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 | Feb 5, 2016 | Assessment, Communication, Content Delivery, Feedback, OAKS, OAKS, OAKS, Presentation
VoiceThread is an online digital storytelling program that allows users to upload pictures or presentations then add a voice or video recording as commentary. Because it’s online it’s also very easy to share with individuals or your course. Per the VoiceThread site...
by Mendi Benigni | Jan 8, 2016 | Communication, Content Delivery, OAKS, OAKS, OAKS, Productivity
Step-by-Step Video Tutorial Depending on how you run your course and how you use OAKS you may not want or need the standard OAKS Homepage (News, Upcoming Events, Etc.) There is a way to change that page to display only a tool, such as Content, so that’s the...
by Jessica Smith | Dec 7, 2015 | Communication, OAKS, Social Media
What is a Twitter widget? Twitter widgets allow users to embed timelines on websites, including OAKS. You can display the latest tweets from a single Twitter account, multiple accounts, or tap into the worldwide conversation around a topic grouped in a search...
by Chris Meshanko | Apr 3, 2015 | Assessment, OAKS, OAKS, OAKS
Step-by-Step Video Tutorial Step-by-Step Instructions: To release final calculated or adjusted grades in OAKS, follow these eight steps: 1. Open your course homepage and click on the down arrow next to Grades. 2. Click Grades. 3. From the Manage Grades page, click...
by Mendi Benigni | Jun 16, 2014 | Announcement, Communication, OAKS
Video Tutorial: The News tool enables you to create news items that help communicate course updates, changes, and new information to your users quickly and effectively. Since Course Home is the first page that users often see when they log in or access their courses,...
by Zach Hartje | Apr 30, 2014 | Communication, OAKS
Step-by-Step Video Tutorials Click the line icon in the upper left corner of the video to play individual videos in the playlist The Discussions tool is a collaboration area to post, read, and reply to threads on different topics, share thoughts about course...
by Laura Plotts | Apr 10, 2014 | Assessment, Communication, Content Delivery, Multimedia, OAKS, OAKS, OAKS, OAKS, OAKS, Productivity
The HTML editor is available in most tools within OAKS and allows the user to format text. It is also used to add images and media files. For example, the HTML Editor is available when you edit Discussions topics, create custom instructions for dropbox folders,...
by Mendi Benigni | Apr 7, 2014 | Assessment, Communication, Immediate Feedback, OAKS, OAKS, OAKS, Productivity
Use the Classlist tool to view who’s enrolled in your course, check users’ online statuses, send email or pager messages, view shared locker files, and read their blogs if they have one. With the Classlist tool faculty can: check online status check...
