Technology workshops for everyone
Want to learn more about Photoshop, Excel, Duke’s wiki or how to use your Flip videocamera? Duke’s Office of Information Technology (OIT) is ready for you. See their full list …
Education calling – teaching with cell phones
Now that many students carry a single device that can make phone calls, take pictures, record audio and video, store data, music, and movies, and interact with the Internet, how …
Library Guide for your course
Guest post by Emily Daly, Instruction and Outreach Librarian If you use Blackboard at Duke, you may have noticed an addition to your course site’s menu this past spring. The …
Blackboard upgraded
Blackboard was upgraded over the summer; the new version of Blackboard is similar to the previous version. Those who use the gradebook (renamed the Grade Center) and the Discussion Board …
Map your world, with help from ISIS
Students in Victoria Szabo and Richard Lucic‘s capstone course ISIS 200 have produced a “mapping toolkit” that includes a list of devices, directions for using the devices to collect mappable …
Library images on your iPhone
Looking for that perfect image for your class, but away from your computer? Now, search over 32,000 images from the Duke University Libraries’ digital collections on your iPhone, through DukeMobile, …
Adobe Day @ Duke
Join Adobe at Duke University, where you will learn about Adobe’s tools to help you create, collaborate and connect with students and peers across campus. Participate in person or virtually …
Blackboard's new Grade Center
Blackboard’s gradebook has become a Grade Center, when Blackboard was upgraded to version 8.0 in early May. What’s new about the grade center? Instructors can: enter grades directly into grade …
Time to experiment with new tools?
It’s summer – maybe you have some time to investigate “Cool Tools”, useful software or online sites for teaching. This list was compiled by Joel Galbraith, an Instructional Analyst from …
Google Earth in the Mojave Desert
Peter Haff, Professor of Geology and Civil and Environmental Engineering, Nicholas School of the Environment, Earth & Ocean Sciences Project Description: Dr. Peter Haff’s class used Google Earth for their …