Technology

Quiz tools allow instructors to create web-based quizzes for courses. Teaching staff can select from a wide variety of question types, including multiple choice, true/false, fill in the blank, and essay. Teaching staff can also schedule when the quiz is...

Google Apps for Education is used widely for student collaboration on both a small and a large scale. For example, students can: Collaborate on written work, presentations, or datasets Use Google Spreadsheets to organize data that can be integrated with...

Courses may request to have their sessions recorded (classes, sections, reviews) through the Instructional Media Services Group. Videos will be fed directly into the course website by installing the Lecture Video Tool. Teaching staff will have the option...

Flickr is an image management and sharing website that can be used for collections of course images. Images can be tagged and organized into sets, and slideshows can be embedded in other sites.

PowerPoint is the most commonly used tool for in-class presentations. The presentations are composed of slides that may contain text, images, and other media, such as audio clips and movies. Sound effects and animated transitions can also be included to...

iMovie can be used to create and edit movies by combining video, images, text, voiceover, and effects into a finished piece. Training is available for students and faculty in partnership with the Multimedia Lab in Lamont Library.

Overview Apple’s iBooks Author has provided a platform for easily creating interactive electronic textbooks. Harvard Professor E.O. Wilson has created a phenomenal example with his biology textbook, Life on Earth. Academic Technology has been working with...

Wikis are often used for collaboratively authored course content. Courses can use the Harvard Wikis tool in Course iSites to set up a wiki using the powerful Confluence wiki platform. Learn more about Harvard Wikis and see examples in the FAS. Get Started...

From 3-dimensional image capture to stereoscopic visualization and from anthropology to biochemistry, 3D imagery can help students understand some concepts and objects much more quickly.

Web-based, interactive timelines provide effective platforms for visualizing, publishing, and researching chronological narratives. Key events can easily be coupled with text, images, and video to produce content-rich entry points in a wide variety of...