Course Views Project at NCSU

Posted by Lauren on Dec 19th, 2007
2007
Dec 19

I’m just now going through my notes from EDUCAUSE 2007 (it’s been almost 2 months since the conference - yikes!). One of the best sessions I attended was a presentation from 2 librarians, Kim Duckett and Tito Sierra (see his article onĀ  in the new code4lib journal), at NC State University, called “Course Views: A Scalable Project to Connect Students to Library Resources“. They described a project in which they created customized content and tools for individual classes at the university. Somewhat like an iGoogle or Dashboard view, widgets were created for individual “pieces” of course/subject guides, Course Reserves, and contact information, and customized at the course level. I have to admit that I missed half of the presentation after getting a bit lost on my way there, but I’m glad to see that their presentation is available as a ppt on the page above. Take a look - I especially like the diagrams on slides 79-81!

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Posted by Jake on Dec 11th, 2007
2007
Dec 11

There are lots of ways to share your powerpoint presentation in a blog. One that is quick, easy and free is to join Slideshare (http://www.slideshare.net).
Slideshare is a big community of online presentation fans (including scads of educators). If your current powerpoints are, well, a tad snorey…..it is also a goldmine of creative inspiration. Simply get an account, upload your presentation then paste the ‘embed code’ into the blog post. Oh, here’s one now…