Technology Tips: Index
Each week you can do one Technology
Tip assignment for extra credit. You may choose
whichever assignment looks most interesting and/or valuable to you. Because
there is no specific week-by-week assignment, you need to keep
track of which Technology Tips you have completed so that you
will know which Tips are left for you to complete as the semester goes by.
For each
assignment you will have a technology task to complete, including an email
to the instructor, and after submitting the email you will be able to do
the Gradebook Declaration for the extra credit point.
If you have already done these tips in a previous class with me (or in another
class, for that matter), you can repeat the tip again for credit this semester
- just don't repeat the same tip in the same semester for the same class! For
those of you who took a class with me last semester, I've marked the tips that
are new this semester so that you can find them easily.
If you are enrolled
in two classes with me this semester, you can count the Tip for both classes
(except for the D2L Image Tip); send me just one email, but make sure you
both Declarations.
OU-Related
- OU Library Homepage: Learn
how to customize your OU Library homepage so that the Library references
and services you use the most are just one click away.
- OU Library Tutorial:
Watch one of the Library's video tutorials and learn how to navigate the
Library website, search the catalog, or use the online database. There are many tutorials
to choose from.
- Desire2Learn Font Size:
Learn how to choose the font size you prefer when working with Desire2Learn
(this is especially useful if you would like the font to be bigger).
Desire2Learn
Profile: You can create a simple profile to share with all
the students and teachers in all the Desire2Learn classes you are enrolled
in.
Desire2Learn
Image: Learn to insert images and links into your Desire2Learn
discussion board posts - and share a film recommendation with everybody
at the same time! (This is a really great tip if you are in other classes
that use the D2L Discussion Board more than we do in this class.)
- OU Homepage. Take this opportunity
to edit your OU Homepage to make sure it shows off your accomplishments here
as an OU student. (Please wait until after Week 6 before you do this
tip, unless you were already in a class with me previously.)
Cool Online Tools
- Resize Images: Learn how to take
giant-sized images and make them smaller, for use in your webpages, blog
posts, etc.
- Bloglines: RSS Feeds. Use
Bloglines to subscribe to the Online Course Announcements for this class
and to the OU Daily newspaper!
- Bloglines: More Feeds. You
can use Bloglines to subscribe to all kinds of daily news feeds, new Library
book acquisitions, an dmore.
Del.icio.us:
Access your bookmarks from any computer, plus you can share your bookmarks
with others (there's even a special Del.icio-us application for sharing via
Facebook).
- PollDaddy: Add a dynamic,
interactive poll to your blog or webpage for free, using PollDaddy.com.
- TinyURL: Learn how to convert
long, awkward webpage addresses into short little addresses using the TinyURL
website.
Firefox
Firefox. Firefox is a great browser for BOTH Windows AND Mac, so I highly
recommend it. Even if you already use another browser already, having multiple
browsers on your computer can be handy!
Firefox
Google Toolbar:
Extend the power of your Firefox browser by adding the nifty Google Toolbar.
Foxmarks:
Access your bookmarks from any computer via the Internet, and synchronize booksmarks
if you own more than computer.
Google Services
- Gmail Account: Create a Gmail
account - either in order to use Google Mail now, or to have "in reserve" for
future use.
- iGoogle Homepage: Create
a personalized Google search pagewith information, games, services, etc.
Instead of just viewing a plain page at google.com, you
can create your own personalized Google search page.
- Google Documents: Learn how
to use Google Documents to create online documents and spreadsheets that
you can access from any computer and share with others.
Google
Presentation: Learn how to use Google Documents to create
an online presentation (like Powerpoint) that you can access from any
computer and share with others.
Google
Translation: Learn how to use Google to translate foreign
webpages into English.
- Google Pages: Use Google to
create a simple webpage for free, with all kinds of templates and other formatting
options.
- Blogger.com: Learn how to use
Google's Blogger.com blogging service to create your own blog(s) for personal
and/or professional use.
Here is the text of the Gradebook Declaration you will complete for extra credit:
Extra Credit: Technology Tip
I have completed a Technology Tip assignment and sent the instructor an email as required.
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