Incredible Figjam Makes Brainstorming and Collaboration within the Classroom Higher
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Incredible Figjam Makes Brainstorming and Collaboration within the Classroom Higher
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John Davis
That is the Ten Minute Instructor podcast together with your host, Vicki Davis. That is episode 804. Figjam: How Do You Use Figjam within the Classroom At this time.
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Vicki Davis
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Introducing Tom Mullaney
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Vicki Davis
So I’m so excited to have Tom Mullaney with us. Tom has had among the hottest episodes we have ever had together with a implausible episode on Google Jamboard, and I believe we did that twice, did not we, Tom?
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Tom Mullaney
We did.
What’s Figma? What’s Fijam? How are they used?
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Vicki Davis
Sure. Yeah. So now we have a brand new stellar app referred to as Figma. It is a part of Figma in addition to Fig Jam. So it is form of two apps inside it. My college students have used it and find it irresistible. Tom, You are utilizing FigJam, so let’s begin in the beginning. What’s a Figjam, and the way would you utilize it within the classroom?
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Tom Mullaney
Okay, thanks, Vicki. It is such a pleasure to be again once I’ve been right here earlier than. We have talked about Jamboard. When you concentrate on Jamboard, I consider what-if questions. What if I may have hyperlinks? What if I may play a YouTube video in a Jamboard Jam? What if I may remark in a Google Jamboard Jam? FigJam is a web-based app from Figma.com that solutions that query.
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Tom Mullaney
It’s a collaborative whiteboard that you’d use any time you ever college students whiteboarding or collaborative whiteboarding. And in the event that they’ve used Jamboard, you already know you need some extra options and funky issues. I wish to say that Figjam is that if we take the issues that we love about Jamboard, Google Docs pill, and even Prezi, we put these right into a collaborative whiteboard.
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Tom Mullaney
that is good.
How Do You Set Up an Schooling Account on Figma and Figjam?
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Vicki Davis
, my college students used FigJam to plan their app, which they then went and constructed the app in Figma. However once they spent a while speaking to the parents at Adobe about what they preferred, they usually saved speaking about Figjam. They’ve schooling accounts, proper? So let’s inform everyone learn how to get that, as a result of should you go in there, you would possibly go, Oh, nicely, I am unable to use this.
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Vicki Davis
How do you arrange that schooling account?
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Tom Mullaney
So should you go to Figma dot com, I’ve a weblog publish 12 ideas for getting began, and there you may discover two hyperlinks; should you go to figma.com/schooling and it will do the identical factor. You get verified for a free schooling account. Do this if you’re signed in to your schooling account. Figma has a sign-in with Google.
Rostering Figma and Figjam with Google Accounts
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Tom Mullaney
They’re going to even be a hyperlink there. You would possibly need to share this hyperlink together with your district administrator as a result of Figma has a partnership with Google. There is a hyperlink there the place Figma will do your class rosters and create all that stuff within the background and do it totally free.
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Vicki Davis
I didn’t know that I needed to do it manually after which get all my children verified. So wow, that is nice information. Thanks for telling me that.
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Tom Mullaney
It is known as the Chromebook Beta, and really on the web site says Deliver Figma to your Chromebooks. Now Figma is like that. You referenced Figma. It is just like the Google Docs of design, or that is what it has been referred to as. So it is, you already know, prototyping. We may speak extra about that. Figjam is the collaborative whiteboard piece and.
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Vicki Davis
Simpler to make use of, by the best way, A lot simpler. Figma, positively begin with Figjam.
Figjam Has Wonderful Collaborative Whiteboarding (with Revision Historical past)
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Tom Mullaney
So I’ll say that in case your college students, particularly center and highschool, have performed collaborative whiteboarding in a special app and are prepared for the subsequent problem or to have far more options, that is if you go, and also you get Figjam.
Begin Novices with Google JamBoard
I may see making an attempt Figjam with elementary, however I would like them to be very, very versed in collaborative whiteboarding first, and I might positively begin collaboratively posting with elementary in Jamboard.
