If students cannot open a Zoom recording, you may need to change your permission settings and update the security settings on that file. Below is a guide on how to accomplish this task by examining both the security settings. To view a video on how to remove the permission, please click here.
The last step will also cover share settings, for the event that you may want to make the recording public, or restrict it with further detail, such as a unique password for access, as so forth.
1. First, log into the https://pepperdine.zoom.us site and sign in with your Pepperdine NetworkID and password.
2. On the left menu go to “Settings”.
3. In “Settings”, look at the main part of the screen. Near the top, there are a few choices tabs. Select the tab called “Recordings”.
4. From there scroll down the recordings settings to where the security settings are. Make sure that you have those set to “off” and that they appear “gray” in color. If they are “blue” and switched to the right, they are mistakenly “on”. Click the button to select them off. This should allow student access to the file.
5. Now, to ensure student access, or to otherwise manage permissions for a recording that is already existing, you can check the share settings for a file by navigating to the recordings button. From there, you can find recordings of your meetings and edit their permissions individually.To do this, click the “Share” button next to the recording you shared with your students. Make sure that the permission is “blue”/”on” and set to “Publicly”. Your students should then be able to view the recording.
First go into your Zoom website profile — go to peppedine.zoom.us and click on “Settings.”
After clicking “Settings” go to “In Meeting (Advanced)” and make sure that the dot next to “Virtual Background” is slid to the on or “blue” position. If it’s gray, it’s not on.
Make sure you have the Zoom application installed on your computer (not using the web app).
Open the application
Login using SSO and Pepperdine as your domain
And you are presented with the Zoom app’s desktop version
Select the icon in the upper right of your Zoom screen that represents you (for me it’s my face)
Then select the “Settings” choice in the drop down menu
Then select Virtual Background
Then select your background from the group.
Uploading Your Own Virtual Background
In this example, we will be using a background developed for Pepperdine Carruso Law School’s 50th anniversary — you may use this background for your own personal use!
To save the Pepperdine Carruso Law School background, click and drag the image below to your desktop. This will save in your desktop files for personal use and for following along in this tutorial.
1. From the window you were left at on the previous guide, click on the “+” button on the top right corner.
2. A pop-up window with your file options will now appear, and you may browse and select the proper image. After selecting the image, click “Open” to have it download onto the Zoom software.
3. You will now see your downloaded image displayed as an option for choosing a virtual background. Select the image, and you may now see the background in the video preview above. If you would like to remove this image from your options, click the “x” on the top right of the corresponding image.
Please note that this new virtual background will only be functional on the computer where you made this setting.
If you are having trouble with your microphone when using Zoom please check your microphone input settings to ensure there is input level.
Both Windows and Mac settings are addressed below:
On MS Windows it would look something like this:
In the bottom right corner of your screen, you will notice the volume icon in the system tray.
Right-Click on the volume icon and click Open Sound Settings.
In the Sounds Settings window, look for Input and Choose your input device and then click the blue Device properties link (circled in red) in the screenshot below..
This will pull up the Microphone Properties window. Click the Levels Tab and you will then be able to adjust your microphone volume settings.
The volume level does not have to be at 100%, but should be high enough that the computer can detect audio.
Please make sure that your microphone is not muted. If you see the icon below, click the speaker icon to un-mute.
Once you determine the best settings for you and your system, click OK to save the settings and then close all settings windows upon completion of adjusting your microphone volume settings.
For MacOS:
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You will need to open your System Preferences menu, and in the second row to the right will be Sound. Click on that.
In the Sound menu, click on the Input tab to see the list of microphones available to use. This is where you want to select the mic you’ll be using. If you’re using a laptop, it will have a built-in Internal Microphone that is usually selected by default.
If you have headphones with a mic attached and they are plugged in, you’ll see them listed as an External Microphone. Either of these will work, and you can test them by talking and seeing that the bars in the Input level fill up.
If none of this solves your microphone solution, please send a note to [email protected] or call Pepperdine University IT support at 310-506-HELP (4357).
If you have problems, the first thing to do, is to completely shut down your computer and restart. Most computer problems are corrected with this remedy.
Before you begin your Zoom session, we strongly recommend that you shut down and turn off any and all extraneous applications, especially those using the camera, the microphone, or the speakers. Turn off facebook and other social media apps. The only thing you should have running is your Chrome browser with minimal tabs open (two or three?). Avoid news sites, sites with video, other things that require more bandwidth while using Zoom.
