Create Dynamic Presentations

Harness the power of the latest tools to create engaging classroom content, from simple slideshows, to maps, to timelines, to networks and other graphs, and even websites.

Presentation Tools

• Powerpoint
  • Contact: Rhett McDaniel, Center for Teaching
  • Resources: CfT Guide to Powerpoint Presentations and CfT Powerpoint Makeover Clinic

• Prezi
  • Contact: Rhett McDaniel, Center for Teaching
  • Resources: CfT Guide to Prezi
• Emaze
  • Contact: Rhett McDaniel, Center for Teaching

Digital Mapping

• ArcGIS (Online)
• GeoJSON
• Mapbox
• Google Earth
• Google MyMaps
• Resources:
  • Working group (Center for Second Language Studies)
  • Workshop: Bringing Historical Maps into the Digital Age (Heard Library)
  • GIS Research Guide (Heard Library)
• Contact:
  • Lindsey Fox, Heard Library
  • Felekech Tigabu, Center for Second Language Studies

Design Graphics

• Photoshop
• InDesign
• Illustrator
  • Contact: Rhett McDaniel, Center for Teaching

Timelines

• Tiki-Toki
• Timeline JS
  • Contact: Derek Bruff, Center for Teaching
  • Resources:
    • Blog about Using Timelines in Classroom (VIDL)
    • Information about CfT Working Group for Timelines

Generate Graphs

• Filtergraph (Vanderbilt-developed tool)
  • Contact: Dan Burger, Vanderbilt Initiative in Data-Intensive Astrophysics
  • Resources: VIDA Guide to Filtergraph
• R/R-Studio
  • Contact: Cliff Anderson, Heard Library; , Felekech Tigabu, Center for Second Language Studies
  • Resources
    • R Workshop (Heard Library)
    • Statistical Computing Series (Biostatistics)
    • Working group at Center for Second Language Studies

Network Analysis

Visualize and analyze the linkages between people or events in a network

• Gephi
• Neo4j/Cypher
• Resources:
  • Getting Started with Network Analysis (Heard Library)
  • Working group (Center for Second Language Studies)
• Contact:
  • Suellen Stringer-Hye, Heard Library
  • Felekech Tigabu, Center for Second Language Studies

Create a Website

• Dreamweaver
  • Contact: Rhett McDaniel, Center for Teaching
• GitHub Pages
  • Contact: Suellen Stringer-Hye, Heard Library; Ramona Romero, Heard Library
  • Resources: Heard Library Workshops for Github Pages
• WordPress (blogs)
  • Contact: Suellen Stringer-Hye, Heard Library; Rhett McDaniel, Center for Teaching
  • Resources: CfT Guide to Blogs and Discussion Boards, Faculty Working Group on Course Blogs, and Web Comm Guide to Vanderbilt WordPress

Digital Publishing

Publish articles, books, and dissertations online with hyperlinks

• Scalar
  • Contact: fullmer@vanderbilt.edu