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...
by Mendi Benigni | Sep 15, 2017 | Assessment, Google, Google, Productivity
OVERVIEW: Google Forms is an easy and efficient way for students to create forms/surveys for data collection. Google Forms integrates with Google Sheets (spreadsheet) for data organization and analysis. If you need more indepth analysis, you can export the...
by Mendi Benigni | Apr 3, 2017 | Assessment, Audio, Communication, Engagement, Feedback, Formative, Immediate Feedback, Multimedia, Summative, Video
OVERVIEW: “Flipgrid is a video discussion community for your classroom that supercharges your students’ voices. You add the topics, your students respond with short videos, and everyone engages!” – Flipgrid website SUGGESTED USES: Online discussion board Class...
