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Handy HelpWall for Faculty

Office of Distance Learning Tactical Plan 2019-2025

UH West O’ahu Distance Learning Faculty Guide 2021

Educational Technology

There are many trending resources available to develop engaging multimedia content for your online course. This section provides information about popular resources available to UH West O‘ahu faculty and staff either through UH site licenses or through free subscription options. This list of Commonly Used Third Party Online Tools has been approved by UH Data Governance. Use your UH Google account to access the link.

Hypothesis is a free social annotation tool for highlighting and commenting on webpages, documents or eBooks. Pressbooks installations and books hosted at pressbooks.com come with the Hypothesis plugin installed.

Perusall is another free social annotation tool that allows learners to make text-based annotations on a webpage, document or eBook. Users can highlight text and add comments. Class members are able to see and respond to each other’s shared annotations. Perusall can be integrated into a Laulima course by special request. Email Kenwrick Chan at kchan@hawaii.edu.

Flipgrid

Padlet

Free slide templates: Canva Slides Carnival SlidesGo SlidesMania
Cleanup.Pictures removes objects, people, text or defects
Pixlr online photo editor
removebg removes image backgrounds
TinyPNG compresses images to reduce file size

Google@UH Consumer Apps

Qualtrics

  • 11ElevenLabs is a speech synthesis platform for generating lifelike speech from text which can be used as a voice-over track in video production.  
  • Camtasia is a software suite for creating video tutorials and presentations directly via screencast or a recording plug-in to Microsoft PowerPoint.
  • Camtasia Tutorials
  • Screencast-O-matic is a free screen recorder and video editor that allows you to capture your screen and create high-quality video tutorials and more.
  • Snagit is a screenshot program that captures video display and audio output. Available for Windows or macOS, Snagit replaces the native print screen function with additional features such as the capture of embedded links, images and multimedia.
  • Snagit Tutorials

Explore options for creating video captions. Upload videos to cloud storage such as Google Drive, YouTube, or UH Zoom Recordings.

Start by requesting a UH Zoom license to ensure that you can host extended-length meetings (over 40 minutes). To enable all features, update your Zoom meeting client. 

Visit the UH West Oahu Office of Distance Learning YouTube Channel and see the Zoom Playlist for more video tutorials.

Hybrid Teaching Resources

Newly equipped hybrid classrooms offer meeting technologies to integrate and engage remote students. 

Short video tutorials provide details on operating the classroom control panel, desktop computer, document camera, and BluRay.

Vibe interactive smart boards can function as whiteboards or Android tablets and support screencasting from a variety of devices. Find out more with Getting Started with New UHWO Classrooms and FAQs for Teachers and School Administrators.

Most hybrid classrooms are equipped with HuddleCam2 SimpliTrack2 auto-tracking cameras. Find out more with Getting Started with New UHWO Classrooms. Smaller classrooms and conference rooms are equipped with a Meeting Owl, a 360-degree smart-conferencing camera with built-in mic and speaker. See Best Practices for Using the Meeting Owl in the Owl Labs For Education Guide. 

Lamakū

UH West Oʻahu will soon be transitioning to the Lamakū learning management system also known as D2L Brightspace. Find relevant resources here. If you need help with course creation or content migration, please scroll to the bottom of the page to request assistance from ODEL. 

Laulima → Lamakū Crosswalk Comparison table of LMS tools.

Lamakū for Instructors: Start Here

Lamakū sandbox request: Cohort 2 (UH Mānoa and UH West Oʻahu) can request early sandbox access via the Lamakū Early Access and Sandbox Environment Request Form on the Discover Lamakū website (towards the bottom of the page).

ODEL Instructional Design (ID) Request

The UH Instructional Design Professional Learning Community (PLC) hosts a series of Lamakū training sessions throughout the semester.  Instructional designers offer demos and support as we collectively explore and work in Lamakū. 

Fall 2024 Lamakū Discovery Series focuses on essential features of Lamakū for faculty new to the LMS. Themed sessions include both demonstration and discovery time. Tuesdays (Sept. 3 to Oct. 22)

Lamakū Support Sessions are informal Zoom meetings to support using Lamakū tools and features effectively. The sessions are designed for UH faculty and staff who have requested early sandbox access. Instructional designers, faculty, and staff share helpful tips and strategies. Fridays (Sept. 6 to Oct 25)

Note that Lamakū Support Sessions are not step-by-step training mirroring online resources and tutorials. They are not intended to serve as 1:1 tech support. 

