by Mendi Benigni | May 18, 2021 | Accessibility, Content Delivery, Uncategorized
Making sure that your PDFs are accessible to all individuals is paramount, especially as a professor. This tutorial shows you how to run an accessibility report and then fix the main issues. This is critical for PDFs you have in your OAKS classes as it is every...
by Mendi Benigni | Aug 12, 2020 | Collaboration, Content Delivery, Group Work, OAKS
Microsoft OneNote is a note-taking program for free-form information gathering and multi-user collaboration. It gathers users’ notes, drawings, screen clippings, and audio commentaries. Notes can be shared with other OneNote users over the Internet or a network...
by mckinleysa | Jun 18, 2020 | Collaboration, Communication, Content Delivery, Engagement, Multimedia, Productivity, Uncategorized, Video
It can be tough getting to know people in an online class, but Flipgrid can help in a major way. Using the selfie video format our students already know and love, students can easily create online videos using the free Flipgrid app on their phone or computer....
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 ratcliffcr | Jul 24, 2015 | Content Delivery, Mobile, Mobile, Organization, Presentation, Productivity, Research
Description: Flipboard is a free app that allows users to gather content from news sources, blogs, and social networks to create custom magazines based on the topics that interest them. In addition to creating their own magazines, users can also subscribe to magazines...
by Jessica Smith | Dec 11, 2014 | Assessment, Collaboration, Group Work, Immediate Feedback, Mobile, Mobile
ClassKick is an iOS app that allows instructors to observe their students’ work as it is created. Instructors first create a class, which is assigned a unique code, and add their roster. Then, the instructor can create questions by drawing or typing on the...
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 | Feb 23, 2012 | Content Delivery, OAKS, OAKS, Organization, Productivity
This tutorial demonstrates how to migrate an entire OAKS course into another course. It will also demonstrate how to change the calendar dates and copy the grade schemes. Uses: Copy one course to another within the same semester. Copy one course from a past semester...
