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 …
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 …
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, …
YouTube EDU and Academic Earth
YouTube recently released a new section of their website that brings together all of the content that’s been posted to YouTube from various universities. The address is simple: https://www.youtube.com/edu Duke …
Online resources for foreign language learning
If you are looking to study a foreign language on your own, or are a student enrolled in a language class looking for materials to supplement your coursework, here are …
Blackboard Great Ideas: Organizing your course
Christine Beaule Mellon Lecturing Fellow, Professor in University Writing Program Christine Beaule’s Writing 20 course syllabus and her Blackboard course site have evolved together over time. In this video, Christine …
SIMILE Timeline: If the President can use it, you can too
If you’ve looked at the new Recovery.gov site recently, you’ve probably noticed an interesting interactive element at the bottom of the main page. This timeline is a good, simple example …
SmARThistory – A teaching aide for art history
The site smARThistory is a unique, growing resource that aims to be an enhancement, or even a replacement, for the traditional art history textbook. It allows users to browse styles, …
Sharing web resources 2.0: Google Reader and Diigo
Faculty who find themselves outgrowing the ‘external links’ page on Blackboard, or constantly emailing new websites and/or web articles to your students, might want to take a look at two …