Students have the ability to record their online classes through zoom, if granted permission by the professor.
Alternatively, the student may email the professor before the class begins to obtain approval ahead of time.
A video with these instructions can be found at the bottom of this page.
Obtaining recording access:
Step 1: Join your class session and ensure your audio and visual settings are set up correctly for the class.
Step 2: If you click on the recording icon in the bottom toolbar, a dialogue box will appear that indicates that you must request permission from the host (your professor) before you can record.
Step 3: To obtain permission, locate the chat box on the bottom toolbar.
Step 4: Make sure to format the “To” section to a direct message to your professor. This way you may send the request privately in the chat room.
Step 5: Request the recording by sending a private message.
Step 6: Once recording access has been approved by the host, you will receive a notification bar in the top right corner informing you that you may begin recording.
Starting and saving your class recording:
Step 1: Once you have obtained permission, click the recording icon in the bottom toolbar. This will begin recording, and you have “pause” and “stop” recording options in the bottom toolbar and top left toolbar.
Step 2: Once the class is finished, stop the recording and leave the meeting via the “leave meeting” box in the bottom right corner.
Step 3: Once you leave the meeting, a box will pop up notifying you that the zoom recording is being converted into viewable format.
Step 4: Once the recording has been converted, a “save recording” box will appear. Choose “choose a new location” from the drop-down menu.
Step 5: Save the recording in a folder you can access again later. It may be helpful to create a zoom folder specifically for zoom class recordings.
Zoom is an online meeting platform that can be used for holding classes online. Here, you will learn how to set up your Zoom classroom link as well as how to access the session. To view the guide in PDF format, please click here.
You will then be directed to the Pepperdine Central Authentication Page.
3. Login using your WaveNet username and password. (The same credentials you use for getting your Pepperdine email and WaveNet)
4. Once logged in, click on “Meetings” on the lefthand menu.
5. Select “Schedule a New Meeting.”
Now, you may proceed to fill out the information for your meeting.
6. To the right of “Topic”, fill out your course name. (It is important to include your own last name and your section, if applicable; this information will allow students to easily find your course.)
7. At the middle of the page, find “When” and select or type in the date and start time of your class. If your start time isn’t in the drop down, pick an earlier time.
For duration, select the estimated duration of your class. Note that it is better to go a few minutes over your estimated class time than under… Zoom also gives you a 40 minute grace period beyond your stated duration to ensure that you will have plenty of time before the session ends.
8. Find the “Video” section. Set your “Host” and your “Participants” video settings to “Off”.
9. Just below the Video section, locate the “Audio” settings. Set to “Computer Audio”.
10. Scrolling down further, you will find “Meeting Options”.
Select: Mute Participants upon entry,
Enable waiting room
Only authenticated users can join
11. Click “Save” at the bottom of the screen.
12. At this point, copy the meeting link and paste it in an email along with the course name. Please send to this email [email protected].
Starting your meeting:
1. To join your meeting when the time and date comes, simply browse to “pepperdine.zoom.us”.
2. On this page, login as before (see step 1).
3. Lastly, click on “Start” to begin the class.
Additional Information:
Manage Participants
To manage participants and access their settings, the host may click the “participants” icon on the bottom toolbar.
Here, the host can access audio/visual and control settings for the other participants in the meeting. You may manage the settings for audio, and send messages from the manage participants feature.
Share Screen
To share your screen in zoom, click the “share screen” icon. Then you will need to wait for the student(s) you are sharing your screen with to accept; with the sharing feature, they will be able to see your screen.
This feature will allow you to share PowerPoints or other media with the students, mirrored on their own screen.
You do not need to grant access to participants during screen share, and you may block participants from accessing the screen share if necessary.
After clicking “share screen”, you will have the option to choose which screen the students can view. You may choose to have them view your entire desktop, just a browser or PowerPoint, or a different web page.
See a quick video to better understand how to share your screen.
Breakout Groups
One helpful feature on Zoom allows you to split your Zoom class into sub-meetings, called breakout rooms. The feature enables the host to split participants up into groups, where they can interact with each other in their own meeting space.
Breakout rooms are separate chat rooms with full audio, screen share and visual settings. The meeting host has the ability to split the members of the class into these separate sessions automatically or manually, and can switch between sessions at any time. Up to 50 breakout rooms can be created and a room will hold 200 participants maximum.
It is important to note that the host will need to monitor the breakout rooms and have full control of the meeting, by responding to participants’ questions and giving assistance when needed.
To create separate breakout rooms for the participants of your meeting, click “breakout room” in the bottom tool bar.
This will prompt you to format the room for participant number and assignment. When customized, click “create breakout rooms” to enable access to the participants of your meeting.
There, you will be able to view the breakout room you have created, and manually assign/rename/delete the room. At the bottom of the breakout room box, you may also add rooms.
This post will explain how to create rules within your Gmail to filter incoming emails; for more gmail information see google’s page: How To Create Rules to Filter Your Email
Click on the down arrow by your search bar
2. Fill out the information for which emails you would like to be filtered, then click “create filter”
3. Next, choose what function you would like the filter to do; you can create a custom label in settings to tag the email, place the email in a subcategory such as social or updates, and more. Then, click “create filter” again
Note: When you create a filter to forward messages, only new messages will be affected. Additionally, when someone replies to a message you’ve filtered, the reply will only be filtered if it meets the same search criteria.
Alternatively, you may choose an already existing email to serve as a template for what you would like to filter in the future:
First, click the checkbox next to the email you want.
2. Second, click “more” (the three gray dots)
3. Select “filter messages like these” and then proceed to fill out the filter information in the same way as the previous filter tutorial.
