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:
- 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:
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
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