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suzannemmeyer
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2 months ago

Gather Feedback outside of reviewer

Hi All,
Just checking to see if anyone uses any other type of feedback collection besides reviewer for Rise or Storyline.  I love reviewer but my client wished to gather feedback from a larger group for our particular courses.  Thanks so much

  • Ange's avatar
    Ange
    Community Member

    A while back I used "ReviewMyElearning" for Storyline.
    As I recall it was easy to use and had more options for sorting/organization/tracking comments.

  • KarlMuller's avatar
    KarlMuller
    Community Member

    We don't use Review 360 at all.

    For our reviewers, we create a Word version of the Rise course.

    They leave Review Comments in the Word doc.

    We give them the Share link to the Rise course as well. 

  • You could have "a larger group" enter comments in Review 360. But, yeah, that's not always optimal. 

    Here's what I did before Review 360 (and, sometimes, even after): I created a MS Word file to collect review comments. 

    • The top of the file had a few instructions, plus a table where reviewers were supposed to enter their name and the date when they were done with their review.
    • There was also a brief section explaining navigation and showing a screenshot of a slide within the Player.
    • The content from the course was put in a 2-column table. 
    • The left-side column showed the content. There'd be a separate row for each Storyline slide, with extra rows as needed to show interactive content. For Rise, it was usually one block of content per row. As needed, I'd add text to explain how the interactions worked.
    • The right-side column was where reviewers could enter notes. The instructions stated that they should start with their name. (I usually added a comment in the first row, so everyone would see the expected format.) 
    • When changes were implemented, I'd add a gray shade to each changed row. I'd add a comment  explaining what I did (or did not) do to address what the reviewer requested. I end with "This row closed. See revised version in next row, and enter additional comments there." The revised content would be put in a new row.
    • At the very end of the file, I added a note reminding reviewers to enter their name and the date at the top of the document. 
    • After a course was finalized, this document showing all the changes was often saved, just in case it was needed for reference. 
    • Best of all, I'd also save a copy, delete all of the grayed-out rows, and clean up the file by deleting extraneous comments, etc.. The result was a file showing the content (which was needed for compliance purposes)—and it was ready to use as the review file whenever the course needed to be checked for potential updating. 

     

    Notes:

    • Yes, doing this is a LOT more work than just publishing to Review 360. But it was helpful for the client, especially because the legal folks could review the content without taking the time to step through the course. 
    • Some prefer putting editable text in the review file, with Track Changes turned on. Personally, I think that gets too messy. 
    • The file was on SharePoint, and everyone was supposed to enter their comments in that copy. (Inevitably, someone would download the file, enter their comments, and then email that copy. That, of course, creates more work.)