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This area of the Tools site provides practical teaching tips to help faculty create course materials, whether for a traditional classroom or online environment. If your course material will be used online, such as a website or SacCT, the material must be accessible to all students, including students with disabilities. Thus, you will find assistance, tips and guidance to ensure your material is accessible. |
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Adobe Acrobat is an application used to create and edit PDF files (Adobe Reader is the free program used to view PDF files). The campus currently has restricted licenses for Acrobat 8 Professional (PC and Mac) for University-owned computers only. |
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A browser plug-in is a computer application that interacts with a Web browser (such as Internet Explorer or Safari) to perform a specific function, such as viewing a video file.
At this site you can find a short list of commonly used browser plug-ins that you may need to download and install on your computer to view certain types of files on the Sacramento State website. |
Fair Use guidelines,
the TEACH Act, and the DMCA provide for reasonable
access to works for the purpose of furthering
knowledge. Links to these and other resources
are provided here to introduce and further
educate the Sacramento State community about copyright. |
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Custom SacCT banners and icons that reflect the discipline and subject matter of online courses are available upon request. This site contains examples of banners and icons that have been developed by ATCS. |
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Macromedia Dreamweaver (now owned by Adobe) is an application used to create and edit Web pages - also known as a Web editor. The campus currently has restricted licenses for Dreamweaver 8 (Mac and PC) for University-owned computers only. |
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Use the Faculty Website Template to create a professional web site that your students can access to view and download course material, learn about the courses you teach and other information about you. Modifying the template is easy, simply change the existing sections with content specific to you and your user's needs. The template includes sections that faculty typically need, such as: contact information, course information, course calendars, and vitae. |
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This collection of photos from locations on campus and around Sacramento include graphics in the
GIF and JPG formats that you can use for educational purposes. |
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This site has custom PowerPoint presentations that are available for free. You will also find links to all the training handouts (tutorials) and specialized tutorials on creating streaming audio presentations. In addition, we are building a library of presentations created by faculty that demonstrate unique uses of PowerPoint, such as in-class interactive learning games. |
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Toolbook is an application that enables faculty and instructional designers to create interactive e-learning activities. There are two versions of Toolbook:
- Toolbook Assistant is designed for non-programmers and it allows you to create activities that include immediate feedback, scoring, audio and video.
- Toolbook Instructor is for developers and enables them to create simulations and interactive exercises with multimedia.
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Designing Web pages is more of
an art than a science. This site contains tips and resources that pertain to all Web authoring
skill levels. |
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