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Tom Mullaney
It is slightly easier. There are fewer options, after which I’ll work my means as much as Figjam for certain. However the level I used to be making an attempt to make is that with any internet browser, this all works completely wonderful.
Figma and Figjam Work on Any Gadget
And so, any gadget you might have, although they name it the Chromebook beta, in case your gadget has the World Extensive Internet on it, Figjam and Figma will work nice.
The Vital Options of Figjam
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Vicki Davis
And so let’s discuss among the issues that you are able to do. So form of like a whiteboard, but it surely’s a lot extra.
Constructed-in Timer with Tune Options
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Tom Mullaney
It’s so rather more. It has a built-in timer with precise built-in track options. So you’ll be able to set a timer for a giant collaboration, and everybody is aware of. All proper, I’ve 3 minutes to get this performed or to get my contribution in there.
Voting System
It has a voting mechanism so you’ll be able to have children vote on stuff, after which it is going to tally the votes for you.
Infinite Sized Canvas
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Vicki Davis
I find it irresistible as a result of it is like infinitely sized. So one group can go means over right here, and one can proper over there, and it is like form of an infinite sizing. And my college students did love the polling. Like that was how they got here up with, okay, who can be answerable for this? And who’s going to be answerable for that?
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Vicki Davis
They usually simply threw these fast polls up, and it was superior.
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Tom Mullaney
The infinite canvas may be very helpful, and it is truly fairly simple to navigate. Even when you do not have a contact display, it’s nonetheless very simple to navigate. So Jamboard has the 20 frames. FigJam is an infinite canvas.
Cool Hack: Hyperlink One other Figjam in a Figjam
The one factor I might say is slightly hack for that. If you wish to construct in different actions, hyperlink a Figjam in a Figjam and have a look at what occurs.
Editor’s Observe: This simply implies that you make two Figjams and hyperlink from one to the opposite for simplicity so you’ll be able to have completely different actions.
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Tom Mullaney
It truly provides you slightly preview of that Figjam. You possibly can pop it out, however then you’ll be able to see what it seems to be like afterward. So if you could, okay, now we will do that exercise, and now we will try this exercise. If you’d like that, have that multi functional, say Figjam, after which I paste to hyperlink in there, and also you’re good to go.
Protoyping Concepts
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Vicki Davis
It is good for prototyping when it comes to planning your concept, ready earlier than you prototype such as you’re arising together with your concepts, your planning, your mission, your planning, and your presentation. What are another issues that you’ve got instructed academics are nice for, for utilizing this app?
Sticky Notes with Names of the Creator
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Tom Mullaney
All proper, so two issues I mentioned was it had some pill options. To me, the massive palette function is if you put a sticky word in there; by default, it has your title on it. So, you already know, you see who authored every sticky word. You possibly can even do it in nameless mode if you would like, however you might have that alternative.
Plugins for Figma Add Extra Options
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Tom Mullaney
It additionally has a plug-ins. So there is a button form of in the course of the toolbar for plug-ins, and there is an Unsplash plug-in. There is a Bitmoji plug-in; some are widgets, and a few are plug-ins.
Use Flyover for Prezi-like Displays
One is known as Flyover, and flyover makes it like a Prezi. And so I’ve performed this the place I’ve truly, and I’ve a pair arising the place I am saying, what?
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Tom Mullaney
This may be my presentation device, and I am going to simply preserve going by way of Flyover, and it may possibly go wherever I would like in my Figjam, which is very nice.
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Vicki Davis
So use it as displays, use it for planning. You’ve concepts, you might have sticky notes, you might have conversations. I believe you are on the point of train some academics with it. How are you going to make use of it? You are going to use it as your presentation. How are you going to have them use it?
Utilizing Figjam as an Essay Planner
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Tom Mullaney
Okay, So an ideal place to share concepts or reflections. However right here, now we have an essay planner and all this cool stuff you are able to do. Considered one of my concepts is placing our concepts on sticky notes, however then we will use the remark function to remark and tag of us.
