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About Us
- Mission
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Services
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Instructional Design
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Read more about the instructional design project process
- View the project process
- View a portfolio of past projects
- View our project portfolio
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Course Management
- Blackboard Vista
- Respondus
- Wimba Tools
- MediaKron
- iTunes University/Podcasting
- iClicker Polling
- BCshare
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Classrooms
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Interactive Multimedia Lab (IML)
- Video Conferencing Services
- Classrooms
- Carney 033
- O'Neill 245
- O'Neill 246
- O'Neill 254
- Campion 131
- Contacts
- GWA Program
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Partners
- Faculty Microcomputer Resource Center
- Libraries
- Media Technology Services
- Information Technology Services
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Teaching Tools
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BCShare Groups
- Campus Groups
- Create and Use Groups in BCshare
- BCshare Help Request Form
- BCshare Documentation
- Teaching with Wikis
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Wikis
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Teaching with Wikis
- Using a Wiki in BCshare
- Benefits of Using Wikis in the Classroom
- Wiki As a Collaborative Writing Tool
- Using Wikis at Boston College: A Case Study
- Wiki Challenges
- Use of Wikis at Other Universities
- University of Maryland
- University of South Florida
- Brown University
- Penn State
- Additional Reading
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Blackboard Vista
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Instructor Support
- FMRC Drop In Hours
- GWA Program
- General Blackboard Vista information
- System Configuration Information/Getting Started with Blackboard Vista
- Supported Browsers
- Resolving Java Problems on a Mac
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Introduction to Blackboard Vista
- Blackboard Vista Training Guide
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Introduction to Blackboard Vista Video Tutorials
- Accessing Blackboard Vista
- Navigating Your Course Homepage
- Customizing Your Course Homepage
- Adding Folders, Files and Tools
- Uploading Your Syllabus in eSyllabus and linking to it in Blackboard Vista on a PC
- Uploading Your Syllabus in eSyllabus and linking to it in Blackboard Vista on a Mac
- Adding a Learning Module
- Adding an Assignment
- Creating a Simple Assessment
- Adding an Announcement
- Setting up the Grade Book
- Adding an eReserve Link
- Adding a Coursepack Link
- Access Online Tutorials
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Blackboard Vista and the Principles for Good Practice
- Implementing the Seven Principles: Technology as Lever
- QuickTopic
- www.blackboard.com
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Pedagogical Support for Online Teaching
- Pedagogical Resources
- Learning Object Repositories
- Academic Commons
- Learning Objects, Learning Activities (LoLa) Exchange
- Multimedia Education Resource for Learning and Online Teaching (MERLOT)
- National Science Digital Library (NSDL)
- Collections of Articles
- Educause
- The Teaching, Learning, and Technology Group
- Journals and Other Sources of Information on New Developments and Practices
- AACE publications page
- Campus Technology
- Chronicle of Higher Education, Information Technology Section
- Contemporary Issues in Technology & Teacher Education (CITE)
- Educational Technology Review (ETR)
- EDUCAUSE Quarterly Online
- Higher Learning
- International Journal on E-Learning (IJEL), Quarterly
- Journal of Computers in Mathematics and Science Teaching (JCMST)
- Journal of Educational Multimedia and Hypermedia
- Journal of Interactive Learning Research (JILR)
- Journal of Technology and Teacher Education (JTATE), from SITE
- Networking: Conferences and Ongoing Discussions
- AACE World Conferences
- International annual conference of the Society for Information, Technology & Teacher Education(SITE)
- World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia & Telecommunications
- World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare & Higher Education
- Educause Annual Conferences
- North East Regional Computing Program (NERCOMP)
- Syllabus Conference (sponsored by Campus Technology)
- Organizations Concerned with eLearning and Pedagogy
- Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE)
- Boston area Educational Technology Group
- Educause
- New Media Consortium (NMC)
- Emerging Technology Initiative
- New Scholarship Initiative
- New Media and Learning Initiative
- Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education (SITE)
- The TLT (Teaching Learning and Technology) Group
- Individual Articles by Topics
- "How Analog and Digital Recording Works"
- Tutorials, Checklists and Other Resources
- Rubric for Online Instruction (ROI)
- Accessibility
- IBM Web test techniques
- MIT's Keyboard Friendly Shortcuts
- Lighthouse International's "Accessible Print and Web Design for the Visually Impaired"
- WebAIM
- Bobby
- LIFT Online
- HTML Validator
- CSS Validator
- 508 Accessibility Suite Extension for Dreamweaver
- HiSoftware
- Copyright
- BC's policy concerning copyright issues
- Agreement On Guidelines For Classroom Copying In Not-For-Profit Educational Institutions With Respect To Books And Periodicals
- Course Reserves
- Subject Specialist
- Basic Checklist
- Expanded Checklist
- Plagiarism
- Educase Articles
- "Term Paper Mills, Anti-plagiarism Tools, and Academic Integrity"
- Using Powerpoint Effectively for Teaching
- Pedagogy & PowerPoint
- PowerPoint Accessibility
- PowerPoint Best Practices
- PowerPoint in the Classroom
- PowerPoint is Not Evil
- PowerPoint Pedagogy Online Handout
- PowerPoint: Possibilities and Problems
- Rethinking the Design of Presentation Slides
- Unleashing the Power of PowerPoint
- Using PowerPoint Effectively
- Using PowerPoint Effectively in Science Education: Lessons from Research and Guidance for the Classroom [pdf]
- Everything is Miscellaneous
- "Free Culture"
- Identity 2.0
- Presentation Zen
- Lincoln's Gettysburg Address as a PowerPoint Presentation
- Is PowerPoint the Devil?
