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One-Stop Course Materials Guide

The University of Denver offers instructors a variety of tools and resources for course support and creating and delivering course related materials to students.  The purpose of this web page is to describe these services. 

 

 

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Bookstore

Books, textbooks, coursepacks, electronic texts, and custom course materials that you want students to own

Students physically purchase books or course materials at the bookstore on campus or online.

Materials can be requested through the DU Bookstore's website: go to www.dubookstore.com and select "textbook adoption". Or contact Annette Nelson at x12635 or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

E-Reserves

Articles, book chapters, syllabi and other documents that you want students to access electronically

A service in which library materials are made available electronically for students in a specified course. 

Contact the Circulation Desk at Penrose Library through: http://library.du.edu/services/reserves/

Traditional Reserves

Books, videos, CDs and DVDs made available to  students for a short-term  

Library materials are held at the Circulation Desk and made available to students for a limited checkout period. 

Materials to be placed on Traditional Reserves may be requested at the Circulation Desk or online at: http://library.du.edu/services/reserves/

DU CourseMedia

Video, audio, and images you want to make available to students during a course.

A courseware tool for organizing and presenting high quality images and videos. Instructors have access to over 20,000 images and over 700 library reserve videos.

To access DU CourseMedia or request an account, go to: https://coursemedia.du.edu/. Or contact Alex Martinez at x14879 or email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Blackboard

Online posting of course materials (syllabus, gradebook, assignments, exams, lectures, outlines, presentations, images, web links, etc.)

An online learning management software program that allows instructors to create web-based content and use online communication tools (email, discussion board, wiki, group and real-time collaboration tools) for their courses. 

To access Blackboard go to: http://blackboard.du.edu/, or contact Kathy Keairns at x14156 or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

DU Portfolio Community (DUPC)

Online posting of course materials including text, audio, video, and discussion forums.

A web-based searchable database of electronic portfolios for the DU community. Individual portfolios, course portfolios and community portfolios are available.

DUPC is found at: https://portfolio.du.edu/. Contact Carrie Lorenz at x17719 or email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Media Services and Classroom Support

Videoconferencing, teleconferencing, video streaming, or video shoots.  We also support and manage A/V components in 114 classrooms and in Sturm Labs Rooms 353 & 354.

Provides a wide variety of services to faculty members including technical support for audio/visual course materials.  Classroom Support and/or A/V equipment for classrooms and events Laptops, microphones, etc.

Contact Multimedia Services at x13595.This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

myWeb

Access to view and update registration and grading information (class rosters, wait lists, advisee lists, academic progress reports, student registration status, registration overrides, submit grades, email students).

myWeb is the interface to DU's administrative database. 

Contact the Registrar at x12284 for assistance with myWeb.

webCentral

Access to DU resources and information important for faculty members, including myWeb.

DU's web portal, a one-stop shop providing secure access to webMail, Blackboard, myWeb, DU Portfolio, Penrose Library account, calendars, and personal announcements. 

Contact Jeff Derksen at x12104 or email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

 

Course Related Content at Penrose


 

EReserves Requests

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Ph.: (303) 871‐3151

Informational Page on Electronic Reserves:

http://library.du.edu/services/reserves/ElectronicReserves.cfm

E‐Reserve request form (for new courses):

http://library.du.edu/services/reserves/eres_forms/eres_request.cfm

E‐Reserve Reactivation form:

http://library.du.edu/services/reserves/eres_forms/eres_reactivation.cfm

 

Traditional Reserves Requests

(including new Streaming requests for DU CourseMedia)

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Ph.: (303) 871‐3431

Informational Page on Traditional Reserves:

http://library.du.edu/services/reserves/TraditionalReserves.cfm

Traditional Reserve request form:

http://library.du.edu/services/reserves/eres_forms/eres_request_trad.cfm

The copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) governs the making of photocopies or other reproduction of copyrighted materials. See fair use guidelines at: http://www.du.edu/intellectualproperty/fair_use.html .



Fair use policies for Penrose Library electronic reserves:

BOOKS

  • We will post one or two chapters of a book on electronic reserves.
  • If the percentage of any title requested is over 20%, we will try to purchase an electronic version of the book, and make a link to that from EReserves.
  • If we can't find an electronic version of the book, then we will put the print book on traditional reserves for students to check out.
  • We recommend you work with the bookstore so that students can purchase the book.

 

JOURNAL ARTICLES

  • For all articles in journals licensed by Penrose, we will create a link to the article online.
  • If we do not have an online version of the article, we will post a scanned copy on e-reserve. One article from an issue of a journal is fair use, but two articles will require a permission request and copyright fees, which Penrose will cover.
  • For more than two articles from a single issue, we will either put the paper volume on traditional reserves, or ask you to work with the bookstore to create a course-pack for purchase.

 

CONSECUTIVE USE

  • When you use the same readings for the same courses in consecutive quarters, we need to process these for copyright permissions in order to post your readings on e-reserves. We will do this for you, and we will cover the permission fees.
  • Consecutive quarter postings can become very expensive (roughly $140 per reading) we recommend that rather than putting materials on e-reserve two or more quarters in a row, that you work with the bookstore to create course-packs for purchase.

 

RE-ACTIVATING

  • We check all links, scans, and copyright compliance when reactivating a course. At times, this can take as long as setting up a new reserves.