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