Data privacy is a central concern of Go-Lab and, thus, privacy features have been built in by design. Students’ privacy is guaranteed, because students log in with nicknames. Students do not need to provide any email address to log in, merely only a nickname, which protects their identities from anyone but the teacher (as in a real classroom). If teachers want to see their students’ data they can ask their students to login with known pre-assigned names. Teachers can then inspect and assess the students’ products (e.g., the spreadsheets uploaded by the students, the created concept maps etc.). Teachers can also inspect and track patterns of usage of an ILS by using the so-called “learning analytics” facilities (AngeLA). The teacher decides whether he/she wants to include this in the ILS or not.
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