by Mendi Benigni | Oct 5, 2018 | Collaboration, Communication, Engagement, Group Work, OAKS, OAKS, OAKS
These tutorials are all about interacting with your students via the: Activity Feed Announcements/News Tool Discussion Tool Groups Tool Post messages and links to course materials in the Activity Tool Activity Feed is a course homepage widget that provides a central...
by Laura Plotts | Dec 7, 2017 | Collaboration, Communication, Content Delivery, OAKS, OAKS, OAKS
Virtual Classroom by YouSeeU is an integrated web-conferencing tool to help you connect with your learners in OAKS with live discussions, online office hours, video-based training and more. Collaborate during a session by sharing slides, files, and live views of your...
by Mendi Benigni | Sep 11, 2017 | Communication, Engagement, Group Work, Multimedia
OVERVIEW: We normally use VoiceThread (VT) to record lectures and occasionally allow students to comment or ask questions. But what about creating a single VT where all your students actually contribute the content? For example, instead of having every student...
by Mendi Benigni | May 31, 2017 | Collaboration, Communication, Content Delivery, Engagement, Google, Google, Google, Google, Google, Lecture, Productivity
OVERVIEW: Google Hangouts is a unified communications service that allows members to initiate and participate in text, voice or video chats, either one-on-one or in a group. It can be used to conduct video chats and to share your screen with your participants....
by ratcliffcr | Apr 18, 2016 | Collaboration, Communication, Group Work, Planning, Project
Description: GroupTing is an easy-to-use event planning tool for both big and small events. GroupTing simplifies the process of RSVPs, sign up lists, reminders, and updates, and one of my favorite features is that there is no sign up or log in required. With...
by ratcliffcr | Jan 22, 2016 | Announcement, Collaboration, Communication, Engagement, File Sharing, Group Work, Organization, Productivity, Uncategorized
Description: Padlet is a collaborative online bulletin board that can be used to display text, photos, links, and many other types of media. Padlet allows users to create a board where students and instructors can collaborate and share information in a secure...
by Kaitlin | Dec 14, 2015 | Collaboration, Communication, Group Work, Organization, Planning, Productivity, Project, Projects
Description: Coggle is an easy-to-use mind-mapping tool that makes it possible to quickly make, share, and collaborate on notes or maps. It is easy to share the maps with others and collaborate in real time on the same map or note. Coggle is free, unless you want to...
by Mendi Benigni | Sep 15, 2015 | Collaboration, Google, Google, Group Work, Planning, Productivity
Choice Eliminator, a Google Forms add-on, will eliminate a choice on a form once a specific criteria has been met. This can be used to allow students to sign up for groups or meeting time slots. For example, you want students to sign up for a meeting time. You only...
by Kaitlin | Aug 18, 2015 | Collaboration, Group Work, Organization, Planning, Productivity
Description: Mindmeister is a collaborative web 2.0 technology that allows you to create online concept and mind maps on nearly any device. A free account allows you to save and share up to 3 maps. These maps can include images, videos, links, task info, comments, and...
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...
