{"id":65227,"date":"2023-11-17T12:06:45","date_gmt":"2023-11-17T19:06:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/ctl\/?p=65227"},"modified":"2025-04-18T10:20:15","modified_gmt":"2025-04-18T16:20:15","slug":"engaging-students-with-padlet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/ctl\/blog\/2023\/11\/17\/engaging-students-with-padlet\/","title":{"rendered":"Engaging Students with Padlet"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

As a professor of studio art, I traditionally hold critiques and discussions about student work by hanging it on the studio wall. This technique is standard pedagogy in the visual arts, where assessment is weekly, and looking critically at work is an integral part of studio practice. For remote live or asynchronous classes, I needed to find a digital alternative to the studio wall, but one that replicated the same experience. How could we see everyone\u2019s work at once, and look at the entire group in order to see work in relation to one another? How can we engage in meaningful conversation that supports student learning? The solution was to use Padlet, which replicates the traditional critique wall and allows students to provide verbal (in the case of synchronous classes) or written comments in response to viewing the work of their peers.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is Padlet?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Padlet<\/a> is a collaborative digital platform that allows participants to interact with each other in a digital space. Each Padlet can upload content in a variety of formats, and contributions or posts to the Padlet page can include images, video, and written text. Students can post with their name or anonymously and faculty can set up specific parameters for posts. Each Padlet can be public or private, and students can access the Padlet by a link or QR Code provided by the professor. I have found this platform to be exceptionally user friendly. Students can drag images of their work onto the Padlet or upload images or files from their desktop or phone. The QR code seems to be easier for students, as they can access and upload photographs directly from their phone. It is also faculty friendly, making it easy to create and share Padlets with the class. There are two versions of Padlet, a free version which allows three Padlets to be created (you can erase and remake to stay within this limitation) and a paid version with unlimited Padlets. I made a decision to pay for my account, as I like to keep each Padlet throughout the semester, both in my online and face-to-face classes. By paying for my account, I can refer back to past images or use the Padlet as a way to show student development as they revise their work and update their posts. If a lot of faculty members are interested, you can also get an institutional account which allows a certain number of users. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here is an example of what appears when you make a new Padlet in your account:<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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As you can see by the image, there are numerous formats to choose from including a wall (which I use most often since it closely replicates our studio wall), Canvas, Grid, Stream and Map which students can use to post where a historical event occurred, or other references to geography.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Advantages of Padlet across the disciplines<\/h3>\n\n\n\n