Web-based Applications for Teaching & Learning from the University of Denver Julanna Gilbert Director, Center for Teaching & Learning Associate Professor Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry Paul Ross Manager, Faculty Technology Resource Center, Center for Teaching & Learning

The University of Denver Portfolio Community (DUPC) DU Faculty and Center for Teaching & Learning Staff –Jeff Rutenbeck, Director & Associate Professor -Digital Media Studies, School of Communication –Faculty from the School of Communication –Carrie Turner, Educational Systems Programmer – CTL –Faculty Electronic Portfolio Committee –Funding from the Sturm Family Foundation & the CTL Please contact the DU Center for Teaching & Learning at for information about sharing either of these applications.

DUPC Features Available to ALL members of the DU community Easy to use - showcase accomplishments and ideas – replace web sites Augments learning activities across disciplines Integrates with existing web systems on campus Complies with FERPA and with DU’s privacy & intellectual property guidelines Google-able!

DUPC Two primary components Portfolios for individuals, courses, communities Faculty-managed program/student assessment A brief tour of DUPC Editing & searching A community portfolio

DUPC Technical Information –Apache/Tomcat (J2EE) –Oracle Database –Sun Servers (two load balanced web servers, plus database server)

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The University of Denver Visual Art Gallery Application DU Faculty and Center for Teaching & Learning Staff –Annett Stott, Director & Associate Professor - School of Art & Art History –Diane Kotowski, Director - Slide Library, School of Art & Art History –Alex Martinez, Instructional Designer - CTL –Joseph Labrecque, Educational Multimedia Designer - CTL –Faculty from the School of Art & Art History –Funding from the CTL Please contact the DU Center for Teaching & Learning at for information about sharing either of these applications.

DU-VAGA The University of Denver Visual Art Gallery Application –Supports student study –Supports classroom use of images A tour of DU-VAGA

Student use of DU-VAGA images accessible for individual study Login page with an acceptable use statement - users must agree Welcome page –Thumbnail images (spotlight, newest, random) –A variety of functionalities available to students –Quick search by artist or title Inside a course gallery –Discussion boards for image and/or gallery –Larger image with meta-data (VRA standards) (Zoom, move image, view meta data (m), next image) –Self-exam –Printable view

Instructor use of DU-VAGA create galleries for classroom use Instructors can –Create/manage course galleries –View student galleries (assignments) –Request a slide –Use the two-image projection capability in the classroom To create a gallery –Select Gallery Management, select course, create new gallery –Search for image, select image, add to gallery Classroom control panel

Administration of DU-VAGA Digital images –Scan/store high resolution (25MB, tiff) –Input meta data (VRA standards) –Create three different sizes for DU-VAGA (thumbnail 5k, medium 60-80k, large 0.6-1MB) Manage users and courses Copyright/intellectual property issues

DU-VAGA Technical Information –Cold Fusion Enterprise 6.1 –Microsoft Sequel Server Database –Dell Power Edge Single Processor Server with 1GB RAM.

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