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.

 

 

Best for

Description

Who to contact

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 annnelso@du.edu

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 VAGA

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

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 kkeairns@du.edu.

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

Multimedia Services

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

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 jderksen@du.edu