Friday, July 3, 2020

Kami Tutorial

I chose Kami as my digital tool because it is a game changer.  If you didn’t use this in Distance Learning already, you will definitely want to use it this fall.  It was the perfect tool to transition from in school to at home online work. However we start school this year, I will continue to use this amazing tool.



What is Kami?


Kami is your digital classroom game changer! According to the website,
Kami is the leading digital classroom app built to transform any existing
document into an interactive learning experience.



 

Learning made easy:
  • More student interaction
  • Instantly change PDFs into editable documents
  • Easily grade and return student work
  • Students can mark up a text easily with the  pen and paper tools


Where do I begin?
You and the students can follow these simple instructions:
1. Open Chrome
2. Click :chrome extension to add to browser
3. Search for Kami
4. Choose “Add to Chrome” on the right of the App
5. Use your Providence google account to sign on (students too)


How do I upload PDF files to Kami?
***Important when creating an assignment***               
      
1. Go to extension bar and click on the Kami icon




2. Click on “OPEN FROM COMPUTER”

3. You probably already have files on your computer 
  • teacher pay teacher documents, 
  • books that are on line
  • worksheets that you’ve made in the past 
***remember, we are not reinventing the wheel!***


You might have to make an old fashioned worksheet digital
Here’s how: 
If you own a scanner, scan it in, give it a name and upload it right to google drive or to your computer. OR

Take a picture with your phone or tablet/ipad, email it to your ppsd or gmail and download to your computer. 

From your computer files download to google drive.



Once your file is on your computer---
You’ll need to uploaded it to kami
-- Simply  click the download icon to add it Kami
Then download the file to the google drive
Then download the file to the google drive
This is how you download ?
I want to assign a page from the file I downloaded but the whole book is coming up.   
Now what?
It’s called Split & Merge, located in top right corner of Kami app


Now let’s assign it --Once your document is downloaded ….
Go into your google classroom and create an assignment


When creating an assignment that you want the students to interact with,
always choose Kami



What the student sees:

If the student has Kami as an extension, the assignment will come up as a PDF
to be viewed by Kami


In order for students to interact with the document, they must open it
by clicking on the  Kami icon. 


***students must have this added as an extension***


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This is where the magic happens!!








Grading made easy


Student view:    look for “turn in”

5 comments:

  1. Wow! This is really cool! I wish I knew more about Kami before distance learning. Great tutorial I will be trying this out soon! Maybe for the final project :) thanks!

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  2. I had no idea that Kami could do so much!!! Thanks for this!!

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  3. Sue, thank you for sharing this amazing tool. You had me at instantly changes PDF's into editable files. That is something that I struggled with during distance learning.

    Christina D'Ambra

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  4. What!!! I use kami in my ED classes for digital highlighting and marking little notes as I go through so I wouldn't forget. But I can see this as a total game changer in the classroom. Thanks Sue!

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  5. This is so cool! I had never heard about Kami before you mentioned it in class the other day. I had no idea it could do so much. Definitely will try it out next year, especially during moments of distance learning. Thanks, Sue!

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