Visualizing historical Durham using Google Earth
Trudi Abel, in History at Duke, wondered “How do they connect? The past and the present?” CIT provided Trudi Abel with funding and student support to create digital versions of …
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 …
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. …
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 …
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, …
Website update! Check out our new Resources section
We recently made some substantial changes and updates to our website. The biggest change is the addition of a new section called “Resources.” Within the section, you’ll find three subsections: …
Blogs, wikis and discussion boards: Which one fits your course?
A frequent question that comes up from faculty, particularly after the recent May CIT workshop series, is how to decide which tool to use for activities in a course – …