Tip of the Week
Each week, the Office of Distance Learning sets out to provide interesting and helpful topics in technology and education.
Dig into curriculum and assessment
Week of 04/22/2024
In March, ODEL invited internationally recognized author and educator Linda Suskie to present a series of Zoom webinars for faculty. Suskie’s sessions on crafting student learning outcomes (SLOs), designing course curricula, and creating effective rubrics are ...
Tips for captioning YouTube videos
Week of 04/15/2024
Many of us upload videos to YouTube to share with students and colleagues. Before sharing, it is important to edit the automated captions. Correcting captions is an essential step—even for unlisted videos that will not face public scrutiny. Some viewers with ...
Optimize Zoom recordings for video editing
Week of 04/08/2024
Perhaps you’ve invited a special guest speaker to your online class. For a presentation you plan on editing for future viewing, start by checking your Zoom settings before recording. Open the Zoom desktop app, click the settings gear and make the following ...
Week of 04/01/2024
The phrase ʻgarbage in, garbage out’ is a computing expression to convey the idea that an incorrect input will produce a faulty output. The same holds for AI prompts. Prompts are specific instructions or questions posed to an AI system like ChatGPT and others. ...
Explore OLC membership resources
Week of 03/25/2024
UH West Oʻahu renewed its OLC institutional membership to provide faculty and staff with advanced approaches to online teaching and learning. Please create an OLC user account to access the educator resources listed below.Sign up to receive OLC Today to find out ...
Week of 03/11/2024
March is Women’s History Month. The National Women's History Alliance designates an annual theme for the month to promote the often unrecognized and uncelebrated accomplishments of women. The 2024 theme is “Women Who Advocate for Equity, Diversity and ...
Add Hawaiian language keyboard
Week of 03/04/2024
In February, the University of Hawaiʻi commemorated the native language of Hawaiʻi. UH established Mahina ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi to encourage the preservation and use of the Hawaiian language. Join this effort by adding the Hawaiian language keyboard to your ...
Week of 02/26/2024
A goo.gle/ArtRemix inspired by an oil painting by Caspar David Friedrich Google Arts & Culture is an online space that holds numerous partner art collections like Getty Images and The Met. The site’s Explore and Play tabs offer new ways for ...
Check revision history in Google Docs
Week of 02/19/2024
Recent developments in AI have made it easier for writers to tap into the Web for resource materials. This has also increased authorship concerns related to written assignments. A new Chrome extension, Revision History, shows the full record of edits made in a ...
Week of 02/12/2024
Are your documents easily understood by your students? A combination of demanding vocabulary, lengthy sentences, and long paragraphs can require intense concentration from readers. And an overly complex writing style may be a barrier to understanding the ...