1.5.1. DyKnow Vision
DyKnow Vision is a high-quality presentaion tool aimed directly towards the classroom setting. It puts most of the power within the instructor’s hands,
creating a highly controlled classroom environment. The level of student-teacher and student-student interaction depends entirely on the teaching style
of the instructor, with the only student-controlled feature being anotated note-taking. DyKnow Vision is very compatible with PowerPoint presentaions,
but also provides conversion tools for other document types, making it a very verstile presentation tool. Unfortunately, DyKnow Vision was only developed
for Windows platforms and requires Mac and Linux users to install a Windows emulator.
Overall, DyKnow Vision is a very versatile and effective presentation tool for the classroom.
Good Features:
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Strong PowerPoint integration, also supports document conversion and embedded content such as websites, videos, graphs, and tables.
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Instructor able to write on slides during presentation. Instructor also has power to allow students to write on main presenation slides.
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Students able to annotate personal notes that can be saved in a Notebook along with the corresponding lectures.
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Instructors can poll students with multiple choice questions or ask how well everyone understands the material being taught.
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Electronic assignments can be distributed, completed, collected, and graded.
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Students can work in groups at instructor’s discretion.
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Lecture audio and slides are simultaneously recorded and can be replayed by students.
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Instructors have power to control student activities by shutting down machines, opening, closing, or blocking applications, filtering URLs, and freezing screens.
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Students can view live lectures from home or in class based on instructor’s preference.
Bad Features:
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Instructors cannot undo actions during lecture or edit recordings.
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Poor compatability with Linux and Mac OS - Windows emulator is required.
Missing Features:
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Ability to export assignment grades to other programs or files.
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Video recording of lecture.
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Live student questions visible to the instructor.
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