other tools needed)

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  • Flipped classroom use

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  • Collaboration with colleagues (at your school or anywhere)

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We're happy to answer questions and consult on applications:
 [email protected] or @nowcomment

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Best wishes for the school year!

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The NowComment Team

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Copyright © 2014, Fairness.com LLC. All rights reserved.

Our mailing address is:
 Fairness.com LLC
 3105 Edgewater Dr.
 PO Box 6970
 Charlottesville, VA 22906-6970

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j m (Oct 28 2014 7:23AM) : test more Tags: تست, کلمه

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