DISCUSSION TOOL

Use the Discussions tool in your course to encourage users to share thoughts on course material with their peers. You can set up forums and topics for users to ask questions, discuss course content and assignments, and work together in assigned groups and sections....

QUIZZING AND TESTING

QUIZZES & TESTS The Quizzes tool enables you to create and manage points-measured assessments. As part of your quantifiable assessment procedures, you can use quizzes to help evaluate users’ learning progress and learning outcomes. Create and manage quiz questions...

MONTHLY UPDATES

OAKS MONTHLY UPDATES OAKS/D2L has moved to a monthly update cycle called Continuous Delivery. This software development cycle is common among web applications and allows for newer features to be developed, tested and implemented faster. This means that we get to see...

GRADES

GRADING A Grade book contains your grading system, grade calculations, grade scheme, grade items, and view and display options. Grade items in your grade book represent all the work that you want to evaluate users on in a course. You can evaluate specific tasks such...

GETTING STARTED

GETTING STARTED Existing Faculty Start of the semester checklist Copying course material from one course to another New Faculty Getting Started Quick Guide Visit the New Faculty Training and Assistance Course in OAKS you must be enrolled in the course to view it....

ZOOM

Zoom’s secure, reliable video platform powers all of your communication needs, including meetings, chat, phone, online classes, and online events. Uses: Synchronous online classes Online meetings Training sessions Bring in global experts to the classroom Using...

INTEGRATIONS

INTEGRATIONS CofC-Supported Applications Akindi Coursera Google Apps for Students Kaltura LinkedIn Learning Microsoft OneNote PollEverywhere Respondus Lockdown Browser Turnitin / PeerMark VoiceThread Zoom   Publishers and 3rd Party Apps Cengage MindTap Hawkes...

GUIDED TRAINING

Desire2Learn/Brightspace, the makers of OAKS, have created a Guided Training to teach you everything you need to know about OAKS as an instructor.  NOTE:  You MUST first create a D2L Community login and password.  This does not use our CofC username and password....

OTHER TOOLS

OTHER TOOLS OAKS Attendance   Text Tutorial Video Tutorial Creating an Attendance Scheme Create an Attendance Register Recording Class Attendance OAKS Calendar View the tutorial: OAKS Calendar OAKS Checklists View the tutorial: OAKS Checklists OAKS Classlist    ...