{"id":5151,"date":"2021-08-09T09:30:36","date_gmt":"2021-08-09T09:30:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kdanmobile.com\/blog\/?p=5151"},"modified":"2022-12-16T06:45:14","modified_gmt":"2022-12-16T06:45:14","slug":"increase-group-project-efficiency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kdan.com\/blog\/increase-group-project-efficiency","title":{"rendered":"Increase the Efficiency of your Group Project"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Group project is a part of a <\/span>student’s learning process<\/span> <\/a>and, while necessary, can be frustrating. Working with others is difficult to learn, and miscommunication makes this process even harder when group members aren’t face-to-face.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this article, we’ll show you how to integrate <\/span>Creativity 365 Education<\/span><\/a> into your group project and other tools you can use to stay well-connected, productive, and learning efficiently. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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Have a Kickoff Meeting<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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You have to consider the team members’ previous experience when planning the project roles. If you’re the project leader, you need to assess your team and understand the competencies of your fellow members, possible meeting times and establish deadlines, and when you can do tasks on their own vs. which parts will be treated as collaborative assignments.<\/span> Try to apply a meeting agenda template<\/a> to plan what you will cover at the kick-off meeting!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It’s essential to discuss time management, delegation, and,<\/span> most importantly, group objectives from the beginning. Make sure all team members know what’s expected of them and the goals to be achieved. While this is a collaborative assignment, delegating individual tasks within the group is better so everyone can develop their ideas. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, if you believe your project is more complex and requires a little more attention, you may always take advantage of project management software<\/a>. Project management software<\/a> will certainly assist you with better scheduling, improved team collaboration, resource management, roll-out forecasting, and risk detection and mitigation, among other things.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Besides, during a project, you have several phases you’ll need to optimize to make the project successful: <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. Research phase <\/strong><\/li>
  2. Organization of information and outlining of the presentation <\/strong><\/li>
  3. Editing phase<\/strong><\/li>
  4. Presentation<\/strong><\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    A constructive framework for your group project will make communication and collaboration more straightforward to maximize the group efforts.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Facilitate the Group Information Sharing<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    Once you have all group project details set, the next step is to choose the collaboration tool for the team to exchange information. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    One of the most time-consuming parts of a group project is to find a file-sharing platform where everyone can easily share information and communicate. Since research is the first part of the group’s class project, everyone’s distinct workflows might clash. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    There are many team collaboration or productivity tools<\/a> that can solve this issue. A good solution should be accessible to everyone, simple to use, and updated in real-time. Cloud storage platforms, like Google Drive or Dropbox, are a must. If you’re looking for team management tools, some features in tools like Notion<\/a> and Trello are helpful in the group project. Many apps integrate with your email client<\/a> for Windows or Mac, making them really simple to use.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Throughout the group’s research, there may be much information from various sources, including articles, texts, ebooks, etc. If steps aren’t taken to organize, this critical information may be forgotten if not correctly marked. At the end of the research stage, you can use Markup’s Auto Summary feature,<\/a> an AI-integrated reading tool that can extract key points from large files or text and neatly form summary paragraphs for you.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n