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How to create a facebook fan page

A Facebook Page is public facing; anyone can “like” the Page and get updates in their News Feed from the Page administrator (in this case, from you, the teacher).  Pages create an easy way for both teachers and students to share relevant links, like newspaper articles, online videos, or RSS feeds from your class blog [...]

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Lemon Streaming Server

This tutorials demonstrates how to place files on Lemon and convert files to formats to use on websites, blogs and OAKS. Tutorial Link:  Lemon Streaming Server Uses: Lemon is the streaming server on the College of Charleston campus.  It is a delivery system that can be used to stream many different formats of videos and [...]

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Using Guided Access on the iPad

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Guided access is an accessibility feature on the newest upgrade to iOS 6.0 for the iPad.  Also referred to as “kid mode”, Guided Access allows you to lock your iPad into a certain application and limit the functionality of that application to certain areas if you would like. Tutorial Link: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1IPeN_aSxMBk9jP5suYmxjkn2iP5T8EbVieu-6f2RyXQ/edit  Application: Guided Access for iPad [...]

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Creating a Pecha Kucha Presentation Using PowerPoint

Pecha Kucha is a simple presentation format devised by Astrid Klein and Mark Dytham where you show 20 slides or images, each for only 20 second.  The images or slides advance automatically to keep you on time and you can only talk about each slide or image while it’s being displayed.  Designed to keep presentations [...]

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Creating a Pecha Kucha Presentation Using Keynote

Pecha Kucha is a simple presentation format devised by Astrid Klein and Mark Dytham where you show 20 slides or images, each for only 20 second.  The images or slides advance automatically to keep you on time and you can only talk about each slide or image while it’s being displayed.  Designed to keep presentations [...]

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Creating a Pecha Kucha Presentation Using Prezi

Pecha Kucha is a simple presentation format devised by Astrid Klein and Mark Dytham where you show 20 slides or images, each for only 20 second.  The images or slides advance automatically to keep you on time and you can only talk about each slide or image while it’s being displayed.  Designed to keep presentations [...]

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Faculty: Adding Library Database Videos to your OAKS Content (v10)

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The CofC Library subscribes to two streaming video databases, Academic Video Online and Films on Demand.  These databases offer wonderful resources for you and your students and can easily be embedded into OAKS content for easy access.  This tutorial will cover how to embed videos from both services into the OAKS Content area of your [...]

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Faculty: OAKS – WebDAV to Upload Files (v10)

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WebDAV is a connection method that allows you to connect to the Manage Files area of an OAKS class directly from your computer.  Using WebDAV you can create, move, copy, and delete files and folders using this new network folder.  You can also open the WebDAV connection to edit and delete any files in the [...]

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Echo 360 Viewing Tutorial

Echo 360 is a lecture capture application that many faculty at CofC are using to record their lectures  This tutorial outlines how to view these lectures and how to use the Echo 360 player to get the most out of the experience. Tutorial Link:  Echo360 Student Tutorial Uses: View lectures View guest speakers Application: Echo [...]

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Voicethread

“A VoiceThread is an online media album that can hold essentially any type of media (images, documents and videos) and allows people to make comments in 5 different ways – using voice (with a microphone or telephone), text, audio file, or video (with a webcam) – and share them with anyone they wish.” source from [...]

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