We haven’t posted about Wikipedia assignments in several years (5?!), but we’ve had a lot of questions and interest recently. So when I saw this in my inbox yesterday from Helaine Blumenthal at Wiki Education, I needed share it with you. If you are interested in Wikipedia assignments, read her message below and sign up!…
Category: Tools
Introduction to Web Scraping Tools
Building off our recent exploration of tools for scraping and analyzing Twitter data, and expanding into more general web scrapers, there are a range of tools that allow you to “scrape” or extract data from any website you want. Before you begin scraping, make sure that your target website allows it. You can do this…
Teaching in the Zooniverse: Student Participation in Research Projects
One unintended outcome of participating in Douglass Day 2022 this February, was learning to use the Zooniverse platform to transcribe historical documents (read about our involvement in The Day). After the event, I spent some time exploring the projects hosted on Zooniverse and am excited to share some initial thoughts about how you and your…
Twitter Data Collection and Analysis Tools
Post contributed by Owen Avery ‘25, Digital Scholarship Assistant Almost 500 million tweets are sent per day, and thanks to Twitter’s fairly generous API (a tool that allows users to look at Twitter data without having to go on the page itself), there are loads of tools available to collect large datasets of tweets using…
2022 Tool Updates – Flipgrid
During the long days of remote teaching and learning, many students and faculty relied on technology to introduce themselves and get to know one another. One of the most effective tools for meeting this goal was Flipgrid, a video-based discussion thread. Instructors successfully utilized Flipgrid as a means to facilitate deeper discussion and provide elevated…
2022 Tool Updates – Socrative
If you’ve attended a virtual meeting or event over the last two years (and, really, who hasn’t at this point?), you’ve almost certainly been subjected to any number of different digital, interactive polling tools. One of the most efficient and least onerous ways to increase engagement in a virtual event is by throwing a poll…
2022 Tool Updates – Kahoot!
Kahoot! has served as a popular gamification tool that makes assessments interactive, competitive, and fun. This tool allows instructors to create quiz games that can be played during a synchronous class to increase student engagement or completed asynchronously by individual students to check comprehension. Unfortunately, this tool update will highlight the new limitations that Kahoot…
Technology and Course Materials Preparation for Spring 2022
As we plan for a remote start to the semester, and the hiccups and disruptions that we now understand are part of teaching in COVID-times, the Research Support & Curricular Technology team is here to support you. Contact us at teachtech@conncoll.edu with your questions or to schedule an appointment. Zoom: Maybe it’s been awhile since…
NVivo for Audio Transcription and Data Analysis
post contributed by Lydia Klein ’22, Digital Scholarship Assistant The Digital Scholarship and Curriculum Center (DSCC) now offers NVivo for qualitative data analysis. NVivo allows you to import research data from virtually any source, centralize and organize your data, and analyze unstructured text, audio, video, and image data, including interviews, focus groups, surveys, social media,…
Plan Your Open Access Week Schedule Now!
Learn something new for your teaching or research every day during Open Access Week! All workshops will be online; join us from the comfort of your office or home. MONDAYData Visualization I: Explore and Clean Data with OpenRefineMonday, Oct 25th at 1:15pm This workshop will introduce OpenRefine, a powerful but user-friendly program for exploring and…
