Difference between revisions of "Curricular Technology Tools"

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Curricular technology support is built on the idea that technical staff consult and connect faculty with the appropriate technology to support their teaching. Through our 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.

Specialty technology exists all over campus from the Sciences to Media to the Library. Your liaison can help you figure out what resources exist and where, and point you in the right direction to find the most appropriate technology to fit your teaching needs. Listed below are the primary enterprise-wide technology resources available to faculty to support their teaching.

Moodle

Moodle is Evergreen's Learning Management System. Faculty and students who wish to access their Moodle site, can find them through my.evergreen.edu where all curricular websites are listed under the Curricular Technologies block.

Moodle sites are not visible for use by students until the faculty make them "Available". Faculty can change the course availability when they're ready for students to use the site. Students will be automatically enrolled about three weeks before classes begin. Sites from previous quarters will remain available throughout the academic year according to our archival schedule'.

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. These folders are cycled and purged every quarter in order to provide sufficient workspace needed to meet curricular needs.

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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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