by Mendi Benigni | Oct 24, 2019 | Uncategorized
Poll Everywhere offers some interesting but hidden features that may be of interest to some users. Here’s how you find them: Log into Poll Everywhere Click on My Polls Click on your name in the upper right corner then My Settings On the left side click...
by Mendi Benigni | Sep 26, 2019 | Feedback, Formative, Summative
Turnitin is an OAKS (D2L/Brightspace) add-on that allows for easier, online grading within OAKS. It also offers a rubric tool for even easier grading and to help the students understand their grade. The rubric allows the instructor to choose which...
by Mendi Benigni | Oct 8, 2018 | Accessibility, Content Delivery, Lecture, Lecture Recording, Multimedia, Presentation, Projects
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 of it to trigger the captions. In addition, you can also edit the...
by Mendi Benigni | Oct 5, 2018 | OAKS
Since OAKS is hosted off-campus (with D2L/Brightspace) is it subject to monthly upgrades. Because of the rapid changes, TLT cannot keep up with creating customized tutorials and therefore has decided to link to the D2L/Brightspace resources and tutorials. Track class...
by Mendi Benigni | Oct 5, 2018 | Collaboration, Communication, Group Work, OAKS, OAKS
These tutorials are all about interacting with your students via the: Activity Feed Announcements/News Tool Discussion Tool Groups Tool Post messages and links to course materials in the Activity Tool Activity Feed is a course homepage widget that provides a central...
