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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Best for |
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Who to contact |
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 annnelso@du.edu |
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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/ |
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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/ |
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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 VAGA or request an account, go to: https://vaga.du.edu/. Or contact Alex Martinez at x14879 or email alexmart@du.edu |
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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 kkeairns@du.edu. |
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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 portfolio@du.edu |
Videoconferencing, teleconferencing, video streaming, or video shoots |
Provides a wide variety of services to faculty members including technical support for audio/visual course materials. |
Contact Multimedia Services at x13595 or email multimedia-svcs@du.edu |
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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. |
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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 jderksen@du.edu |