Creating 3D with SketchUp and Maya
3D modeling software allows users to create or view 3D objects or environments. There are a wide range of uses of this software, from special effects for films to illustrating …
14 tweets that demonstrate the professional value of Twitter
Guest post by Julie Reynolds, Duke University Twitter posts are limited to 140 characters, but I discovered it takes slightly more than 140 characters to convince colleagues of Twitter’s value. …
6 reasons to use Firefox as your web browser
Sometimes we instructional technologists get so excited about the next big thing (or Wave) that we forget to let everyone know about some of the really useful tools we use …
Films on Demand
Guest post by Danette Pachtner, Lilly Library, Duke University Easily and legally share documentary videos in Blackboard. Duke University Libraries has acquired over 80 video titles from Films Media Group …
Blackboard Tip: Email your announcement
New in Blackboard 8: When you post the announcement in Blackboard, you can choose to email your announcement to all of the users in the course site by clicking a …
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 …
Exploring architecture in Second Life
How is our relationship to physical space changing as space becomes “virtual”? What do virtual spaces reveal about the people and circumstances that create them? Those are questions asked by …
Exploring architecture in Second Life
Annabel Wharton, William B. Hamilton Professor Art, Art History & Visual Studies How is our relationship to physical space changing as space becomes “virtual”? What do virtual spaces reveal about …
Google Books add embedding feature
Have you wanted to give your students easy access to a public domain book or to an excerpt of a copyrighted book available for preview at Google? Google Books has …
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, …