What is it?

Use Google suite within LMS

• LTI standard
• Saves time for giving feedback/interactions
• leverage power of google files

Currently in Beta

Course Kit assignment

• create assignment within LMS
• submit files from drive or from hard drive
• accommodates any file that you can store in drive
  • manage file permission exchange so when students turn in an assignment, the permissions changes while it is being graded (similar to classroom)
  • backup file automatically created when an assignment gets submitted so original state is available
• Student and File switcher
  • like a filter so you can switch between student submissions for multiple assignments or between the same assignment for all students
• Repetitive feedback – use the Comment bank
• Returning student work
  • individual or in bulk
  • synchs grade with LMS
  • email notification to students with link back to assignment
  • file exchange changes permission back to student so in reserve, back up file automatically created so instructors have a preserved copy
• from teach side – view of embedded assignment shows who has submitted and who hasn’t.
  • new grading interface lets you give a grade, add overall comments and use suggestions (by default) to add suggestions or can switch to leave margin comments
  • reuse comments with comment bank (saves commonly used feedback) by inserting # to use and add comment bank
• Comments can be added to PDFs as well as other Google files
• Uploaded files (will convert to Google file with original file retained)
  • file is returned as a Google doc

Course Kit file embed

• embed any file from drive into LMS
• automatically sets up sharing permission

 

• Not currently working with Turnitin but may in the future
• doesn’t currently incorporate rubrics functionality
  • course use add-on
• embed doc are automatically updated
• uses institutional gmail account
• ownership of backup files go with user, not to LMS
• Comments can also be added media files (anything that can be stored in Drive can be commented on)
• Permissions – anyone with the link is the default
• Comment banks are available across assignments and across courses. Working on a way to customize so comment banks can be course specific
• embedded docs 508 compliant (uses iframes) so if file in drive is accessible then yes
• peer-to-peer review/grading – coming soon
• When LMS courses are copied, assignments are also copied as well as embedded file.

Unanswered:

• Multiple instructors – who owns the submitted copy?
• Group assignments?
• Adding handwritten annotations?
• Make a copy option – looking into making this happen
• Will Kaizena work with Course Kit?