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Kindle Textbook Creator

Originally posted on the Center for Teaching Excellence Blog Amazon already makes self-publishing a straightforward process for everyone who wants to publish e-books to the Kindle platform. Now Amazon aims to make the self-publishing process even easier for educators. With the release of the Kindle Textbook Creator (still in beta), instructors can take prepared, PDF […]

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Digital Writing Tools

Originally posted on the Center for Teaching Excellence Blog Today, there are many different types of digital writing instruments. Since they can be utilized to create instructional videos, record notes, and create interactive presentations they can be a valuable tool in the university classroom.  Since there are dozens of different digital writing devices, I have […]

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Information in Motion

Originally posted on the Center for Teaching Excellence Blog In the real world, nothing teleports from one place to another. And that’s why it’s so important to animate every change on screen in a way that makes sense. – Matias Duarte, Vice President of Design, Android at Google Nowadays, animation is being integrated into the […]

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Introduction to Cloud-Based Productivity Tools for Education

Originally posted on the Center for Teaching Excellence Blog The “Cloud” is a broad term that encompasses many different technologies. When someone refers to the “Cloud,” they may be referring to file storage or collaborative documents, among other things. But fundamentally, the “Cloud” is just another computer mediating a task that is typically impossible for […]