by Mendi Benigni | Dec 20, 2019 | Assessment, Content Delivery, Video
NOTE: Kaltura does not work properly in Safari (1/15/20)Kaltura is the video storage and streaming application owned by CofC. It can interfaces with OAKS or be used as a stand-alone product. It is available for use by faculty, staff, and students.With Kaltura you...
by Mendi Benigni | Dec 10, 2019 | Assessment, Communication, Google
Giving an infographic assignment is a great way to see if the students can: identify the most important information tailor communication to a specific audience demonstrate their research ability think creatively and critically about data or a concept demonstrate their...
by Mendi Benigni | Oct 24, 2019 | Assessment, Engagement
Poll Everywhere offers some interesting but hidden features that may be of interest to some users. Here’s how you find them: Log into Poll Everywhere Click on My Polls Click on your name in the upper right corner then My Settings On the left side click...
by Mendi Benigni | Sep 26, 2019 | Assessment, Feedback, Formative, Summative
Turnitin is an OAKS (D2L/Brightspace) add-on that allows for easier, online grading within OAKS. It also offers a rubric tool for even easier grading and to help the students understand their grade. The rubric allows the instructor to choose which...
by tilleyc | Jul 12, 2019 | Uncategorized
PeerMark™ is a peer review assignment tool. Instructors can create and manage PeerMark assignments that allow students to read, review, and evaluate one or many papers submitted by their classmates. With the advanced options in PeerMark instructors can choose whether...
by Michael S. Overholt | Jun 6, 2019 | Uncategorized
With Akindi you can . . . print and scan your bubble sheets from any multifunction printer/scanner have the results sent directly from most printers to Akindi for scoring have the scores submitted automatically to OAKS’ grade book check the validity of your...
by Michael S. Overholt | Dec 5, 2018 | Content Delivery
These are suggestions for being flexible and resilient with clicker technology: Use clickers often enough to allow for X number of dropped grades (if you are going to grade student responses). Because technology involves many variables, simple problems can discourage...
by Michael S. Overholt | Dec 5, 2018 | Assessment, Audience Response
Weighted grading In weighted grading, certain types of activities count more than others. You can decide that certain questions are harder than others and therefore should be worth more. If you have a paid account, you can enable the “Weighted grading”...
by Michael S. Overholt | Dec 5, 2018 | Assessment, Audience Response
Create your free Poll Everywhere account online using you College of Charleston email account at the Google Play or Apple Store. You will then be able to sign into the mobile app to record your attendance and participation; respond quickly to Poll Everywhere...
by Michael S. Overholt | Dec 5, 2018 | Audience Response
Google Slides in Chrome web browser Google Slides users can reap the benefits of integrated, live polling with the PollEv Presenter Google Slides Extension. Step 1. Navigate to PollEv Presenter for Google Slides in the Chrome Web Store and add the extension to Chrome....
