TaskCards is a virtual bulletin board allowing students to easily share posts, links, images, audio files, text documents and videos. Students can also see and add comments to each other’s posts etc. The simple and flexible design makes the tool useful in many different teaching contexts.
Online bulletin board for collaboration, discussion, summing up and brainstorming
TaskCards has five different setups, each of which can be used for different purposes:
TaskCards works well with other digital learning tools. For example, you can integrate your TaskCard directly into Brightspace or other websites. You can also add content to a TaskCard from other services, e.g. share Mentimeter content or text documents.
The option to comment on posts can be turned on and off. For each post, you can allow reactions in the form of likes, upvotes, stars or grades.
Editing rights
In the TaskCards settings, you can easily decide whether and how students should be allowed to add posts in a TaskCard.
You can share many different types of content in TaskCards. The program even includes a screen recorder and an audio recorder, so that you and your students can easily record content directly into a TaskCard. This works particularly well with the smartphone app. Furthermore, you can draw and share files and links to videos and music. The text in each post can be formatted with headings, italics, bold, bullets, etc
There are many ways to share content in TaskCards. When you want to interact with your students, you should use a link so students can add content. Subsequently, you can share the content as a PDF and make it available to the students as a resource.
Below, you will find examples of learning activities that you can use and draw inspiration from when using TaskCards in your teaching:
For group work, allowing students to share ideas, reflections, comments etc. across the groups. .
For brainstorming where you allow your students to share any ideas and input that come to mind. To provide some structure, you can use the Shelf layout to make columns with different headings, or the Canvas layout to draw arrows between different content.
Visual timelines using the Timeline layout. In the Timeline layout, you can place content in chronological order or ask students to organise events, eras or images on the timeline.
For summing up on important points. This is a good way to save the outcome of a teaching session so students can revisit it afterwards.
For ongoing inputs using the Backchannel layout. In Backchannel, you can set up a simple chat where students can comment and ask questions during your teaching. Skim the chat during the break and see if there are any questions that you need to follow up on.
This guide shows you how to get started using TaskCards and the most commonly used features.
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This guide shows you how to share access to your TaskCard and what the different settings provide access to. By reviewing the instructions, you should like to get an idea of how to set up your TaskCard so that it is shared the way you want it.
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This guide shows you how to view your TaskCard inside Brightspace. You can see the guide that precede this if you want to make sure that your "share settings" are set up correctly.
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This guide shows you how to copy a TaskCard board.
This guide show you how to import your Padlets to TaskCards.
NB: The transfer can be very time consuming, especially if your Padlets contains pictures.
NB: Only Padlets set to the "Wall" type can be transferred. If you have other types of Padlets, you must first change their settings before they can be transferred.
To transfer your Padlets to TaskCards, you first need to download the program 'TaskCards CardIO' to your PC or Mac. Select a guide for this below:
Then continue with the instructions below.
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This guide show you how to get your Padlets data as Excel files.
To change the language permanently, you need to select the language in settings. You can find settings from the homepage by accessing your Boards/Pinnwände and going to the Settings/Einstellungen tab. Remember to save the change with the save icon at the top right.
The problem occurs when you copy the link to TaskCards from the browser’s address bar and paste it into Brightspace. To share a Board from TaskCards, you need to create a special sharing link under “Permissions" or via the Share/Del icon at the top right inside a Board. You can always see all the sharing links you have created by clicking on “Permissions”. Here you also have the option to preview the Board, so you can test what a student with the link can do on the Board. You can find a guide on how to share a Board below on this page.
Not all types of Boards are equally good for mobile viewing. For mobile viewing, we recommend using the Pinboard type, which displays posts in columns. It it also often helpful to set all new cards to be collapsible to save space on the Board. To apply this adjust the Card Size parameter in the settings of the Board.
When you change the settings for cards on the Board, it will only affect new cards. This means you need to access the settings for each card if you want to change whether the comment section is activated or adjust the size of the card. When you are editing a card you can also choose “More options”. Here you have the option to choose “Multiple editing”, thus affecting the settings of several cards at once. To apply multiple editing, select the relevant cards, then change their settings via the icons in the top right corner of the screen.