Please seek 1:1 technical support through the UH ITS Help Desk or by scheduling an instructional design consultation with the UH West Oʻahu Office of Distance Education & Learning (ODEL) ID Request or UH Online Innovation Center ID Service Request.

Brightspace instructor tutorials (YouTube)

Lamakū Instructor Essentials. Log in to Lamakū. Find the course under the Discover tab and click the blue button to enroll.

Lamakū tutorials and resources (UHOIC)

Laulima

This section provides links to information about how to use various tools in the Laulima Learning Management System when building Laulima sites. Some tutorials were recorded in previous versions of the LMS and some tool differences may be noted. 

Sakai 21 User Guide

Laulima Resource Guide for Faculty

Laulima v21 upgrade features (Faculty Resource)

Laulima v20 upgrade features (Faculty Resource)

Account management Managing Course Tabs (display, hide and re-order course list)
 Course Space management Adding a TA or someone to help develop your course Removing someone from your course Adding a Student or Guest student to your course Accessing your course with a “Student View” account Adding Tools Determining student date last attended (for grading/financial aid purposes) Publishing Your Course or Project Site (Making your site visible for student access) Importing from Site (Copying material from one site into another) Renaming, Rearranging, Removing, and Hiding Tools Changing a participant’s role Creating groups
 Resources tool Hiding files and folders (Allows uploaded files/folders to be hidden from students’ view) Making a resource publically viewable (Allows people to view items not located in that site)
 Syllabus tool Adding your syllabus via attachment Adding your syllabus via copying/pasting
 Assessment tools Tasks, Tests & Surveys (now named Assignments, Tests and Surveys) Assessment Strategies Extending the time limit for certain students in Tests & Quizzes Special Access feature (change parameters for specific students) in Assignments, Tests and Surveys Instructions for for TTS “Paste Questions & Import” (PDF file) (click here for sample text file) Editing a test question to insert an image Respondus (offiline quiz creation tool) resources (third-party software for Windows)
Gradebook tool Gradebook: Categories & Weighting Exporting Gradebook Removing Assessments & Assignments from Gradebook Calculating Course Grades (Students’ grades are calculated higher than they should be?) Changing Course Grade Options in Gradebook Publishing Grades from Laulima directly to Banner
 Miscellaneous tools Sending email via the Email tool Adding a Module Sign-up tool Clog tool Linking to a UHM library electronic resource from Laulima (Manoa courses only) Problems with Copy/Paste from Word (Getting error messages when trying to copy/paste from Word?) iClicker v7 (iClicker Classic) download and guides Instructions for setting up iClicker v7 (iClicker Classic) on MacOS 10.12 (Sierra) Setting up an iClicker Cloud link in Laulima Register i>clickers using Laulima (iClicker v6) Uploading polling information from i>grader to Laulima (iClicker v6)
Instructional Tips Creating Private Journals in Forums (pdf, Roger Williams University)

Copying Old Course to a New Course
Publish and Unpublish Your Courses
Setting up Assignments, Tests and Surveys
Making Sure My YouTube Account is linked to my Laulima
Setting Up Your Discussion Board
Can’t See Your Laulima Course
Gaining Access to YouTube with your UH email

UHWO Course Design Template
Edit Your Overview Page

Laulima Video Tutorials (UH West O’ahu) UH West O’ahu Distance Learning YouTube Channel Laulima Tutorials (UH Online Innovation Center)

Online Teaching Resources

This section provides resources related to standards and best practices for high-quality online teaching and learning.

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(Erin Kim, John Ly)
  • Individual student accommodations
  • ADA and Section 504 legal matters

UHWO Institutional Effectiveness (Assessment)
Writing Objectives Using Bloom’s Taxonomy
How to Assess Students’ Learning and Performance
Assessing Student Learning Outcomes in an Online Environment

Quality Matters
OSCQR Standards Open SUNY Course Quality Review (OSCQR)

Course Design Checklist

Instructional Design Support Services (Interactive)

UHWO Syllabus Template

Online Teaching Professional Development

In coordination with the Office of Professional Development and Academic Support (OPDAS), the Office of Distance Learning offers ongoing workshops on a variety of topics related to online teaching and learning. Check the calendar on the homepage for upcoming workshop dates. Please submit topic suggestions to: uhwodl@hawaii.edu

UHOIC Home Page
UHOIC Knowledge Base: Tutorials and Resources

Courses to Help You Create Better Images and Videos

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