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More than Just Text Online: Creating an Interactive Course Website

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Administrative Tools

Office Tools for Windows Users

Office 2000 HTML Filter 2.0
http://office.microsoft.com/Downloads/2000/Msohtmf2.aspx

PowerPoint 2000 Add-in: Photo Album Add-in Program
http://office.microsoft.com/downloads/2000/album.aspx

Gradebook for Excel, Free download
http://www.teach-nology.com/downloads/grading/2/

Communication Tools

Online quiz generators
From Janel Brennan. They are ranked from easiest to most difficult.

University of Maryland Quiz/Survey Generator
https://cgi.umd.edu/survey/admin
Ability to:
-have answers e-mailed to you or view a printed report of responses
-create a variety of question type
-anonymous

Downfall:
-can't easily change question order
-not as flexible
-restricts the structure
-doesn't give immediate feedback

Discovery Quiz Center
http://school.discovery.com/quizcenter/quizcenter.html
-have answers e-mailed to you or view a printed report of responses
-can restrict by password
-questions can be random
-students can get immediate feedback

Downfalls:
-it is a commercial site so there is always the possibility they could charge a fee or disappear all together

This other site allows you to create your exercises and save them on your own server space (a bit more
complicated):

Hot Potatoes
http://web.uvic.ca/hrd/halfbaked/

Library Resources
from Eric Eric Lindquist, Librarian Subject Specialist

Resources:
Adding video/audio to your website

Library Resources:

The Librarian's Guide to the Internet

ARL Digital Initiatives Database
http://www.arl.org/did/
List (with links) of various substantial digital projects on the WWW

Humbul Humanities Hub
http://www.humbul.ac.uk/
“Gateway” to humanities resources on the WWW

Voice of the Shuttle
http://vos.ucsb.edu/
“Gateway” to humanities resources on the WWW

American Memory (Library of Congress)
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/amhome.html
Vast collection of digitized artifacts (text, image, sound, and film) of
American history and culture

 
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