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 | 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 | 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...
by Mendi Benigni | May 11, 2016 | Assessment, Audience Response, Engagement, Feedback, Formative, Immediate Feedback, Immediate Feedback, Lecture, Lecture, Multimedia
Kaltura MediaSpace is a Youtube-like, online media area specifically for CofC faculty, staff and students. Unlike other media servers on campus Kaltura is available to students so it can be used to upload video projects. Faculty can use it to upload tutorials,...
by Laura Plotts | Feb 9, 2016 | Assessment, Engagement, Formative, Games, Immediate Feedback, Immediate Feedback
Socrative is a great tool for collecting immediate feedback from students via mobile apps or the internet on laptops or tablets. With Socrative teachers gather assessments via short answer, multiple choice and/or true or false questions. Socrative auto-grades multiple...
by ratcliffcr | Nov 13, 2015 | Assessment, Formative, Immediate Feedback, Mobile
Description: Stick Around is an app that allows teachers and students to create, design, and share unique learning puzzles. Stick Around puzzles are a fun and interactive way for students to practice concepts or study for exams. Turn What You Know Into a Puzzle with...
by Laura Plotts | Oct 12, 2015 | Assessment, Audience Response, Content Delivery, Engagement, Formative, Google, Google, Immediate Feedback, Immediate Feedback, Lecture, Presentation, Summative
Description: The Poll Everywhere Chrome extension allows for live polling to be embedded in Google Slides. Now your polls will load live in Slides just as they do in PowerPoint. Note: This is still in Beta Uses: View live poll results during your Google Slides...
by Mendi Benigni | Aug 28, 2015 | Assessment, Content Delivery, Formative, OAKS, OAKS, Summative
McGraw-Hill is integrated with OAKS via the External Learning tools. This integration provides single sign-on access to McGraw-Hill Campus and McGraw-Hill Connect. NOTE: At this time, single sign-on is the only part of Connect that is integrated. There is no...
by Chris Meshanko | Jul 31, 2015 | Assessment, Audience Response, Engagement, Formative, Immediate Feedback, Immediate Feedback
Updwn is a free, online (Web 2.0) application that allows users to create and share simple group polls in real time. To get started, visit updwn.co. Next, type a question and click go. Enter your initials, add some options, and share the poll with your students or...
by ratcliffcr | Apr 13, 2015 | Assessment, Audience Response, Content Delivery, Engagement, Formative, Immediate Feedback, Immediate Feedback, Lecture, Mobile, Mobile, Mobile, Summative
What is Nearpod? Nearpod is an all-in-one presentation and polling application that allows teachers to deliver interactive lectures to students by pushing content to students’ mobile devices. Teachers control the presentation while students follow along. With...
