by mckinleysa | Jun 18, 2020 | Collaboration, Communication, Content Delivery, Engagement, Multimedia, Productivity, Uncategorized, Video
It can be tough getting to know people in an online class, but Flipgrid can help in a major way. Using the selfie video format our students already know and love, students can easily create online videos using the free Flipgrid app on their phone or computer....
by Mendi Benigni | Jun 12, 2018 | Content Delivery, OAKS
The Content tool is used to display and organize your course materials, for example, your syllabus, web links, lecture notes, readings, etc. Use the Content tool to create, edit, organize, and delete organizational modules and topics in your course. Using the Content...
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 ratcliffcr | Oct 22, 2015 | Organization, Productivity
RescueTime is a web app for productivity and time management. RescueTime allows you to see how your time is spent and what areas you are focused on throughout the day. A small application is installed on your computer that tracks the websites and software that are...
by Laura Plotts | Aug 3, 2015 | Collaboration, Google, Google, Group Work, Planning, Productivity
Description: The Appointment slots feature lets you set one period of time on your calendar, divided into available time slots for people to reserve. This feature is ONLY available with your CofC Google apps for education account. For steps on activating your CofC...
by Mendi Benigni | May 11, 2015 | OAKS, Productivity
Did you know that you can check your Sent Mail sent from within OAKS? Step-by-Step Instructions: OAKS – CHECKING YOUR OAKS SENT EMAIL
by Amy Ostrom | Apr 17, 2015 | Content Delivery, Images, Infographics, Multimedia
Easel.ly is a tool to help you or your students to create infographics to visually represent data. This tool is free and has both a web based interface and an iPad app. Here is an example of an infographic created using Easel.ly: easel.ly Link to...
by Kaitlin | Jan 11, 2015 | Assessment, Audience Response, Engagement, Formative, Immediate Feedback, Immediate Feedback, Lecture, Summative
Poll Everywhere is an excellent tool for polling or surveying students during class, and it’s a great alternative to clickers. It’s such a versatile and popular tool that we have a campus license at College of Charleston, which makes it free for instructors to use and...
by Jessica Smith | Dec 11, 2014 | Assessment, Collaboration, Group Work, Immediate Feedback, Mobile, Mobile
ClassKick is an iOS app that allows instructors to observe their students’ work as it is created. Instructors first create a class, which is assigned a unique code, and add their roster. Then, the instructor can create questions by drawing or typing on the...
by Mendi Benigni | Apr 4, 2014 | Content Delivery, OAKS
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...
