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Kami for Teachers: The Ultimate Classroom Tool for Digital Learning

Kami is a powerful digital learning platform that transforms how you teach, grade, and interact with students. Whether you’re teaching in-person, remotely, or in a hybrid model, Kami helps you engage students with interactive lessons, simplify assignment management, and provide meaningful feedback—all in one place.

Why Teachers Love Kami

• Engage Students with Interactive Lessons
  Make your lessons come alive by allowing students to annotate PDFs, Google Docs, and other materials in real time. Kami supports multimedia content, letting you insert text, images, videos, and audio instructions to make learning more dynamic.

• Go Paperless with Seamless Assignment Management
  Distribute, collect, and grade assignments digitally. Kami allows you to annotate student submissions, give personalized feedback, and organize your workflow—all while going 100% paperless.

• Real-Time Collaboration
  Encourage collaboration by allowing students to work together on the same document, even when they’re not in the classroom. Students can add annotations, comments, and questions as they work through assignments as a team.

• Provide Effective Feedback
  Use text, audio, or video comments to give personalized feedback on student work. Kami’s intuitive interface allows you to provide meaningful feedback quickly and efficiently.

Key Features for Teachers

1. Annotate and Grade Student Work

• Review student submissions directly in Kami and provide feedback using comments, textboxes, highlights, or voice notes.

• Add grades, track progress, and return assignments to students, all within the platform.

2. Create Interactive Lessons

• Upload worksheets, PDFs, or slides and add instructions, questions, or diagrams directly onto the document.

• Embed multimedia content like images, videos, or links to external resources to make lessons more engaging and interactive.

3. Real-Time Collaboration

• Students can work together on the same document in real-time. You can monitor their progress and give feedback as they work.

• Host interactive classroom sessions by annotating documents alongside your students during live lessons.

4. Audio and Video Feedback

• Leave detailed voice or video comments to guide students through assignments. This personalized feedback helps students better understand their strengths and areas for improvement.

• Use Kami’s voice typing feature to quickly add notes or instructions without typing.

5. Schoology Integration

• Easily assign, collect, and grade work using Kami’s seamless integration with Schoology. Open assignments directly in Kami, annotate, and submit without leaving the platform.

• Sync grades automatically with Schoology for a streamlined grading process.

6. Offline Access for Students

• Students can work offline by downloading their assignments in advance. Once they’re back online, their work syncs automatically, so no progress is lost.

7. Accessibility Features

• See below for new accessibility features.

Unlocking Accessibility with Kami Companion

Kami Companion brings powerful new accessibility tools right to your classroom workflow. With features like text-to-speech, voice typing, and dictionary support, students can access content in ways that best fit their learning needs. These tools make assignments more inclusive, helping every learner engage, participate, and succeed.

• Overview Video of Kami Companion

• Kami Companion Flyer

How to Get Started with Kami for Colonial Teachers

1. Log In through ClassLink
   Colonial teachers already have a Kami Pro licensed account! Just log in through ClassLink—no need to sign up separately.
   
   

2. Access Kami in Your Browser
   The Kami Chrome extension is already installed on Colonial devices, so you can open, annotate, and share PDFs instantly.
   
   

3. Upload Course Materials
   Add PDFs, Google Docs, or other documents to Kami. Organize them into assignments or resources for your students.
   
   

4. Assign Work through Schoology
   Kami integrates directly with Schoology. Select “Open with Kami” in Schoology to assign materials to students and track submissions.
   
   

5. Provide Feedback and Grades
   Review student work in Kami with annotation tools, leave comments, and return graded assignments through Schoology. You can even add video or audio feedback for a more personal touch.

Kami + Schoology: Quick Start Guide

• Create Assignments
  Attach PDFs, worksheets, or other resources in Schoology → students open in Kami, complete, and submit back.
  
  

• Annotate & Grade
  Review work in Kami → add comments, highlights, or voice notes → return to students through Schoology → grades sync to your Schoology gradebook.
  
  

• Collaborate in Real Time
  Assign group work in Schoology → students co-edit the same Kami doc → you monitor progress live and provide feedback instantly.

Best Practices for Teachers Using Kami

1. Create Interactive Assignments

• Use Kami’s tools to add questions, diagrams, or multimedia to PDFs and assignments. Encourage students to engage with the material by adding their own annotations or comments.

2. Encourage Student Collaboration

• Set up collaborative projects where students can work on shared documents. Use Kami’s real-time collaboration tools to allow students to brainstorm, annotate, and build projects together.

3. Use Multimedia for Feedback

• Give personalized feedback using Kami’s voice or video comments. This makes it easier for students to understand your feedback and apply it to their future work.

4. Maximize Accessibility Tools

• Make learning more inclusive by using Kami’s accessibility features like text-to-speech, voice typing, and color contrast settings. This ensures that all students can engage with your materials.

5. Organize Materials in Folders

• Keep your resources and assignments organized by setting up folders for different classes, topics, or weeks. This helps you stay organized and makes it easier for students to find what they need.

Frequently Asked Questions

1. Can students collaborate on the same document?

• Yes! Kami allows real-time collaboration, so multiple students can work on the same document simultaneously. You can oversee their work and offer guidance while they collaborate.

Kami Resources & Help Hub

Discover everything you need to make the most of Kami in your classroom! Explore ready-to-use resources, step-by-step guides, and training materials designed to support teachers at every level. From quick tutorials to in-depth workshops, you’ll find tools to boost engagement, save time, and simplify digital learning with Kami.

Kami Training Hub

Kami YouTube Channel

Kami Help Center