Mic Problems? Try checking your microphone settings in Windows or on the Mac. Make sure that the microphone is on and is turned up enough to pickup your voice.
As a student you may want to use MS Word for taking notes but note that this may be an ideal time to use Google Suite apps as they are very lightweight and will save your computer’s power for more Zoom fun.
If your trouble shooting attempts above do not yield results, please see this comprehensive support site from Zoom
Note: you may find it valuable to acquire a USB headset for your Zoom classes. That will remove some variables with your computer’s audio (mic and speakers).
Tech Support:
Please contact University Technology Support directly at 310-506-HELP (4357)
Zoom’s user support is available for Zoom Pro users (your Pepperdine Zoom Pro account qualifies for the Education support option — best/highest support level). Report support tickets to Zoom by:
Chat live with our support team by visiting your account and selecting help in the lower right hand corner here.
Phone dial-in: 888-799-9666 ext 2
If you do not have a computer or way to connect to Zoom via the internet, please contact Dean Goodno.
What if, as a Pepperdine Caruso Law student I have a bad internet connection? How should I join my classes by Zoom? Can I call in?
You must use the Zoom app and connect via Internet. See our guide for students here. We strongly recommend that students use a computer with a reliable internet connection for connecting to their Zoom class sessions. Telephone dial-in will not work for attending classes remotely It is possible to connect using cell phone data to “tether” the phone’s internet connection to a laptop or desktop computer. Check with your mobile phone provider for details on this feature. Android Tether ArticleiPhone Tether Article
To hold office hours in Zoom, please follow the directions below.
Scheduling Office Hours via Waiting Room
Begin scheduling a meeting through Zoom like you would for a class. Log in to your Zoom account, select “schedule meeting” and proceed to fill out the date and duration of your regular office hours. Ensure that registration is unchecked.
By selecting “Personal Meeting ID”, you can access a personal meeting room permanently reserved for you. This link will never change, and you can edit it to personalize the URL. Once a participant has access to your PMI, they may join in at any time the link is being used. For Office Hours, the Waiting Room feature will require those with access to your PMI to wait until individually admitted to your meeting room.
2. Under meeting options, ensure that “Enable waiting room” is checked.
3. On the left-hand side, click “settings” and then “In Meeting (Advanced)”
4. Scroll down and enable Waiting Room. If you would like, click the pencil icon to customize the waiting room message. This will allow you to customize the message students in a waiting room will see when they join.
Moving forward, you will need to admit “waiting” participants into your room so that they may participate.
Admitting students into your waiting room
To manage the waiting room, click “ManageParticipants.”
In the “Participants” window, click the corresponding option adjacent to the participant’s name to admit or remove participants on a single basis.
Alternatively, to admit all participants currently in the waiting room, click “Admitall.”
Finally, to message all users who are currently in the waiting room, click “Message.”
Linking Office Hours to Google Calendar
Save your scheduled office hours meeting, and click the Google Calendar icon that pops up after saving.
2. This will allow you to save the office hours to your own calendar, and also share the link to students via email, which can add directly to their google calendars as well.
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Information Services at [email protected] or (310) 506-7425.
Ok, so you’re going to attend a meeting or a class OR A JOB INTERVIEW online using something like a conference call, Zoom, WebEx, Skype for Business, or Google Teams, or … you get the idea.
First, let’s not alienate those we’re connecting with and potentially endanger our careers or at the very least embarrass ourselves.
Here are some simple guidelines for participating in a group connection over the phone or over the web:
MEETING ETIQUETTE:
Mute your audio if you are not speaking.
Be presentable in business attire. If for some reason you cannot be presentable, mute your video. Also consider this approach if there may be visual distractions in the frame of your camera (i.e. crazy bird, weird wall hanging, etc.). The ideal is to present a professional image as much as possible and not to distract from the meeting.
As mentioned above, it’s always best to be prepared for a professional interaction, especially in your appearance if video will be used.
Don’t stare at your phone, your tablet, the newspaper, or something else while other people are presenting.
Don’t interrupt other people when they’re speaking (or attempt to speak over them)
Test all technology (including camera/video, Wi-Fi, and screen sharing) before the meeting.
Read the agenda, and come prepared.
Don’t work on other tasks (like checking email) during the virtual meeting.
Turn off all notifications and make sure your cell phone is on silent.
If you are leading the meeting, make sure all participants are in a quiet area free from unnecessary distractions.
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Information Services at [email protected] or (310) 506-7425.
