by Chris Meshanko | Dec 5, 2014 | Content Delivery, Images, Multimedia, Presentation
According to a recent comScore report (2014), approximately 67% of Americans use Google to search for information and images. But with billions of images, how can you find the most appropriate one(s) for your project? With Google Images Search Tools, you can specify...
by Jessica Smith | Oct 21, 2014 | Content Delivery, Images, Infographics, Multimedia, Other, Presentation, Social Media
Canva is a web-based application (also an iPad app) that allows the average person to become a graphic designer! Unlike the Adobe Creative Suite, Canva requires no extensive training or design skills. Instead, Canva provides free templates, graphics, and fonts that...
by Kaitlin | Oct 10, 2014 | Content Delivery, Lecture Recording, Multimedia, Other, Presentation, Projects
PowToon is an online tool that allows you to create AMAZING slideshows and movies. It’s very simple to use! Powtoon is great for creating dynamic presentations or slides. Use it to make a fun and engaging introductory video. It is also easy and quick enough to use to...
by Laura Plotts | Aug 25, 2014 | Content Delivery, Immediate Feedback, Lecture, Lecture, Lecture Recording, Mobile, Mobile, Mobile, Multimedia, Other, Presentation, Video
Explain Everything is an easy-to-use design, screencasting, and interactive whiteboard iPad app that lets you annotate, animate, narrate, import and export almost anything to and from almost anywhere. Explain Everything is an app that allows the user to create...
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 Laura Plotts | Feb 27, 2014 | Content Delivery, Google, Google, Images, Multimedia, Other
Think wordle for images and you have Imagequilts a Chrome browser extension that allows you to create and edit a tiled display of images resulting from a Google image search This tutorial provides step-by-step instructions for creating an ImageQuilt. Uses: A visual...
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 Kaitlin | Nov 15, 2013 | Content Delivery, Lecture, Lecture Recording, Mobile, Mobile, Multimedia, Other, Presentation, Video
ShowMe is a free app for your iPad/iPad mini that allows you to create interactive whiteboard recordings. You can record your whiteboard drawing along with a voice recording, and supplement your video by importing images from your Camera Roll. When you have completed...
by Mendi Benigni | Oct 16, 2013 | Collaboration, Content Delivery, Feedback, Mobile
Use the VoiceThread App with the CofC licenses. It allows all of the same features of the web version. This tutorial provides step-by-step instructions for downloading the app, creating a VoiceThread, making comments and sharing a VoiceThread. Uses: Online discussion...
by Laura Plotts | Jun 10, 2013 | Communication, Content Delivery, Google, Google, Publication, Social Media
CREATING A BLOGGER BLOG To create a Blogger blog through the College, use your Google Apps account to sign in to Blogger at blogger.com. You can also access Blogger through the More menu of Google Apps. If you have questions about your Google Apps account, please...