- Learning to Love PowerPoint
- PowerPoint is Evil
- PowerPoint Makes You Dumb
- PowerPoint, No! Cyberspace, Yes
- Mobile Apps for Higher Education
- Download and Install iTunes
- Promega
- DataAnalysis
- Sociology Terms
- Yours, Vincent the Letters of Vincent Van Gogh
- Examples of mobile apps for books
- Examples of mobile apps for education
- Examples of mobile apps used in medicine
- Examples of mobile apps for reference
- 7 Things You Should Know About Mobile Apps for Learning
- Digital Storytelling
- 7 Things You Should Know About Digital Storytelling
- Center for Digital Storytelling
- Digital story telling | The Educational Technology Center
- Educational Uses of Digital Storytelling
- Incorporating Digital Storytelling into Teaching and Learning
- Center for Digital Storytelling
- Digital Stories in the Classroom
- A Step-By-Step Approach to Creating a Digital Story from Material Found On the Web
- Creating a Digital Story
- Digital Storytelling: A Tutorial in 10 Easy Steps
- Storyboarding: Developing Your Digital Story
- Audacity
- Paint.NET
- iDVD
- iMovie
- Microsoft Photo Story 3
- Windows Live Movie Maker
- Windows Movie Maker
- Free eTools on the Web
- Concept Mapping Tool
- http://vue.tufts.edu/
- Communication and Conferencing Tool
- 7 Things You Should Know About Skype
- Google Apps
- www.google.com/apps/
- Google Books
- Google Reader
- Google Scholar
- Google Translate
- 7 Things You Should Know About Google Apps
- Media Production, Conversion, and Editing Tools
- www.jingproject.com
- 7 Things You Should Know About Screencasting
- www.zamzar.com
- http://blog.arpitnext.com/2009/05/firefox-addon-to-download-youtube-video-as-mp4.html
- www.aviary.com
- Social Bookmarking Tool
- 7 Things You Should Know About Social Bookmarking
- http://www.scribd.com/doc/212002/Using-delicious-In-Education
- www.delicious.com
- Tips about how to market a website/blog
- Website Creation Tools, Wikis, Blogs, and Microblogs
- www.weebly.com
- 7 Things You Should Know About Wikis
- www.pbworks.com
- www.wikispaces.com
- ELI Discovery Tool: Guide to Blogging
- 7 Things You Should Know About Blogs
- www.blogger.com
- www.edublogs.org
- www.wordpress.com
- www.twitter.com
- 7 Things You Should Know About Twitter
- 7 Things You Should Know About Microblogging
- Recommended Software
- http:www.respondus.com/products/studymate.shtml
- http://www.techsmith.com/products/studio/default.asp
- Other Resources
- Faculty Resources and Services
- Teaching, Advising and Mentoring Grants (TAM)
- Teaching, Advising and Mentoring Expense Grants (TAME)
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Prepare and Upload Documents to Blackboard Vista
- Convert MS Word Documents to HTML
- Convert MS Office Documents to PDF
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portable_Document_Format
- http://www.planetpdf.com/mainpage.asp?webpageid=1796
- Convert PowerPoint Presentations to HTML
- Naming conventions for Blackboard Vista
- Use Different Types of Files for Use in Blackboard Vista
- Information on converting Word documents to HTML
- Information on converting PowerPoint presentations to HTML
- http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html
- Information on converting Word and PowerPoint files to PDF
- http://office.microsoft.com/Downloads/default.aspx
- Information on converting PowerPoint presentations to HTML
- Information on converting PowerPoint presentations to PDF
- Further about using this computer for image scanning and editing
- Quicktime Download
- Electronic and Information Technology Accessibility Standards,
- Electronic Accessibility: United States and International Perspectives
- Suggestions on making content accessible.
- Name your Files for Blackboard Vista (and the web)
- Upload Files in Blackboard Vista
- Use WebDAV (drag and drop) to Upload your Files into Blackboard Vista
- Directions for WebDAV on Windows 98 or NT
- Scan Documents in the IML
- Blackboard Vista File Types
- Deliver Digital Media via the Web
- Digitize Videos Using Real Producer
- Create Media for Online Delivery
- Link to Specific Clips on the Streaming Server
- Configure Media Players
- Link Your Course Reserves to Blackboard Vista
- Use Persistent or Durable URLs in Blackboard Vista
- Recommended Products
- Uploading Files to Blackboard Vista from an External Hard Drive on a Mac
- Linking to Your Course Reserves in Blackboard Vista
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How to Post a Syllabus with eSyllabus (Windows users)
- Watch Instructional Video
- To learn how to post your syllabus in the eSyllabus program
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How to Post a Syllabus with eSyllabus (Mac users)
- Watch Instructional Video
- To learn how to post your syllabus in the eSyllabus program
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Copyright
- BC's policy concerning copyright issues
- Agreement On Guidelines For Classroom Copying In Not-For-Profit Educational Institutions With Respect To Books And Periodicals
- Instructions for Course Reserves
- Basic Checklist
- Expanded Checklist
- Reserves Desk
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Plagiarism
- Educase Articles
- "Term Paper Mills, Anti-plagiarism Tools, and Academic Integrity"
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Faculty FAQ
- www.java.com
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Student Support
- General Blackboard Vista information
- System configuration information
- Supported Browsers
- Student FAQs
- Blackboard Vista Help Form
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Administrative Support
- General Blackboard Vista Information
- System Configuration Information
- Supported Browsers
- Introduction to Blackboard Vista
- Introduction to Blackboard Vista Video Tutorials
- Prepare and Upload Documents to Blackboard Vista
- Uploading Files to Blackboard Vista from an External Hard Drive on a Mac
- Request Help