For online:

1. Facilitator shares the link to the slide deck and assigns each participant to a slide. You can either number the slide and verbally assign each participant to a slide, or if you know the participants in advance, write each person’s name on one slide.
2. Introduce the question. The simplest version of the activity uses the question ‘What is a challenge that you are having learning/teaching this semester?’
3. Each participant gets 3 minutes to write down their challenge. Facilitator gives a 30 second warning before the end of the 3 minutes.
4. Response round 1: Each participant moves from their original slide to the slide directly below them in the deck (the person with the final slide moves to the top slide). Everyone then gets 3 minutes to give advice or responses to the challenge that is on their card. During the three minutes, they can provide their response in bulleted form or in a written paragraph.
5. Response round 2: Each participant moves down a slide again. They get three minutes to read the initial challenge, the first response, and provide an additional response. More rounds of responses can be added by repeating this process.
6. Each participant returns to their original slide, and reads the responses they have received. Facilitator asks for volunteers to share how the responses they received helped them, or what patterns they observed by getting to see what challenges other participants are dealing with.

For face-to-face:

1. Each participant writes their response to the prompt on their own sheet of paper within 3 minutes.
2. When time is up, ask the participants to pass their paper to the person on their right.
3. Invite the participants to read the previous response, then write their own reply or advice in 3 minutes.
4. Repeat passing the papers to the right and writing responses in 3-minute intervals.
5. When time is up, ask participants to return the papers to their original owners.
6. Invite the participants to discuss any patterns or insights that emerged.