Tip of the Week
Each week, ODEL provides interesting and helpful posts on educational technology and online education.
Improve your Gmail with Gemini
Week of 05/05/2025
A practical application for Gemini found in the UH Google Apps menu is applying the AI tool to email correspondence. Interaction workers, from instructors to admin support staff, spend over 28% of their workdays reading and writing emails, according to a 2012 ...
Add practice questions to Lamakū content
Week of 04/28/2025
Inserting questions into your content modules allows students to test their knowledge before moving on to the next topic. Practice questions, a Creator+ feature of Lamakū, are easy to add to your course. Select Insert Practice from the Authoring Tool on the ...
Explore H5P, Creator+ and Lumi
Week of 04/21/2025
Lamakū is packed with premium features for building course content. Those who have existing H5P activities can embed them with ease. For those starting from scratch, the Creator+ tool inserts accordions, flip cards, and other interactive elements into learning ...
Week of 04/14/2025
The University of Hawaiʻi has developed the UH Quality Online Standards, a consolidated resource for faculty designing and delivering online and hybrid courses. These standards synthesize key elements from two nationally recognized frameworks, Quality Matters ...
Lamakū Course Homepage Options
Week of 04/07/2025
Instructors can now select from eight options for their course home page. Find the options by clicking the more menu button (three dots) at the bottom right of a course homepage. Each layout features different widgets to help students productively navigate the ...
Week of 03/31/2025
Every Lamakū user has the agency to set their notification preferences in Lamakū. The notification settings determine the type of activity from which the user will receive email notifications from Lamakū. Users can set their summary notifications to Daily, ...
Share Snagit screen captures with Screencast
Week of 03/24/2025
Snagit is multipurpose screen-recording software by TechSmith. Beyond taking screenshots, the tool can record your screen and webcam simultaneously. Quick tutorials or explainer videos can be saved as MP4 files or uploaded to popular share locations. ...
Week of 03/10/2025
The Class Progress tool is found in the gold course-level navbar. By default, the tool displays 4 progress indicators in table format: System Access, Content Completion, Quiz Performance, and Grades Summary. Note that you can hover over the segmented blue bars for ...
Week of 03/03/2025
Women's History Month, established by Congress in 1987, is set aside to honor women's contributions to American history. For 2025, the National Women’s History Alliance (NWHA) promotes the theme “Moving Forward Together! Women Educating & Inspiring ...
Google Gemini and AI Essentials
Week of 02/24/2025
Adding artificial intelligence (AI) apps to your workflow can save time and improve productivity. Start by getting basic training and selecting vetted tools. UH ITS recently released a Google AI Essentials course to the University of Hawaiʻi community. The ...