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 | 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 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 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 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 Laura Plotts | Mar 9, 2015 | Assessment, Audience Response, Content Delivery, Engagement, Flipping, Formative, Immediate Feedback, Immediate Feedback, Lecture, Presentation
EDpuzzle – What is it and how can I use it? Platform – web-based and also app for iPhone, iPad Price – free Tutorial – https://docs.google.com/document/d/1p6_pz-jG4x4j5Wq3YVT6c-fZSE57V0CsIJyeiC4s_XE/edit?usp=sharing Website –...
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 | 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 Mendi Benigni | Apr 17, 2014 | Assessment, Feedback, Formative, OAKS, Summative
Step-by-Step Video Tutorial Click the line icon in the upper left corner of the video to play individual videos in the playlist In this video “Assignments” is the same as “Dropbox.” Access from the nav bar>Grades>Assignments/Dropbox The...
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,...
