by Mendi Benigni | Aug 12, 2020 | Content Delivery, Lecture Recording, Presentation
LinkedIn Learning (previously Lynda.com) offers videos and courses that can help your students learn skills that are critical to success in the class or in their chosen field. You can add these videos and courses to your OAKS class to help your students access these...
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 8, 2018 | Accessibility, Accessibility, Content Delivery, Lecture, Lecture Recording, Multimedia, Presentation, Projects
VoiceThread (VT) creates closed captions (CC) automatically. No action is required on the part of the faculty member! However, if you had made the VT prior to this date, you will have to make a copy of it to trigger the captions. In addition, you can also edit the...
by Mendi Benigni | Feb 5, 2016 | Assessment, Communication, Content Delivery, Feedback, OAKS, OAKS, OAKS, Presentation
VoiceThread is a learning tool for enhancing student engagement and online presence. With VoiceThread, instructors and/or students can create, share, and comment on images, Microsoft PowerPoint presentations, videos, audio files, documents, and PDFs, using microphone,...
by Mendi Benigni | Aug 13, 2015 | Content Delivery, Google, Presentation
Description: Pecha Kucha is a presentation style that consists of 20 slides that each stays on the screen for 20 seconds. It relies on presentation software that automatically advances the slides after 20 seconds. This tutorial demonstrates how to use Google Slides...
by ratcliffcr | Jul 24, 2015 | Content Delivery, Mobile, Mobile, Organization, Presentation, Productivity, Research
Description: Flipboard is a free app that allows users to gather content from news sources, blogs, and social networks to create custom magazines based on the topics that interest them. In addition to creating their own magazines, users can also subscribe to magazines...
by ratcliffcr | Jun 12, 2015 | Content Delivery, Engagement, Lecture, Lecture, Multimedia, Presentation
What is Blendspace? Blendspace is a free web tool that allows users to create interactive online lessons using resources collected from all over the web. You can add Youtube videos, items from Google search, images from Flickr, lessons on Educreation, web pages, PDFs,...
by Laura Plotts | Mar 9, 2015 | Assessment, Audience Response, Content Delivery, Engagement, Flipping, Formative, Immediate Feedback, Immediate Feedback, Lecture, Presentation
EDpuzzle – What is it and how can I use it? Platform – web-based and also app for iPhone, iPad Price – free Tutorial – https://docs.google.com/document/d/1p6_pz-jG4x4j5Wq3YVT6c-fZSE57V0CsIJyeiC4s_XE/edit?usp=sharing Website –...
by Chris Meshanko | Dec 5, 2014 | Content Delivery, Images, Multimedia, Presentation
According to a recent comScore report (2014), approximately 67% of Americans use Google to search for information and images. But with billions of images, how can you find the most appropriate one(s) for your project? With Google Images Search Tools, you can specify...
by Jessica Smith | Oct 21, 2014 | Content Delivery, Images, Infographics, Multimedia, Presentation, Social Media
Canva is a web-based application (also an iPad app) that allows the average person to become a graphic designer! Unlike the Adobe Creative Suite, Canva requires no extensive training or design skills. Instead, Canva provides free templates, graphics, and fonts that...