Zoom is an online meeting platform and the University’s web conferencing software that will be used for holding classes online. Zoom can be used on laptops, desktops, tablets, and smartphones. Here, you will learn how to set up your Zoom classroom link as well as how to access the session.
Using Zoom through Courses’ Zoom Pro Tool
As we begin to utilize Courses by Sakai as our main learning management system, it is important to know how this site can be linked with other useful softwares for the benefit and convenience of faculty and their students. Here, we will discuss some important notes on integrating Zoom with Courses.
Courses has many tools that can be added-on to your class site, and they have numerous benefits, such as allowing students to quickly access third-party sites and overall give your teaching more dimension. Zoom is one of these tools. However, it is important to note that when the Zoom Pro tool gets added to a course site, it does not have any connection to a specific meeting session ID until a meeting is actually scheduled or importedwithin the tool. If you would like to schedule or important a Zoom meeting into your courses site, please watch the following video or follow these instructions.
To view an informational video on how to utilize the Zoom Pro Tool, please view below.
Once you have an account, go to Coursesand log in with your Pepperdine credentials.
1. Now, you may select “Schedule a New Meeting” at the top right to directly create a meeting within the Zoom Pro add-on in your Courses site.
Creating your Zoom sessions in the Courses Zoom Pro tool directly is preferable to importing an existing sessions for many reasons, some including better centralization, ease of use, and less struggle when finding and sharing reports/recordings.
Additionally, consider setting a recurrence of the session to simplify the process. If so, it is suggested to adopt a general meeting title (e.x. LAW 1234 Class) so same title will be applicable to all future meetings.
For more details on the basics scheduling Zoom meetings and the potential settings you may utilize, please click here.
2. However, if you would like to import an already scheduled Zoom meeting, click or hover over the more icon that is indicated by three vertical dots. Then, select “Import Meeting” and follow the listed instruction for copying your existing Zoom Meeting ID.
3. You should now be able to see a list of your scheduled meetings underneath the “Upcoming Meetings” tab in your Zoom Pro tool. Please note, if your meeting is recorded, your students may access the recording by clicking on “Previous Meetings” followed by “Recording Details” of the coinciding class session.
Additional Notes:
You should not use your personal meeting ID (PMI) link (high discouraged for classes, and moderately discouraged for office hours), due to some reported issues.
If you teach both formal Pepperdine classes and 2PEP classes, you must then navigate between the two Zoom accounts. Remember to always sign out of their Zoom app or web profile after each meeting and be sure to sign on to the correct profile based on your needs.
For more information on how to utilize Zoom for faculty, please click here.
Again, if you have any questions, please feel free to contact Information Services at [email protected] or (310) 506-7425.
Noteworthy Tips:
We strongly recommend that students and others participating in a Zoom session use either the smartphone app (Android or iOS) or the browser-based software by logging in through https://pepperdine.zoom.us
Make sure when setting up a Zoom session, the “Mute” option is selected as the default for attendees. They can un-mute themselves but if this engaged as the default for the beginning of class, things will start much more smoothly and you will find fewer audible distractions.
Make sure to require attendees be Authorized to join your session. This will ensure that the names of your attendees will be the same as the names on your course roster when they appear in the Zoom session.
For tips on how to maximize your remote internet experience, please click here.
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.
When sharing a YouTube video, select the two checkboxes at the bottom left to optimize the sound quality of the shared video.
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.
AGAIN, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO CONTACT INFORMATION SERVICES AT [email protected] OR (310) 506-7425.
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.
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!
On behalf of the Pepperdine School of Law Information Services Department, we want to welcome you to the Pepperdine family and let you know we are here to help with all your technology needs.
A few helpful hints: If you are new, or simply returning to Pepperdine, welcome back to Malibu! Here is some information regarding the more common technology questions we see to help you get started.
1. WaveNet: Wavenet is Pepperdine’s central location for all web-based administrative systems including the Faculty Center, class rosters, grade submission, etc. You can communicate with all of your students by selecting student names on your class roster in WaveNet and then clicking on “Notify selected students”. You can also communicate with them directly via email. When communicating with students, we recommend that you use your Pepperdine e-mail located conveniently on your Wavenet page.
2. Pepperdine Email: Your Pepperdine email address is typically your first name, “dot”, your last name. To access your Pepperdine email, simply log in to WaveNet and select the “Email” button from the upper-right corner. Your Pepperdine email is your primary contact for students. Your email address is already listed in WaveNet, and therefore, once your students enroll in your class, they can find your @pepperdine.edu email address in our Gmail directory.
