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Instructional Technology Tools

Desire2Learn (D2L)

Desire2Learn (D2L) is the course managements system (CMS) used by the UW Colleges. Course sites are created for all courses offered every semester. The use of D2L by instructors covers a broad continuum of use from only posting news items to the use of most D2L tools in both face-to-face and hybrid courses. The UW Colleges Online also uses D2L to offer fully online courses in D2L. Training and online support materials are available to all D2L users. Grades can also be sent from the Gradebook in D2L to PRISM with a few clicks of the mouse. To request a D2L course site use the D2L Course Request Form.

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Desire2Learn Knowledgebase

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Library Course Pages

Library Course Pages are integrated with D2L to provide instructors and students with unique Library Course Pages for each course. Online reserves, databases, Internet resources, course syllabi, and other resources can be added to these pages to provide students with library resources at the point of need.

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CourseCasting (podcasting)

CourseCasting (podcasting) grew out of a pilot project developed at UW-Washington County. Instructors are able to record their lectures or supplemental materials, and then post them to a course web site. For instructors utilizing D2L, their CourseCasts are integrated into the Library Course Page for that course.

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Classroom Response System (Clickers)

Classroom Response Systems (Clickers) are now being piloted at 5 UW Colleges campuses. To learn more about Clickers go to http://www4.uwm.edu/ltc/srs/ a site created by UW-Milwaukee following a year of testing by UW-M and 3 other UW four-year campuses. Turning Technologies clickers and their Turning Point software are the tools being piloted in the UW Colleges, in large part because they are being used at many UW's and students can continue to use them when they transfer.

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Adobe Connect, (formerly Breeze), known as Extend LMS

Adobe Connect, (formerly Breeze), known as Extend LMS in the UW System is an online synchronous tool available for use by faculty with their courses. It provides an online whiteboard, file sharing, chat, and more. Sessions can be recorded as well, for those who cannot attend in person.

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Wiki

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Joomla

Joomla is a content management system (CMS), which enables users to easily build web sites. The UW Colleges is using Joomla as a tool for faculty and staff to create their extended biographies for viewing by students, UW Colleges faculty and staff, and the general public. It is also being used for student and faculty/staff organizations who want to have a web presence.

Joomla has a very intuitive user interface, including the html editor which allows users to build their pages quickly. The information that follows should provide users with the information needed to begin building your extended biography. Contact your campus University Relations Director to learn more about how your campus is using Joomla.

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Checkbox Survey Tool

Checkbox is a Web-based survey management tool which is available to UWC and UWEX staff. Users can create, edit, save and publish surveys which are customized in content and appearance.  A report feature creates a variety of reports with graphs and contains the option to export data to Excel. To learn more about Checkbox, consult the resources listed below. Checkbox access is at https://survey.uwc.edu/UwcSurvey/Login.aspx
The username and password are the same as for your UWC/UWEX email. First-time Checkbox users will need to obtain Survey and Report Administrator roles by submitting a service request to the Central IT Help Desk.   

 

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Other Instructional Resources

 We also offer services to support learning in various disciplines. Our membership with ARTstor provides all instructors and students access to an online repository of thousands of works of art. Membership with the Sloan-C Consortium provides opportunities for online workshops for instructors and staff in many areas related to the use of technology and teaching. Over the next few months we hope to introduce instructors to Wikis, Blogs, and Classroom Response Systems (Clickers).

Useful Links

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