Research Guides: Instructor College: Instruction Resources: Technology

Professional Resources on Technology

Choose your technology (CRLT)
Provide examples of UM faculty using technology in teaching and tips for using common technology tools in teaching. Open to public.
New Media Consortium (NMC) Horizon report series
Provides up-to-date and free downloadable reports with regard to education technology of the U.S. and other foreign countries.
Technology for Education(Carneige Mellon)
Provides information about tools of information visualization, course management, collaboration, iClickers, and mobile devices.

iClickers

iClicker set-up: Includes a step-by-step process of how to utilize the iClicker polling device. U-M Library staff only.
iClicker question bank: Sample library instruction and research-related polling questions, created by Amanda Peters. U-M Library staff only.
Teaching with Clickers (CRLT): provide recommendations, types of activities, types of questions, students' attitudes towards using clickers and more. Open to public.

Screencasts & Webinar

Creating instructional videos at U-M Library: Provide instruction how to make, edit and share a screencast. UM LIbrary staff only.
Seven Things You Should Know About Screencasting: Brief introduction about screencastings. Published by Educast
Jing: Free screencasting software
Camtasia: Professional quality screencasting software with added editing capabilities
Blackboard Collaborate: Formerly known as Elluminate, Collaborate is an online collaboration platform, frequently used to broadcast and view instructional webinars

Survey Monkey
Free online survey software and questionnaire tool.
Qualtrics Migration Information
Information about Qualtrics migration process of UM. U-M Library staff only.