Tip of the Week
Each week, ODEL provides interesting and helpful posts on educational technology and online education.
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 ...
Unpacking the Brightspace Editor
Week of 02/17/2025
The Brightspace editor is an HTML editor within Lamakū with features that speed content creation. Beyond editing text, you can build course content with linked or embedded learning materials. There is also the option of inserting practice questions to allow students ...
Week of 02/10/2025
Have you been in a Zoom meeting where details on a speaker’s slides were too small to fully comprehend? Helpfully, Zoom has a feature allowing participants to adjust their screen view to a comfortable reading level. When a host is sharing their screen, their name ...
Week of 02/03/2025
February is Hawaiian Language Month or Mahina ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi. Looking for ways to bring ʻōlelo and other elements of Hawaiian cultural heritage into your classroom? This Hoʻolauna fill-in-the-blanks worksheet provides a traditional means of making ...