December 4, 2013
by Heidi Olson
Comments Off on InDesign: What,Why, and How
What https://tv.adobe.com/watch/learn-indesign-cs6/what-is-indesign-cs6/ Why multiple pages layouts projects that require similar text styles are easier to manage integrates with other Adobe products like photoshop, illustrator, and bridge What is the best Adobe tool to use: Photoshop = raster image editing (photographs) … Continue reading
July 29, 2013
by Heidi Olson
Comments Off on Creating online Quizzes
Here are two interesting quiz creators that offer opportunities to use images and video as the basis for the quiz questions. ImageQuiz isn’t very pretty but is straight-forward and easy to use. Random quizzes that have already been created can … Continue reading
November 17, 2009
by Heidi Olson
Comments Off on Visualize html code
Here is an interesting website that takes your URL, analyzes the html code and creates a visualization. You can see what makes up your page: links, tables, etc. https://www.aharef.info/static/htmlgraph/ Here is a graphic for the CDE website front page: distance.uaf.edu … Continue reading
November 24, 2008
by Heidi Olson
Comments Off on Giving Thanks
In keeping with the tradition of giving thanks for the upcoming holiday, I’ve been thinking about what makes my work-life easier and how thankful I am for having such a tool to help me manage the tremendous amount of information … Continue reading
November 11, 2008
by Heidi Olson
Comments Off on Who's reading your Blog?
Ever wonder who is reading your blog? I ran across this widget that you can load into your blog’s sidebar that shows where your readers are coming from and how they got there. Often your blog might be linked from … Continue reading
November 5, 2008
by Heidi Olson
Comments Off on procrastination or resource management?
I’ve become a big fan of “toread+“. I have it in my toolbar in my Firefox 3 browser. When I’m researching a topic I usually start with a search in a search engine and begin to gather websites that contain … Continue reading
November 3, 2008
by Heidi Olson
Comments Off on Create Custom Search Engines with Google
You might find yourself wanting to limit searchs to specfic sites, ones that you deam reliable and accurate. You can create a custom search engine that you can use for your use or to distrubute to students through google. Whether … Continue reading
October 7, 2008
by Heidi Olson
Comments Off on Boot Camp and Parallels makes MAC a PC
Boot Camp is being shipped with newer intel MACs (since Jan 08) using the Leopard operating system (10.5) and is a program that allows you to install the Windows XP or Vista operating system so you can run windows-only applications … Continue reading
September 11, 2008
by Heidi Olson
Comments Off on Clearing Quiz Attempts in Blackboard
When a quiz or survey is set up for a single attempt for student completion, you may find that certain circumstances occur that will require you to reset the assessment so that students can complete it. Once a student clicks … Continue reading
July 22, 2008
by Heidi Olson
Comments Off on Blackboard Tutorials
Just a reminder that we have several short tutorials on our CDE Website on various topics pertaining to using Blackboard – both for students and for instructors. If you have questions about using Blackboard that you can’t find answers for, … Continue reading