Collaboration is the heartbeat of every great classroom. With Crostini’s new collaboration features, teachers can turn group work into a structured, visible process—and students get clearer roles, faster feedback, and more ownership of results. Below we break down what’s new, why it matters, and how to get value in your first week.
Shared Workspaces. Create a workspace for a group or the whole class and attach learning objectives. Students co-edit artifacts, add sources, and drop reflections in one place. Each change is tracked, so you can see who did what and when—no more guessing who carried the project.
Live Feedback. Leave quick comments that appear in context—on a paragraph, an image, or a data table. Use short “nudges” to redirect off-task behavior without stopping instruction, or leave warm-ups (“Explain your method in one sentence”) to promote metacognition. Because comments are time-stamped, you can review how guidance shaped the final product.
Contribution Metrics. Dashboards summarize participation by student and by group. You’ll see trends—who jumps in early, who needs prompting, and which groups divide work well. Use this to calibrate grading, form balanced teams, and celebrate the quiet contributors who steadily move projects forward.
Templates for Faster Starts. To reduce setup time, Crostini includes starter templates: inquiry lab reports, peer-review cycles, Socratic seminar notes, and media projects. Pick a template, tweak the checkpoints, and you’re ready to launch in minutes.
Accessibility & Inclusion. Collaboration only works when everyone can join. Text-to-speech, caption-friendly media blocks, and keyboard-first navigation keep groups equitable. You can also switch to high-contrast and large-type views for the few students who need them without changing the layout for everyone.
Privacy-aware by Design. Student artifacts stay inside your organization’s domain. Sharing outside requires teacher approval, and outbound links are logged for auditing. That way you can show families authentic work while keeping student data safe.
How to Get Started (Week One). On day one, form groups of 3–4 and create a shared workspace with a single, clear question. Add a rubric with 3 criteria—clarity, evidence, collaboration—and schedule two feedback checkpoints. On day three, use contribution metrics to nudge imbalanced teams. On day five, publish a class gallery and ask each group to write a two-sentence retrospective: “What did we learn?” and “What will we try next time?”
Pro Tips. Keep comments short; attach exemplars for quality; timebox brainstorms to spark momentum; rotate roles (facilitator, evidence finder, editor) so every student practices a different skill; and end every project with one classwide “transfer” question that ties the work to a new context.
Collaboration isn’t a nice-to-have; it’s how students learn to think together. With Crostini’s shared workspaces, live feedback, and contribution metrics, you’ll see more voices, better evidence, and cleaner drafts—without doubling your prep. We can’t wait to see what your students build next.