Technology Tools for the Classroom

Teaching Guide

Classroom Activity (following the semester timeline)	Tools (click on tool name for an explanation)
Rosters	Bearfacts CourseWeb (must be instructor of record in both cases)
Syllabus and assignment dissemination	E-mail Web pages CourseWeb Course management system
Reading discussion	E-mail discussion list Threaded bulletin board or Newsgroup Blog
Peer-review/commenting on essays	E-mail Threaded bulletin board Course management system Turnitin.com (with departmental account only)
Visual aids for lectures or student projects	PowerPoint & Keynote Web pages Word-processing documents
Quizzes and exams	Course management system Online quiz tools
Plagiarism detection	Search engines Turnitin.com
Grade and record keeping	Spreadsheet Course management system Gradebook software

Locations of Resources

Blog: http://www.blogspot.com (free hosting; $15 annually to eliminate banner ads)
E-mail discussion lists: http://calmail.berkeley.edu (must have or create a Calmail account); http://blackboard.berkeley.edu
http://ets.berkeley.edu (for information about getting a Blackboard or bSpace account); http://www.nicenet.org
CourseWeb:Ê http://courseweb.berkeley.edu
Gradebook software: http://www.classbuilder.com/index.htm (free trial, $30 year);
http://search.officeupdate.microsoft.com/TemplateGallery/result.asp?qu=gradebook
Online quizzing: Hot Potatoes http://www.halfbakedsoftware.com/ (free for educational use)
Paper-quiz templates: http://search.officeupdate.microsoft.com/TemplateGallery/result.asp?qu=quiz
Turnitin.com http://www.turnitin.com (must have or create a paid account)

This page updated: July 7, 2008