PiazzaStudent / Teacher

Communication Tool

Presenters:

• Dr. Michael Sturgeon &• Brett Deaton

What Exactly is Piazza ?

Piazza was developed to take offline study group dynamics online to help students get unstuck faster.

Works on multiple platforms, thereby minimizing access limitations

Piazza is online learning with student engagement at the center. (a mouthpiece for the silent student)

When deciding to use Piazza, it is at the class level therefore (no IT personnel involvement needed).

Piazza is free -- create your classes, enroll students and you’re done – actually, you are ready to begin!

How well used is Piazza?

1,000,000+

Enrollments

12,000+ Instructor

s

8,000+ Classes

400+ Schools

Piazza benefits all involved

Piazza Interface & Tools

…wiki-style answers…reduce duplicating question with search

option

…timeline slider to see evolution of questions

…resolved flags to identify unanswered

questions

Saves Time for Instructors…monitor student access …spot areas where students

struggle …attain Piazza generated report

Interactions…students can crowd-source …response time is usually quicker …instructor can observe or

participate

Engages Students…on multiple platforms …student anonymity …a way for out-of-class answers

Piazza’s Time Influence?

3 minutes average time to sign up

10 hours per week has been estimated time saved per instructor

90% of instructors returned to use it again last term

11 minutes average time for questions to be

answered for students

100% of questions were answered via Piazza,

and in class discussion