by mckinleysa | Jan 15, 2021 | Communication, Content Delivery, Group Work, OAKS, Productivity
The statistics tool for OAKS Discussions allows instructors to view data for the whole class and individual students. This can be used to monitor student engagement and track participation in Discussions. See this TLT tutorial for directions on how to view OAKS...
by Mendi Benigni | Aug 13, 2020 | Uncategorized
LockDown Browser® is a custom browser that locks down the testing environment (a student’s computer) within OAKS Quizzes. There are two ways to use it: Lockdown Browser – this method locks the student into the quiz/test and prevents them from going...
by Mendi Benigni | Dec 10, 2019 | Communication, Google
Giving an infographic assignment is a great way to see if the students can: identify the most important information tailor communication to a specific audience demonstrate their research ability think creatively and critically about data or a concept demonstrate their...
by Mendi Benigni | Sep 26, 2019 | Feedback, Formative, Summative
Turnitin is an OAKS (D2L/Brightspace) add-on that allows for easier, online grading within OAKS. It also offers a rubric tool for even easier grading and to help the students understand their grade. The rubric allows the instructor to choose which...
by Mendi Benigni | Sep 14, 2018 | Multimedia, OAKS, OAKS
Students can now post a link or text directly into the Assignment submission area! In the past, if your assignment required students to submit a link to something they created, they would have to put the link in a Word document and upload it. Now there is a setting...
by Mendi Benigni | Sep 15, 2017 | Google, Google, Productivity
OVERVIEW: Google Forms is an easy and efficient way for students to create forms/surveys for data collection. Google Forms integrates with Google Sheets (spreadsheet) for data organization and analysis. If you need more indepth analysis, you can export the...
by Mendi Benigni | Apr 3, 2017 | Audio, Communication, 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 | Oct 14, 2016 | OAKS, OAKS, Productivity, Summative
Many times, especially with essay tests, instructors want to grade the answers without knowing who’s test it is. This is known as Blind Grading and is often used to help remove grading bias. The OAKS Quiz tool has a blind grading feature which allows you to...
by Mendi Benigni | May 11, 2016 | Audience Response, 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 | Formative, Games, Immediate Feedback, Immediate Feedback, Other
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...