Duke Faculty Write Program Offers Summer Workshops
The Duke Faculty Write Program is offering two workshops in August. One is a writing retreat and the other is about balancing teaching and research.
Tech Basics: Virtual Reality 101
In a virtual reality experience users are able to look at, move through, and interact with a virtual world. This blog will discuss some examples of VR in education and how to get started with VR on your phone.
Welcome to the Game Lab
The Game Lab is a new collaborative initiative which seeks to strengthen the curriculum of undergraduate education. Along with a physical space for gaming and teaching (Link Classroom 6), the Game Lab will support talks and training related to games and pedagogy. Faculty and students across the university are invited to attend events throughout the Spring semester.
TechBasics: Web Browsing 101
You can access online content, but are you using your web browser to its fullest extent? These five tips may help you be more efficient (and less annoyed) with browsing. …
How to Prepare Course Grades in Sakai
1. Check that all desired Gradebook items have been included in the course grades. There are times when a Gradebook item is not included in the course grades. For example, …
Upcoming Event on Community-Based Language Learning
On Tuesday, November 13 from 12:00-1:30 Pm at the Duke Forum for Scholars & Publics (Old Chem 011), join Deb Reisinger and Joan Clifford, co-authors of Community-Based Language Learning (Georgetown Press), …
Games + Culture Lab Open House and Game Night
This Friday, October 18 from 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM, you are invited to learn more about the Games + Culture Lab and play games. The Games + Culture Lab …
TechBasics: Video Conferencing
Video conferencing offers some exciting possibilities for instructors who want to connect their classroom with the world beyond Duke’s campus. Perhaps you’d like to invite outside researchers or guests to speak to your students. Or you’d like to teach your own course from a conference hotel room. Video conferencing can help you go both. If you plan to use a video conferencing software, here are some best practices to consider.
TechBasics: Outlook Best Practices
Are you ready to give up your leather-bound calendar? Do you wonder how to book a room in Outlook? Have you wondered what bcc means? This post will look at a couple of tricks to use Outlook more effectively.
TechBasics: All About Images
Wondering how your colleague found great images for their PowerPoint presentation? Can’t figure out how to keep the .png of a table you inserted into your Google Doc from filling the entire screen? These quick tips will sort out how to find and format images effectively.