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 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, Mobile, Mobile, Presentation, Summative, Uncategorized
PowerPoint clickers untether you from the computer, allowing you the freedom to roam about the stage, interact with your audience, and add the dynamic flair to your presentation. What they don’t do is provide the tools to manage the activity. The Poll Everywhere...
by Mendi Benigni | Oct 5, 2018 | Assessment, Engagement, OAKS
Since OAKS is hosted off-campus (with D2L/Brightspace) is it subject to monthly upgrades. Because of the rapid changes, TLT cannot keep up with creating customized tutorials and therefore has decided to link to the D2L/Brightspace resources and tutorials. Track class...
by Mendi Benigni | Oct 5, 2018 | Assessment, Feedback, Formative, OAKS, Summative, Uncategorized
These tutorials cover tools that are used for assessing and grading student work. Tools such as: Grade book Tool Rubrics Tool Quizzes Tool Assignments Tool (a.k.a. Dropbox) Create a grading system As an instructor, you can determine how to set up your grade book to...
by Mendi Benigni | Sep 14, 2018 | Assessment, Multimedia, OAKS, OAKS
Students can now post a link or text directly into the Assignment/Dropbox submission area! In the past, if your assignment required students to submit a link to something they created, they would have to put the link in a Word document and upload it. Now there is a...
by Laura Plotts | May 7, 2018 | Assessment, OAKS, OAKS, Productivity
A checklist is a way to highlight important or required assignments, readings, or other items to complete. A checklist may list all the items you need to complete at once or may have items appear as you complete other items. Each checklist contains one or more...
by Mendi Benigni | Feb 13, 2018 | Assessment, Feedback, Formative, OAKS, Uncategorized
OVERVIEW: VoiceThread is a great tool that is integrated with OAKS (D2L/Brightspace) but few of us use it to it’s greatest potential. With the integration you can quickly and easily add VoiceThreads to Content as well as ASSIGN students tasks such as to watch a...
