Resources for Faculty

Web Page Authoring

• Creating a Web Page with Composer, http://personal.georgiasouthern.edu/~jwalker/tutorials/composer/
• Publishing Your Web Files Online, http://personal.georgiasouthern.edu/~jwalker/tutorials/coreftp.html
• Raleigh Way's Dreamweaver Tutorial, http://academics.georgiasouthern.edu/cet/online/pages/dwmx.html
  
• IT Services Tutorial:  Creating a Personal Webpage, http://services.georgiasouthern.edu/its/tutorials/sfacreatingwebpage.php
• Intellectual Property in the Information Age: A Classroom Guide to Copyright, http://personal.georgiasouthern.edu/~jwalker/ip/ipdummie.html
• PuTTY and WinSCP (telnet and FTP applications), http://services.georgiasouthern.edu/its/tutorials/putty.ph

Class Discussion Lists

• Information on requesting a class listserv, http://services.georgiasouthern.edu/computercenter/fsls.html
• Yahoo! Groups free discussion lists, http://groups.yahoo.com/
• Blogger: Create a free blog, http://www.blogger.com/start
• Wiki: "Make a free, password protected wiki as easily as a peanut butter sandwich," http://www.pbwiki.com/
• WordPress, http://wordpress.com/
  

NOTE:  You can also use the discussion lists in WebCT if you prefer

Courseware Information

• GSU MyCompLab, http://www.pearsoncustom.com/ga/gsu_writing
• Free Online Courseware Package, http://moodle.org
• Georgia Southern University Center for Online Learning WebCT Vista Faculty Home, http://academics.georgiasouthern.edu/col/webct/faculty/index.php
  
• Is Online Teaching for Me? Self-evaluation quiz, http://www.onlinelearning.net/InstructorCommunity/selfevaluation.html?s=723.z0405282f.001l320081
• Meeting the Challenges of Becoming an Online Course Developer, http://www.umuc.edu/facdev/resources/challenges.html
• Linking to Library Resources in WebCT (PowerPoint tutorials), http://library.georgiasouthern.edu/libref/linkingtools/tools.htm
  

Library and Information Resources

• Library Home Page, http://library.georgiasouthern.edu/
• Online Course Reserves, http://library.georgiasouthern.edu/forms/reservesform.pdf
• Henderson Library Workshop Schedule, http://library.georgiasouthern.edu/workshops.html
• Wikipedia, http://www.wikipedia.org/
• LILAC (Learning Information Literacy across the Curriculum) Blog, http://lilac-group.blogspot.com/
• PRIMO Site of the Month: Peer-Reviewed Instructional Materials Online, http://www.ala.org/ala/acrlbucket/is/iscommittees/webpages/emergingtech/site/index.cfm
• e-Audiobooks from NetLibrary now available through the Henderson Library, http://www.netlibrary.com/Gateway.aspx, or search https://gil.georgiasouthern.edu/ and add the keyword "audiobooks"
  

Miscellaneous Resources at GSU

• Center for Excellence in Teaching (CET) - multiple resources, http://academics.georgiasouthern.edu/cet/index.htm
• Georgia Southern University Computer Center, http://services.georgiasouthern.edu/computercenter/
• University Writing Center, http://class.georgiasouthern.edu/writingc/
• Georgia Southern University IT Services Tutorials for Faculty and Staff, http://services.georgiasouthern.edu/its/sfatutorial.php

Software and Tutorials

• Tim Giles's Microsoft Word 2007 Handout, http://class.georgiasouthern.edu/writling/professional/tutorials/word2007.rtf
• Getting Started with PowerPoint (Office 97-2003 version), http://personal.georgiasouthern.edu/~jwalker/courses/powerpoint.html
• Citing Sources in Presentations, http://personal.georgiasouthern.edu/~jwalker/tutorials/Citing_Sources_in_Presentations.ppt
• Google Docs, http://docs.google.com
  
• Open Office, http://www.openoffice.org/
  

General Resources

• National Council of Teachers of English, http://www.ncte.org
• Council of Writing Program Administrators (WPA), http://www.wpacouncil.org
• Bedford/St. Martin's "TechNotes" by Nick Carbone, http://bedfordstmartins.com/technotes
• Traci's Lists of Ten, http://www.tengrrl.com/tens/index.shtml
• Kairos: Rhetoric, Technology, Pedagogy, http://english.ttu.edu/kairos/
• Computers and Composition Online, http://www.bgsu.edu/cconline/
  
• Pearson MyCompLab, http://www.mycomplab.com/
  
• Virginia Montecino's List of Computer-mediated Teaching and Learning Resources and Scholarship, http://mason.gmu.edu/~montecin/teach_tech.htm
• National Writing Project, http://www.writingproject.org

Social Networking Sites

• YouTube, http://www.youtube.com
• FaceBook, http://www.facebook.com
• MySpace, http://www.myspace.com
• Skype, http://www.skype.com/
• Second Life, http://secondlife.com/
  
• Writing and Linguistics Podcasting Project, http://gsupodcast.wikispaces.com/
  
• GSU's Creative Writing Blog, http://gsucreative.blogspot.com