SlideRocket brings web presentations to iPhone and iPad with HTML5
Since the dawn of time, traveling professionals have sought easier ways to present on the go. Pico projectors! Netbooks! Converting presentations to video to show them on iPhones! Then there was...
View ArticleIssuu
Issuu is a digital publishing platform that is used by a large number of publishers to publish their magazines, catalogs, and newspapers. Issuu includes an inbuilt exceptional browser that allows for...
View ArticleEmbedPlus Adds Extra Video Controls to YouTube Embeds
Embedding YouTube videos is a pretty useful feature, but it only gives you basic player controls. With EmbedPlus, you can start your videos at a certain time, skip self-defined chapters, add...
View ArticleTwitter Assignments
We find that a lot of instructors want to incorporate new technologies into their curricula as a way to engage students with tools that they’re comfortable with and would understand but aren’t always...
View ArticleUsing Google Scholar to Perform Academic Research
Using Google Scholar, Google’s academic search engine, you can leverage the power of Google search to perform academic research. Google Scholar will even connect with MLibrary—full-text links are just...
View ArticleISS Produces Video to Help Incoming Students
In collaboration with LSA Advising, ISS recently produced a video to help incoming students understand the degree requirements prior to arriving for orientation. The video features an all-ISS cast, was...
View ArticleTell Your Students about Quizlet!
Students of almost every discipline use flashcards to help them master the terms and concepts of their courses. Quizlet, an online flashcard creation tool, takes those 3×5 index cards to a whole new...
View ArticleAutomatic Grading in Google Docs with Flubaroo
Using Google Docs Forms, it’s easy to create online quizzes. And with Flubaroo, it’s just as easy to grade the quizzes you create. Flubaroo is a script for Google Docs that can be found in the public...
View ArticleGoogle Drive
If you’ve used Google Docs recently, you’ve probably seen a notice telling you that it will soon be upgraded to Google Drive. For those of us who use Google Docs religiously, this news might kickstart...
View ArticleDraw on and Annotate Any Web Site
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DEGNaTub_38 The Markup.io bookmarklet turns any web page into a whiteboard where you can draw, type notes, and easily share your annotations with others. From any web page,...
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