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Online Teaching Resources

Are you new to teaching online, and unsure where to start or how? Well, we've gathered all the resources you'll need to get started, and become an effective online professor. The links below will open up a world of possibilities for designing a quality online learning experience. Hear what your peers are doing, tips and tricks, rubrics and pedagogy, it's all here for you.
 
Educause Quarterly Educause Review
“7 Things You Should Know About…”  - From Facebook and Virtual Worlds, to Twitter and YouTube. Apple Learning Interchange – talk to other faculty and share ideas about technology in higher ed.
“Educating the Net Generation e-Book”.  A must-read for those teaching today’s generation ShareIT (Sharing Ideas and Technology for Teaching)
Mobile Learning for today’s generation Project SET (Sharing Educational Technology) – free educational modules
Seven Principles for Good Practice in Undergraduate Education Implementing the Seven Principles: Technology as Lever
Rubric for Online Instruction Copyright Information from Stanford
Copyright Information from UT  

 

 

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Free Online Course: "How to Teach Online"

Do you want to teach online, but don't know how? Are you teaching online already, but not satisfied with the results? Maybe it's time to learn How to Teach Online. With this free course offered by the University of Tennessee at Martin, professors can learn the do's and dont's, and the ins and outs of teaching an online course. Take your class to the next level, and learn how to teach online.

 

This course is provide several times a year.  If you would like to inquire about this free course, email Steve Holt at sholt@utm.edu.

 

 

 

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Free Online Course: "Self-Paced Blackboard Orientation"

Do you have problems understanding everything Blackboard has to offer, or how you can implement it? Look no further. This free course, offered by the University of Tennessee at Martin, is designed to show you everything you need to know about the tools and processes in Blackboard.

 

If you would like access to this orientation course, email the ITC at itc@utm.edu

 

 

 

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Copyright, Fair Use, and You: Everything You Need to Know

Copyright laws guard our rights to use existing materials but also protects the creations of artists or scholars from certain misuses. These pages discuss some of the basic concepts of copyright and include links to more information and evaluation tools.
 
Someone owns just about everything Fair use lets you use their things-
But not as much as you'd like to...

 

Sometimes you have to ask for permission... Sometimes you are the owner...

 

Tools
Copyright Decision Map
(Minnesota)
Checklist for Fair Use
(IUPUI)
TEACH Act Checklist
(NC State)
When Works Pass into the Public Domain
(UNC)
More Information
Know Your Copy Rights Brochure
(ARL)
Copyright Management Center
(IUPUI)
Copyright Scenarios
(Minnesota)
U. S. Copyright Office
  Tutorials
Crash Course in Copyright
(Texas)
Copyright Use
(NC State)

 

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Helpful Handouts

We've assembled a list of helpful handouts for you, that will take you through, step by step on how to use various software you might use while developing your online course.
 
Beginning Adobe Acrobat
Breeze Live
Intermediate Adobe Acrobat
Breeze Presenter
Beginning Blackboard
Breeze Presenter: Quiz Manager
Blackboard Focus on Feature: Assignment Tool
Camtasia 4
Blackboard Focus on Feature: Digital Drop Box and Group Pages Macromedia Contribute
Blackboard Focus on Feature: Discussion Board
Beginning Dreamweaver
Blackboard Focus on Feature: Test and Pool Manager Intermediate Dreamweaver
Blackboard Focus on Feature: Online Gradebook iTunesU: Podcasting Made Easy
Blackboard Focus on Feature: Safe Assignment Beginning Photoshop
Blackboard Advanced Feature: Content Organization Photoshop Bootcamp
Blackboard Advanced Feature: Using Multimedia in Blackboard  

 

 

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Video Tutorials

Are you more of a visual learner? We've got you covered. Watch our video tutorials, covering many of the tools you'll use in your online course development. Pause, Rewind, Fast Forward. You control when and what you learn.
 

Blackboard Tutorials

 

Accessing the Control Panel
Flash   Add Course Menu Item Flash  
Changing Course Name
  List Students Flash  
Set Course Availability Flash   Add Students Flash  
Categorize in Course Catalog Flash   Drop Students Flash
Change Menu Design Flash   Export Grades Flash  
Add Course Banner Flash   Add Announcement Flash  
Modify Course Menu Item Flash   Send Email Flash  
Remove Course Menu Item

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