FITS at DePauw

2nd ANNUAL SUMMER FACULTY WORKSHOP
~ MAY 30 - JUNE 2 AND JUNE 5, 2000 ~
 

 

Resources

Materials & Resources:


Blackboard & the Web

Blackboard:

What is Blackboard?

blackboard.depauw.edu: Blackboard at DePauw

Blackboard User Quick Start Guide
Coming soon: A printable handout for students. MS Word PDF 3.0 PDF

Managing Online Courses(Bb)
Simple steps to follow when developing a course web site with Blackboard.

Blackboard Areas & Button Labels
A one-page summary of Blackboard's Areas and Buttons to help you organize the course content.

HTML Basics PDF 3.0, 26KB (Bb)

Blackboard Training Center (trainingcenter.blackboard.com)
Tip sheets, tutorials, & manuals for instructors.

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The Web in the Classroom

  • Teaching with the Web:

Aspects of a University Course Web Site
This article focuses on Web sites that serve traditional university classes, functioning as an additional channel for student-lecturer communication.
(By Orit Hazzan, College Teaching, Spring2001, Vol. 49 Issue 2, p55, 6p. Available online at Academic Search Elite)

Sarah Horton's Web Teaching Guide
The companion site for the book Web Teaching Guide: A Practical Approach to Creating Course Web Sites by Sarah Horton.

  • Web Design:

Elements of Good Web Design
Fundamental principles for designing the best web sites

Yale Web Style Guide
This is the web version of the book Web Style Guide: Basic Design Principles for Creating Web Sites by Patrick Lynch & Sarah Horton. ...an excellent resource for anyone who designs webs, whether novice or expert!

Why User Testing is Good
A short article that describes the merit of usability testing and prescribes a brief test process

FITS' list of resources about web design
Articles & resources about key issues related to designing web sites, including Human Factors (How we learn, what we expect ...), Planning for disabilities, Usability Testing, Technical Issues (ac vs. Windows, Internet speed, standards ...)

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Macromedia Dreamweaver:

Dreamweaver Document Editing Fundamentals PDF, 1.12MB
A printable guide for editing pages with Dreamweaver 4

Embedding sound player controls in a web page PDF, 32KB
A printable quick guide for using Dreamweaver to embed a sound clip with player controls in a web page.

Dreamweaver Site Management & Templates PDF, 1.60MB
A printable document covering basic site management and use of templates in Dreamweaver 4

Macromedia Dreamweaver Support Center
Macromedia's support center for Dreamweaver 8.0.1

Download Trial Copy of Dreamweaver
Download a free 30-day trial of Macromedia Dreamweaver 8.0.1 from Macromedia

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Macromedia Fireworks:

Macromedia Fireworks Support Center
Macromedia's support center for Fireworks 8

Download Trial Copy of Fireworks
Download a free 30-day trial of Fireworks 8 from Macromedia

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PowerPoint in the Classroom:

Element K
Online tutorials & computing help for using PowerPoint

Presenters University

PowerPoint in the Classroom

Purdue OWL Model Presentations

Tips for Delivering Your Presentation

Research, Copyright & Fair Use:

DePauw Libraries' Research Resources
Including DePauw's online catalog, indexes & databases, and research & style guides

IUPUI Copyright Management Center

Image Collection Guidelines
The Acquisition and use of images in non-profic educational visual resources collections

When Works Pass into the Public Domain

A Crash Course in Copyright
A collection of guides for faculty about copyrigh & fair use published by the University of Texas Office of General Counsel on Intellectual Property.

Copyright Tutorial
A tutorial about how ownership of copyrighted materials works, what is fair use and when and how to get permission to use someone else's materials. (From the University of Texas Office of General Counsel on Intellectual Property)

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Image Editing & Scanning:

Guidelines for Creating Images for the Web
Planning, scanning, cropping, sizing & saving

Photoshop 5.5 Quick Tips PDF 3.0, 433KB
A printable document with instructions for the basic functions of Photoshop 5.5,including all of the tasks included in Guidelines for Creating Images for the Web

Microsoft Clip Art Gallery
Lots & lots of free clip art images to download

http://macworld.zdnet.com/2000/05/create/scanright.html
A good general article about scanning

http://macworld.zdnet.com/2000/04/create/sharperimages.html
Just in case your scan isn't great the first time, this article tells how you can sharpen up a fuzzy scan. Also has links to related articles.

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(Bb) Indicates resource from Blackboard's trainingcenter.blackboard.com


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