Difference between revisions of "Curricular Technology Tools"

Revision as of 13:16, 12 October 2012

Curricular technology support is built on the idea that technical staff consult and connect faculty with the appropriate technology to support their teaching. Through a liaison model, this is accomplished through one-on-one consultation, connecting faculty to appropriate technology resources and resource providers, developing custom solutions, and co-teaching technology workshops. Listed below are the primary technology resources available to faculty to support their teaching.

Moodle

Moodle provides a foundation for course management on the web. Moodle supports structured course-work with tools inlcuding discussion forums, assignments, quizzes, peer assessment and many more. Moodle at Evergreen is password protected and requires enrollment in a course or program before access to the site is available.

To get started with Moodle check out the Faculty Moodle Tutorial.

Wordpress

WordPress is a web publishing platform with a focus on ease of use, aesthetics, and web standards. WordPress in the curriculum can be used to create publicly accessible websites including curricular sites, blogs, faculty professional sites and student academic journals. Many faculty use a public WordPress curricular site in conjunction with a private Moodle site.

To get started with WordPress see Curricular WordPress Sites and the WordPress Tutorial.

MediaWiki

Wikis are most often used when faculty want their students to create an online, collaborative knowledge-base. Evergreen uses the same base install of Mediawiki found at Wikipedia.org but can be customized to meet your needs. Some faculty have used wikis at Evergreen as a staging ground for student publishing at Wikipedia. See: About Mediawiki at Evergreen

Program Fileshares

Orca Program Shares are networked file space accessible only by the Faculty and registered students for a particular program. They can be accessed from both on and off campus. See: Orca Program Shares

Computer Classroom Reservations

Contact your Academic Computing Liaison to schedule a computer classroom in either the Computer Center or CAL. There are 6 classrooms with 25 stations plus a teaching station connected to a projector. See: Computer Labs and Classrooms for a listing of all computer classrooms on campus.

Other favorite tools from Academic Computing Staff

Zotero - citation management tool that lives in your web browser
Flickr - web-based image storage with galleries and social networking options. Integrates well with WordPress sites at Evergreen.
Evernote - web-based note taking tool with rich media options
Prezi - non-linear presentation tool. Free educator accounts.

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 [[Image:Blue-l.png|left|40px]] '''WordPress''' is a '''web publishing''' platform with a focus on '''ease of use''', aesthetics, and web standards. [[Curricular WordPress Sites|WordPress in the curriculum]] can be used to create '''publicly accessible''' websites including '''curricular sites''', blogs, '''faculty professional sites''' and '''student academic journals'''. Many faculty use a public WordPress curricular site [[When Moodle and WordPress Get Together|in conjunction with a private Moodle site]]. <br />
-To get started with WordPress see the '''[[WordPress Tutorial]]'''.<br>
+To get started with WordPress see '''[[Curricular WordPress Sites]] and the '''[[WordPress Tutorial]]'''.<br>
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