Another option is grouping emails by conversation:
In the top right of your email, click “settings”
2. Scroll down to the bottom of the settings page to the “Conversation View” section. Select “conversation view on” to group messages.
3. At the bottom of the page, click “save changes”
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Information Services at [email protected] or (310) 506-7425.
iClicker is a polling software for use in a classroom or seminar setting.
iClicker is a responsive teaching and learning tool that incorporates clickers, mobile phone clicker usage, GPS attendance, polling/quizzing, and study guides.
To create an account, visit the iClicker website and select “create an account” in the upper right of the page.
iClicker
iClicker provides real-time feedback from students, and promotes active learning.
With iClicker, a toolbar floats above instructor content and allows the instructor to ask multiple choice, short answer, numeric and target questions on the fly. Instructors do not input the text of questions into the clicker system ahead of time.
NOTE: If you as an instructor have existing TurningPoint questions, you can continue to use the PowerPoint slides, although you may want to remove the bar graph.
For more information on iClicker for students, please click here.
For more information on iClicker for faculty, please click here.
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Information Services at [email protected] or (310) 506-7425.
This article outlines how to engage anonymous grading in Courses, using Turnitin. For more information on Turnitin at Pepperdine, see Pepperdine’s Turnitin Policy.
Anonymous grading allows instructors to review content uploaded into an assignment without knowing which student submitted a particular document. This feature can be useful in ensuring that everyone is graded in an unbiased manner.
*Make sure to provide students with instructions not to use their name in their document, i.e. the document name and body of the written text should not contain student information.
Creating your assignment:
Step 1: Click on the “Assignments” tab on the far left column. Then click “Add” under the assignments tab in the top left of your screen to start a new assignment post. Title your assignment and proceed with filling out the options for your assignment.
Step 2: Select “Use Turnitin”.
Step 3: Select “Anonymous grading” from the grading scale section checklist.
Step 4: Post your assignment.
Step 5: Confirm that your document is correct then select “post” again.
Viewing submissions
Step 1: Back under the assignments tab, click “Grade”, located under the title of your assignment.
Step 2: Select a student’s paper. You should not be able to see a name in the title.
Step 3: Click on the document, located under “submitted attachments”. The document should open with regular instructor access.
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Information Services at [email protected] or (310) 506-7425.
Google drive is an efficient platform for housing documents, but more than that, it provides a number of features to help keep organized– here’s an overview:
Upload files and folders
Share files and folders
Set permission levels
Search/sort files and folders
Collaborate on docs
Track version history
Helpful Features in Google Drive:
Your document is automatically updated and saved every time you make changes to it online, and you can access it through any browser.
Make sharing work publicly simple. Want to share your document, presentation, or spreadsheet with the world? Just click file > publish to the web, and you’ll get a public link that you can share with anyone and everyone. Make sure to understand the difference between MyDrive and shared drives.
The Save to Google Drive Chrome extension lets you save documents, images, audio, videos, and more straight from a web page to the Google Drive folder of your choice. (A good alternative to full-page screenshots)
By choosing to get email updates on any changes to your document, you will be notified of any changes (edits, comments, etc.) to a group document directly to your email without logging in to the drive itself.
Automatically upload and store files via Google’s Backup and Sync from your computer so you can access them from any other device with Google Drive. A great way to make one of those extra copies of your data that you really should have.
What not to save to Google Drive:
Any information that is classified or restricted may not be uploaded to Google Drive.
This includes passwords, social security/identity information, etc.
A big thank you to the students who paid attention to our note about not updating your MacOS to Catalina at the beginning of Fall 2019 semester until further notice. That notice releasing the OS update hold came out in the blog entitled, “Examplify is NOT compatible with Mac OS lower than 10.13 (High Sierra, Catalina)” posted on November 4, 2019.
With finals upon us, please make sure your operating system is not out of date. Mac users, you must have an operating system with High Sierra (OS 10.13) or higher. You can even update to the latest version – Catalina (10.15.1) Here are some links from Apple where you can learn more:
If you are a Windows user, I haven’t forgotten you. Please make sure to upgrade your operating system to Windows 10. Microsoft will no longer support Windows 7 in January 2020. Check out Pepperdine’s Student Discounts page if you need to purchase Windows 10.
If investing in tech isn’t something you were expecting this holiday then perhaps making a Christmas gift request for a new computer is the way to go. Here’s a page we put together on computer requirements to help you select the best computer for law school.
Please note that when you registered your computer onto the university network, you agreed to the usage policy that states: “Actively maintain the security of personally-owned and University-assigned computers.” This includes keeping your OS updated.
One last thing: Pepperdine IT is here to help if you have any tech issues. We may not be able to fix your computer all the time but we can help troubleshoot and make recommendations– just don’t wait until the last minute.
Information Services is happy to announce an improved system for email signatures at the Pepperdine Caruso Law School (yes, remember that it’s now Caruso!). This new stationery system will be effective starting Nov. 26. We ask all members of staff and faculty to abide by the instructions listed in this article to ensure a sense of uniform professionalism and consistent brand identity.
Please make sure to scroll to the bottom of the page to utilize our 50th anniversary email signature!
Note the tool kit at the top of the essay response box which allows for different text formatting; for example, there are systems for creating numbered and bulleted answers. This feature is only available on the exam when permitted by the professor.
At any point, you may click into “Exam Controls” in the top right of the screen and hide your exam from view if you need to leave your screen, suspend exam to be completed later, or submit. This feature is only available on the exam when permitted by the professor.
