by Mendi Benigni | Oct 11, 2021 | Communication, 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 mckinleysa | Jul 28, 2021 | Collaboration, Communication
One of the settings you’ll find when looking at a VoiceThread’s playback settings is Moderate Comments. Comment Moderation makes other people’s comments invisible to everyone except the VoiceThread’s creator or someone who’s been granted editing rights. Comment...
by mckinleysa | Jul 14, 2021 | File Sharing, Filming, Group Work, Images, Other, Social Media
The TLT often gets this question: besides iMovie, what free video editor might you suggest for students? One new option is Kapwing. Kapwing is an online image, video, and GIF editing platform whose mission is to enable digital storytelling. Unlike most online editing...
by mckinleysa | Jan 15, 2021 | Communication, Content Delivery, Group Work, OAKS, Productivity
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 Discussions. See this TLT tutorial for directions on how to view OAKS...
by Mendi Benigni | Dec 1, 2020 | Collaboration, Communication, Content Delivery, Google, Google, Google, Google, Google, Lecture, Productivity
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 interactive whiteboard, and to share your screen with your...
by mckinleysa | Sep 25, 2020 | Collaboration, Communication, Content Delivery, Multimedia, Video
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 to start making videos. This Google Slides presentation will...
