Tip of the Week
Each week, ODEL provides interesting and helpful posts on educational technology and online education.
Using Padlet for class discussions
Week of 03/02/2026
Padlet is a digital bulletin board designed for sharing media and ideas through interactive templates. The timeline template, for instance, fosters asynchronous collaboration by allowing students to contribute events, images, and commentary to a shared chronological ...
Take these steps for better PDFs
Week of 02/23/2026
Every student deserves equal access to your course materials, and creating tagged PDFs is one way to make that happen. When you share a document in Lamakū or another online site, it must be tagged so it is readable for everyone in our academic community. A tagged ...
Week of 02/16/2026
The Learning Outcomes tool in Lamakū allows instructors to align course activities with specific learning objectives. By uploading course learning outcomes (CLOs) from a syllabus, instructors can link them to assignments, discussions, rubrics, and quiz questions for ...
Assignment strategies for the AI era
Week of 02/09/2026
Is your online course behind the AI curve?The AI-Responsive Assignment Design (ARAD) Framework is a free, self-paced online module offered by the Evolve AI Institute. The ARAD Guide provides faculty with a practical system to design or revise course content in ...
Week of 02/02/2026
February is Mahina ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi (Hawaiian Language Month). It’s a great time to honor the native language of these islands by bringing a few simple words and phrases into your courses.Hawaiian was once the primary language of government and education here, but ...
Week of 01/26/2026
H5P is a powerful tool within Lamakū that lets you build over 50 types of interactive activities—from quizzes and games to interactive videos.Now, the H5P OER Hub is open to everyone, giving you access to a global library of open educational resources. Instead of ...
Chrome tabs are better together with Split View
Week of 01/19/2026
Chrome now includes Split View, which allows you to display two websites side-by-side within a single browser tab. This feature improves efficiency by eliminating the need to toggle between windows while conducting research or referencing materials during writing.To ...
Stay Informed with Lamakū Update Alerts
Week of 01/12/2026
Lamakū Update Alerts allow students to monitor course activity without navigating to individual course sites. When instructors utilize tools like Announcements, Assignments, Discussions, Grades, and Quizzes, the system notifies students of new content and released ...
Read Aloud text to speech extension
Week of 01/05/2026
Read Aloud is a Chrome extension that converts webpage text into audio. It functions on standard websites, online publications, and digital textbooks. This tool provides accessibility support for users with dyslexia or visual impairments and offers an alternative for ...
Week of 12/15/2025
The Gemini App in UH Google Apps now includes LaTeX document generation, accurately handling complex mathematical notation like integrals, multi-line formulas, and Greek letters with correct LaTeX syntax.Since Gemini’s Canvas environment manages compilation and ...