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TECHNOLOGY AND MEDIA |
| 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:Κ 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)
