Educator's Guide

First steps for educators

Before you start using MATCHA in a course, you should go through the following steps, ideally well ahead of the start of the course.

Open MATCHA Dashboard Data protection and privacy

Try MATCHA as a student Start by installing MATCHA to get a feel for what it can do. Try a demo instructor-led activity with these access details:
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Activity code: 02-02-02-02-02
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Instructor name: MATCHA
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Create or join an organization in the Instructor Dashboard Create a free instructor account in MATCHA Dashboard to make your own activities and test MATCHA's features. (If you created an account in-app to use advanced features, you can use the same credentials for Dashboard.)
Decide what kinds of activities you will use MATCHA for Decide in what settings you will use MATCHA: in class, at home, or in supervised writing labs. See how MATCHA can help with essay assignments at home, in-class writing and exams, and supervised writing labs. A hybrid approach involving some at-home work and some in-person or in-lab work can make sense for many courses.
Begin institutional approval Check your institution's policies on technology adoption and risk assessment to see what process is required. Most universities have a formal process for vetting and reviewing new technology for use in courses. This is often called a Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA), Data Protection Impact Assessment (DPIA), or Technology Risk Assessment. Normally, the process starts with a request to an educational technology team, which might use a dedicated PIA or DPIA form.
Is it too late for you to do the paperwork to require MATCHA in your course?
Chances are you can still suggest (without requiring) that students use MATCHA, as students are normally free to write their essays with the word processor of their choice. In our experience, many prefer MATCHA over pencil-and-paper for exams, and many students want to be in a position to prove their work for at-home assignments. You can also require students to prove their work using MATCHA or other means, leaving it open to them to find another solution.
Select features and a privacy level Decide which MATCHA features you wish to use and select a Privacy Level that is consistent with these features. If you are the first to use MATCHA at your institution, we recommend aiming to use Privacy Level 2 or above. At that level, no personally identifiable information (PII) will be shared with us, MATCHA Technologies, or our subprocessors. At some universities, this can make the difference between a fast-tracked or review-free adoption process and an in-depth evaluation that takes months.
Get help with your PIA or DPIA If you need help completing your PIA/DPIA form, get in touch with us at dpo@matchatech.io. We can pre-fill the key technical information for you. Also, we can provide a HECVAT package with extensive documentation (this is a standard information package educational technology specialists might ask for).
Plan your activities and syllabus Once you are cleared to use MATCHA at your institution, plan your activities as described in the rest of the Educator's Guide. If you will be requiring students to use MATCHA, you should say so on your syllabus. You can use our syllabus generator to draft student-facing language for your course.

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