1. 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

2. 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 303-871-2993 for information about sharing either of these applications.

3. 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!

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

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

6. Questions?

7. 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 303-871-2993 for information about sharing either of these applications.

8. DU-VAGA The University of Denver Visual Art Gallery Application –Supports student study –Supports classroom use of images A tour of DU-VAGA http://ctl.du.edu/arthistory

9. 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

10. 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

11. 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

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

16. Questions?