Getting Started with CofC’s Google Drive
Google Docs (now called Google Drive) is similar to an online version of Microsoft Office. It contains a word processing application, a spreadsheet application and a presentation application. It...
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Faculty: OAKS – Rolling Your Course from Semester to Semester
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...
View ArticleUsing Google Docs on the iPad
This tutorial demonstrates how to access and edit files in Google Docs on your iPad. The iPad utilizes Google Docs Mobile edition and it operates differently than the standard web-based version. The...
View ArticleCreating a Pecha Kucha Presentation Using Prezi
Pecha Kucha is a simple presentation format devised by Astrid Klein and Mark Dytham where you show 20 slides or images, each for only 20 second. The images or slides advance automatically to keep you...
View ArticleCreating a Pecha Kucha Presentation Using Keynote
Pecha Kucha is a simple presentation format devised by Astrid Klein and Mark Dytham where you show 20 slides or images, each for only 20 second. The images or slides advance automatically to keep you...
View ArticleCreating a Pecha Kucha Presentation Using PowerPoint
Pecha Kucha is a simple presentation format devised by Astrid Klein and Mark Dytham where you show 20 slides or images, each for only 20 second. The images or slides advance automatically to keep you...
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Create Student and Faculty Blogs Using Blogger
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...
View ArticleUsing the VoiceThread App
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,...
View ArticleUsing ShowMe to create interactive whiteboard recordings on your iPad
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...
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Unblock OAKS Content in Chrome and Firefox
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...
View ArticleImageQuilts: Creating a display of images from a Google search
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...
View ArticleFaculty: Adding Library Database Videos to your OAKS Content (v 10.3)
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...
View ArticleCreate Engaging Online Lectures and Demonstrations with Explain Everything...
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...
View ArticleCreate Amazing Slideshow and Presentations Using PowToon
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...
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Canva: Graphic Design
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....
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Using Google Search Tools to Find Appropriate Images
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)...
View ArticleCreate An Animated Movie By Just Writing A Script Using Plotagon
Plotagon – What is it and how can I use it? Both you and your students can create an animated movie by just writing a script. Platform – iPad, Mac & PC Price – free to download and use with 4...
View ArticleMake Video Lectures Interactive With EDpuzzle
EDpuzzle – What is it and how can I use it? Platform – web-based and also app for iPhone, iPad Price – free and paid https://edpuzzle.com/pricing Tutorial –...
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Nearpod
What is Nearpod? Nearpod is an all-in-one presentation and polling application that allows teachers to deliver interactive lectures to students by pushing content to students’ mobile devices. Teachers...
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Easel.ly: infographic creation tool that visually represents data
Easel.ly is a tool to help you or your students to create infographics to visually represent data. This tool is free and has both a web based interface and an iPad app. Here is an example of an...
View ArticleCreate Interactive Online Lessons with Blendspace
What is Blendspace? Blendspace is a free web tool that allows users to create interactive online lessons using resources collected from all over the web. You can add Youtube videos, items from Google...
View ArticleUsing Flipboard to Curate Content
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...
View ArticleCreating a Pecha Kucha Presentation using Google Slides
Description: Pecha Kucha is a presentation style that consists of 20 slides that each stays on the screen for 20 seconds. It relies on presentation software that automatically advances the slides...
View ArticleStudent: OAKS – McGraw-Hill Campus/Connect for Students
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...
View ArticleVoiceThread Tutorials
VoiceThread is a learning tool for enhancing student engagement and online presence. With VoiceThread, instructors and/or students can create, share, and comment on images, Microsoft PowerPoint...
View ArticleEditing Video Using YouTube’s Video Tools
YouTube has built-in video editing tools. While these tools are not as extensive as iMovie or Windows Movie Maker, they are sufficient for most basic editing needs and are a good way to learn the...
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VoiceThread Has Automatic Captions
VoiceThread (VT) creates closed captions (CC) automatically. No action is required on the part of the faculty member! However, if you had made the VT prior to this date, you will have to make a copy...
View ArticleClickers Best Practices
These are suggestions for being flexible and resilient with clicker technology: Use clickers often enough to allow for X number of dropped grades (if you are going to grade student responses). Because...
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Flipgrid for Discussions and Small Group Work
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...
View ArticleAdding LinkedIn Learning Videos into your OAKS Content
LinkedIn Learning (previously Lynda.com) offers videos and courses that can help your students learn skills that are critical to success in the class or in their chosen field. You can add these...
View ArticleAdd a OneNote Notebook to your OAKS Class
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...
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Flipgrid Updates
In August, Flipgrid made several changes to the look and feel of the app. Here are some of the most important changes to note, along with links to Flipgrid’s blog and a video to show your students how...
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Genial.ly: a free tool that brings content to life
Genial.ly is a free tool that can make pretty much anything (slides, quiz reviews, posters, etc.) interactive. If you are interested in checking it out, their blog has some great advice and examples of...
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Using Zoom in the Classroom, in the Office, and in OAKS
Zoom is an online communications service that allows members to hold sessions (called Meetings), either one-on-one or in a group. It can be used to conduct video chats, audio chats, collaborate on an...
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Viewing Statistics for Discussions
The statistics tool for OAKS Discussions allows instructors to view data for the whole class and individual students. This can be used to monitor student engagement and track participation in...
View ArticleHow to make your PDFs accessible by all
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...
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