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Web courseware tools
Campus-wide, UT Austin offers Blackboard which is designed to enable faculty to create a Web site with a syllabus and resource materials, incorporate online discussion groups and chat sessions, to build a variety of online course components, and use class management features of the software. The tools are created for ease of use, and require minimal knowledge of HTML. CIT has trained staff dedicated to providing support of Blackboard for any faculty member who wishes to use it for a course.UT
Blackboard support site
UT Austin is now integrating Blackboard course management software
with UT Direct, the student portal. It enables faculty and students to
communicate and collaborate through real-time chats, threaded discussions,
and online file exchanges. Instructors can create and manage course Web
sites without having to know HTML, and in addition, it allows faculty
to evaluate and measure student progress. UT Austin started implementation
with a pilot group of core courses in the fall 2000 semester, and is offering
training through the CIT for faculty and staff who want to make use of
the software.
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Physics & Math
Homework Service
The UT Physics Department provides a Web-based Homework Service for
physics and math courses. This system is available 24 hours a day for
homework and exams in introductory physics courses at any school with
Internet access. Over 6,700 students are using the system in approximately
125 classes. Over 5,000 physics and 3,000 calculus problems are inventoried
for your use. Over 186,000 questions by students are processed each week.
Problems are continuously being upgraded and created. Minimal connect
time is required; students log on to print their homework and log off.
They do their homework, then log on again to submit their answers. Instructions
and documentation are online.
Quia
This company offers free teacher home pages, tools and templates for creating
oline quizzes and games, administration and reporting tools, and a shared
resource pool of the best of the learning activities created by its users.
Includes activities for all ages, from kindergarten through the university
level.