UR Faculty iPod initiative - Spring 2010
November 17, 2009
!!! PROPOSAL DEADLINE EXTENDED UNTIL DECEMBER 11, 2009 !!!
University of Richmond faculty can now apply for the Spring 2010 iPod and iPod Touch initiative!
Apple’s iPod is far and away the most popular portable media device. The iPod can store and display audio, video, still images and text. From an education standpoint the iPod is a portable multimedia center that has the potential to extend learning in many different ways. Read more
50 Best Websites of 2009 (Time)
November 17, 2009
Flickr, Delicious, Skype and Twitter make the top 10.
Where do your favorite sites stack up?
Time’s 50 Best Websites of 2009
Uploading Quizzes and Surveys to Blackboard
November 12, 2009
The Basic Process:
1. Create the quiz or survey using Microsoft Excel
2. Save the file as a text document (with a .txt extension)
3. Upload the text file in the same dialog box you use to create test questions within Blackboard.
Here is a site that documents the process extensively.
Click to download a sample excel file to use as a template
Learning@Richmond: November Issue
November 10, 2009
The November issue of Learning@Richmond features Victoria George, Professor of Religion and Art history. She discusses her experience using Moodle and how it has transformed the way she structures her course objectives. The back page offers insight into what it takes to construct and improve a course syllabus. It also highlights UR’s new online classroom multimedia resource guide!
Click here to download
How to embed almost anything in your website
November 5, 2009
This may be the most useful link I’ve stumbled upon all semester. A writer from Digital Inspiration gives you step-by-step directions on how to embed HD Youtube videos, MP3s, Flickr slideshows, Google Maps, your LinkedIn profile, Word documents, chat, charts and graphs, and more within your site.
