University Writing Program

More LATTE Tools and Resources

  • LATTE home page (LTS)
  • Attendance — see How-To Video to set up this tool — Moodle documentation
  • Echo360 and LATTE —create and store videos; automatically stores Zoom cloud recordings
  • Free Resources: Update — install latest version of this standard topic in the UWS shell
  • Folders — organize files so students can download a set of files all at once, for example all the handouts in a week or all the instructions in a unit
  • Gradebook — Nobody uses the LATTE Gradebook. Search for documentation online. Good luck.
  • Lesson — create step-by-step assignments in LATTE
  • Perusall – post course readings for students to annotate online
  • Quiz — Drag and Drop Quiz Questions — Types of Questions
  • Quickmail
  • Voice Thread — multimedia tool, construct multimodal assignments
  • Table (video 2023)  — Nobody uses the LATTE table tool. Here's a way to create and insert a table using Google Docs and Sheets.

  • Tips and Tricks Video (2020)

    • Use the Course Roster and Photo Roster to create a spreadsheet, learn student names, and retrieve forum posts

    • Use Folders to organize assignments and materials for students


LATTE Workshop Video (2020)
skip to timestamped sections as needed

Overview of the UWS Shell  (Lisa)

  • 00:00 Welcome Letter
  • 00:30 Announcements
  • 01:50 Getting Started
  • 03:11 Structure of the Three Units: Lens, CGA, Research
  • 07:20 Frequently Used Pre-Installed Resources
  • 08:15 Librarian, Zotero, OREMS
  • 09:42 Grammar Exercises and Handouts
  • 10:25  Academic Advising, Counseling, and Student Services
  • 14:30  Student Roster, Photo Roster
  • 15:34  Add a Video Block
  • 17:40  Add a File
  • 21:10  Assignment Submissions
  • 25:25  Showing/Hiding Content; previewing with Student Mode

  • 28:11  Editing Top Section

  • 31:35  Installing Syllabus

  • 38:55  Create the Welcome Letter (editing a Page)

  • 43:15  Appointments

  • 46:08  Announcements

  • 48:53  Install the Headshot

  • 57:54  Install the Survey/Questionnaire for Your Course

  • 1:01:36  Assignment Submissions (see also 21:10)

  • 1:02:13  Create a Discussion Forum

  • 1:09:20  Sort and Filter Forum Posts (so you can look up all the posts a student has done in all fora)1:11:40  Activities to add to your site: File, Label, Page, URL