Using Kami

Annotate right on top of your PDF assignments.

Created by Scott Aten, March 24, 2020

I know we are on Spring Break, but I wanted to get this to you in the event that you are working/planning things for next week when we begin "Remote Learning". Kami has been an app/extension that we have been using in the district for several years. I have done various trainings on it in the past and I know many of you use it. To put it in simple terms, Kami allows both staff and students to annotate on top of PDF documents. As a result of being off school, the creators of Kami are making the full version of their tool available till July. With this in mind, I have prepared some lessons on how you can use Kami with your students..

The lessons include:

Setting Up a Kami Assignment - In this video you will see how to add the Kami extension, how to record your directions for the assignment directly on the PDF document, and how to assign the PDF directly through Google Classroom.

The Student View of a Kami Assignment - In this video you will see the assignment given in part one from the perspective of the student. In the assignment the student uses the text to speech tool, the dictionary tool, the highlighter tool, and the drawing tools to complete the work. You will also see the student turning in the work to Google Classroom.

Grading a Kami Assignment - Continuing with the same sample assignment, this video shows how the teacher can grade the Kami assignment in Google Classroom and use many of the Kami tools. This demonstration includes how a teacher can essentially use a "red pen" to mark on a student's assignment, provide a recorded comment, and add a text box message directly on the students work. Finally, I demonstrate how to return this work to the student allowing them to see all the notations you added to their assignment.

More Kami Tools - this final video shows how some of the additional tools can be used in assignments. The Equation Tool is great for math, science, and music. The drawing tools are shown in a math lesson. The insert image tool is used for a Social Studies type activity. MATH, SCIENCE, MUSIC

Great Google Classroom integration - Check it out!

I added all of this information on the Remote Learning part of the Green Google Training Center, so you don't need this email to find it in the future.

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