Teachers,

I am so excited to let you know our district has a paid Kami subscription for all teachers and students from now until the end of the school year! Kami is very similar to DocHub. Unfortunately, DocHub has been glitching (on their end) which has caused some hiccups especially around the end of grading periods. With a paid subscription to Kami, we feel that this will be a much more reliable program to use with your students. 

We are thrilled to share this news with you and to let you know if you already have a Kami account, as long as you are signed in with your school email address, you (as well as students) will automatically be upgraded with the premium features. If you have never used Kami before, click here to add the extension to your Chrome browser: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/kami-extension-pdf-and-do/ecnphlgnajanjnkcmbpancdjoidceilk?hl=en 
 *Students already have this pushed out to their accounts. 

*More specific training and PD information will be sent out at the beginning of the week. I just received the email this weekend and wanted to let you all know it’s active! 

*We are encouraging everyone to switch from using DocHub to Kami, as this is a paid subscription. We will be monitoring the usage for the district to get an idea of how many teachers/students use this program to see if this is something that might be funded for the next 2021-2022 school year. 

Using Kami in Google Classroom:

What is Kami?

Kami is an online document annotation and markup tool. You can highlight, underline, and strikethrough text in PDF and other document formats. You can also add text boxes, shapes, and images. Kami works with Google Drive and Google Classroom. With Kami, you can easily collaborate on documents in the classroom while avoiding the hassles of printing documents.

  • Auto saves work to Google Drive/Classroom
  • Teachers can use the “Grade with Kami” tool to mark up student work with a PDF, Word, or a Google Doc
  • Students can insert short audio, video, or screen capture clips explaining their work
  • Add Text Tool
  • Highlight Text Tool
  • Underline and Strikethrough Text Tool
  • Freehand Drawing Tool
  • Text-to-Speech
  • Voice Annotation
  • Video
  • Split and Merge Tool
  • OCR Tool
  • Signature Tool
  • Draw Shapes Tool
  • Insert Image
  • Real-Time Collaboration
  • Runs Offline
  • Works with Google Drive
  • Priority Support

Rachel Flowers
Instructional Technology Coach
Cumberland County Schools
368 Fourth Street
Crossville, TN  38555