Tagging Individuals to Promote Dialog
Whenever you remark and tag an individual, they get an e-mail day two days after the actual fact.
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Tom Mullaney
You see one thing you need to give slightly suggestions on on the particular person within the remark, they usually get prompted to return and revisit it. So very nice for sharing and collaborating.
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Vicki Davis
We use lots of what you see is a Trello-like form of collaborative board is what it is referred to as, the place you might have the Publish-it notes, and you progress stuff round. However actually, you should utilize Figjam that means as type of a Trello duties activity sort board, in some methods.
Evaluating Figjam and Trello
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Tom Mullaney
I’ve used Trello a short while in the past. I do not know if in Trello, are you able to, when you might have one activity, are you able to then simply put one proper subsequent to it proper beneath it?
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Vicki Davis
So Trello, it’s a must to have it in columns and you’ll nonetheless tag individuals and you’ll put dates and issues, however to me, FigJam, you might have extra flexibility on the place you’ll be able to put these sticky notes since you may make groupings and a giant sq. round them and say, okay, these are all on this matter and these are all on that matter.
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Vicki Davis
So it is virtually like a brainstorming board in some methods.
Working with Sticky Notes in Figjam
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Tom Mullaney
Oh yeah. And I like that if you zoom in on a sticky word in Figjam; you get little plus buttons on the prime, backside, and sides. So you can begin constructing sticky notes with simply these; plus, all of them keep collectively properly and neatly. However in case you have a bunch of sticky notes simply form of all slapped collectively, you’ll be able to click on and choose all of them after which right-click.
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Tom Mullaney
And there are a few nice options. There is a tidy-up function, so it simply tidies all the pieces up.
Locking Down Issues You Do not Need Individuals to Delete
However the different factor is everytime you collaborate with college students or any group of individuals, there’s all the time that person who, okay, I by chance deleted this or I by chance transfer this earlier than you give it to children, right-click on something you do not need them to or contact.
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Tom Mullaney
You possibly can right-click after which lock. After which, if a scholar by chance clicks on it, they cannot do something till they really click on the lock icon. They must unlock it consciously. It’s a good strategy to defend your stuff and collaborate in order that issues do not get so tousled.
Why Ought to Academics Use Figjam within the Classroom?
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Vicki Davis
So that you’re on the point of strive some academics on FigJam. What will be your elevator pitch for why they need to think about using this within the classroom?
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Tom Mullaney
I might say that one, we would like college students collaborating. Collaborative whiteboarding is an excellent strategy to get began to observe digital citizenship and to do it the place there’s accountability within the sticky notes, the place we will hyperlink out to different issues, the place we will put YouTube movies and watch them proper there on the canvas and never have to fret about opening a brand new tab and getting misplaced.
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Tom Mullaney
Even a widget the place you’ll be able to report your voice after which there is a play button. Each function. Should you can dream it, you are able to do it.
Let me simply steal from Walt Disney. It is in Figjam. It is actually arduous to seek out issues that I am unable to cannot do in it. However we are saying scholar voice and we will even have voting that voting two college students get one vote.
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Tom Mullaney
An individual do they vote? It is an individual. You’ve all these implausible selections.
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Vicki Davis
So the app is Figjam and Tom Mulaney. We are going to hyperlink to your 12 ideas for getting began within the weblog publish. Present notes hooked up to this podcast. Figjam is superior. It is a implausible, actually fairly new device, but it surely’s very, very highly effective, and it simply takes your collaboration to the subsequent degree, such as you. Tom, I form of agree.
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Vicki Davis
You form of begin together with your Google Docs, your Google Slides, issues like that. However then, if you’re prepared to actually placed on the afterburners and do some unimaginable initiatives, there you go.
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Tom Mullaney
There you go. Go proper to determine.
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Vicki Davis
That is proper. So the place can individuals observe your work?
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Tom Mullaney
Tom, such a pleasure not solely to be in your present however to share a device that’s so thrilling at the present time. It is like so nice to get enthusiastic about one thing. You possibly can go to my web site. … (See bio for hyperlinks.)
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John Davis
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