by Mendi Benigni | Oct 5, 2018 | Accessibility, Content Delivery, OAKS, Uncategorized
Creating Course Content Instructors can create course content with the following tools: Create course content with the Content tool Format HTML course content with the HTML Editor tool Add URL links to a course with the Links tool Create a custom learning path in a...
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 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 Mendi Benigni | Aug 28, 2015 | Assessment, Content Delivery, Formative, OAKS, OAKS, Summative
McGraw-Hill is integrated with OAKS via the External Learning tools. This integration provides single sign-on access to McGraw-Hill Campus and McGraw-Hill Connect. NOTE: At this time, single sign-on is the only part of Connect that is integrated. There is no...
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 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...
by Chris Meshanko | Jan 17, 2014 | Content Delivery, Multimedia, OAKS, OAKS, OAKS, Productivity
Have you recently copied content from a previous course or inserted a Quicklink (URL), in OAKS, only to find a blank page? If so, you are not alone. Recent updates to both Chrome and Firefox prevent unsecure content (i.e, http://) from being displayed on a secure...
by Mendi Benigni | Sep 30, 2012 | Audio, Content Delivery, Lecture, Multimedia, OAKS, OAKS, Video
This tutorial will demonstrate how to add most media types into your OAKS class. OAKS makes it easy to add video from YouTube and images from Flickr plus other online sources. It’s important to remember that you should NEVER upload video and audio files...