3. LawTech.pepperdine.edu: You may want to review our Information Services website on “The Basics”, which includes important technology and library information for the Pepperdine School of Law. The “Classroom Tech” tab at the top right of the page also provides an overview of the technology available in each individual classroom. This site is a great resource for finding answers to specific questions regarding Pepperdine law school technology.
4. “Courses” by Sakai is Pepperdine Law’s Learning Management System:Courses powered by Sakai a robust course management system that has a number of integrations (Zoom, Turnitin, Panopto, and more) that will benefit you and your students in various ways. You can access Courses by going to http://courses.pepperdine.edu. Here are some self-help pages about Courses.
5. Video Conferencing: Pepperdine uses Zoom for video conferencing. Here are a few links to help you get started:
6. Lecture Recordings: Panopto is a video platform available to faculty to record, store, edit and share videos. Panopto is directly integrated with Courses so that you can easily share lecture recordings or other video content with students.
7. Getting Help: If you have any general support questions, you can e-mail us at [email protected]. In addition, you can call our direct support line during normal office hours (Pacific Time) at 310-506-7425, should you have any needs or concerns with the classrooms, the technology therein, or your Pepperdine WaveNet account.
8. Classroom Tech Support: If you encounter any tech issues during your class, there are also support “hotline” phones located in each classroom. Simply pick up the hotline telephone’s handset to be automatically connected to a technician located in the law school.
Finally, please set a password by visiting myid.pepperdine.edu, select “SET/RESET PASSWORD” and follow the instructions on the screen. Your NetworkID is ______Your Campus Wide ID (CWID) is ______
Welcome to Pepperdine! We look forward to working with you, and hope you have a great semester!
A VPN is sometimes necessary to have when traveling abroad. The purpose of this is to extend a private network across a public network through a safe and encrypted connection. This enables you to to send and receive data without concern, especially if you would like to access sites that may be geographically restricted.
If Pepperdine’s VPN doesn’t work, you can consider ExpressVPN. It’s free for the first 30 days. For more information, please click on the following link: https://www.expressvpn.com/
Authenticating your devices with DUO is valuable so you can access Pepperdine’s online services like email, WaveNet, Google Suite, etc. on your device.
Click on the first orange button labeled “Secure Connect Portal Login” and follow the screen prompts. You can set your login to expire in 90 days.
Cell Phone Rentals
If you need to rent a cellphone while you’re overseas, Cellular Abroad is a place to start. Please click the following link to be directed to their home page, https://www.cellularabroad.com/ .
Otherwise, check with your cell phone company to see what options they may have for overseas data plans.
Both TWEN and Courses are utilized by both students and faculty for effective classroom communication. Read on to learn more about COURSES.
Courses
Coursesis Pepperdine’s open-source, learning management system that offers faculty and students a collaborative online environment to support teaching and learning. Basic features of Courses allow faculty to post syllabi, grades, and announcements. For more information, visit the University’s Courses Community page. Watch the video below to learn more about the basic features of Courses and view the user interface. For step-by-step instructions and a list of FAQs, please visit Pepperdine’s Courses Faculty Guide.
The West Education Network (TWEN) is an online extension of the law school classroom. It is a tool that many professors currently use to post syllabi, course notes and resources, and assignment information. However, there are many additional interactive features of TWEN that are either unknown or rarely utilized. I will highlight a few of those:
Sign-Up Sheets: These can be used to set up office hours and schedule student conferences. They can also be used for students to sign up for paper topics and/or in-class presentation times. Essentially, if there is something you need students to sign-up for, this is the tool for you! You choose the dates and times and set the parameters for cancellation. TWEN also makes it easy to set up regularly scheduled office hours for the entire semester in a matter of minutes.
Customized Polling: Create polls that students can respond to anonymously. You can poll the class with the following types of questions: yes/no, true/false, and multiple choice. Use these polls in class our outside of class. Polling is done within TWEN and you can view the results visually as a bar graph or pie chart.
Wiki: Within this section of TWEN, you set up pages that can be collaboratively edited by faculty and/or students. You can specify who can view each page and who can edit each page. This is a great feature for activities or assignments where two or more students or faculty are working together to create a product.
These are just a few of many interactive features now available on TWEN. Next time you, the faculty, are organizing your course on TWEN, consider ways in which you can integrate these components effectively into your classroom instruction. For more information on other features, such as creating alerts, sharing a folder, making a newsletter and much more, click here to be directed to Westlaw’s user guide.
The West Education Network (