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Faculty Spotlight: Dr. Jeanmarie Higgins

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Packback’s Friendly Interface and Auto-Grading

Dr. Jeanmarie Higgins enjoys using Packback instead of the online discussion forum on Canvas because of the platform’s user-friendly interface and scoring system.

INSTITUTION

Penn State University

DEPARTMENT

Theatre

COURSE

Art of the Theatre

SIZE

700 Students

“Packback is fun and it looks a lot more like a social media platform, which makes it much more attractive to undergraduates.”

Community Stats

QUESTIONS

6,848

AVG CURIOSITY SCORE

65

RESPONSES

13,424

AVG WORDS PER POST

107

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