Online Teaching Tools
The following tools are available for online faculty and students at Creighton University. Interested in learning more? The DoIT training team can help - access their site.
BlueLine - Learning Management System! The Creighton University learning mangement system which includes a variety of tools for online and hybrid courses incuding a gradebook, assessment tools, collaboration tools, and more. Contact an instructional designer to learn more about BlueLine. Also, Rick Murch-Shafer has created some on-screen demonstrations of BlueLine. Access those here.
BlueTrain - Learn software applications! BlueTrain is an online tutorial repository for a wide variety of software applications. You can go through a tutorial once or as many times as you want. Log in from your desk, at home, or come to the LearnIT Lab for workshops in which you can work on your own while a trainer is available should you need assistance.
Blue Cafe - Web conferencing the Creighton way! For faculty and students, BlueCafe powers the virtual classroom inside BlueLine and enhances BlueLine's features by allowing faculty and students to meet real time, online.
BlueQ - Surveys! Creating surveys and analyzing results can be done with ease in this completely web-based application. BlueQ can also be used as a teaching tool for students learning survey methodology. Faculty and staff members can request an account at blueq@creighton.edu. Ease of use, flexibility, and full featured, BlueQ is the answer to an exhaustive quest for survey tools which fits campus needs.
iTunes U - Podcasting! Through iTunes U, faculty can podcast to students, departments can share digital media, and the university can recruit new students and keep in contact with alumni and friends of the university. It is THE way to share digital audio, video and text files.
BlueVue - Video sharing! Upload and compress video.