By Carlo Daniels, Graduate Assistant Instructional Development Services
The Creative Book Builder app developed by Tiger Ng allows one to compose and edit eBooks using a variety of intricate content creation and authoring tools on one’s iPhone, iPod touch, iPad, or Android powered device. Ebooks can then be published in ePub format to be read by [...]
By Amanda Richards, Instructional Development Services Lab Assistant
iBooks Author allows users to create and publish interactive multi-touch books for the iPad and is available free in the Mac App Store. iBooks Author allows anyone to create content specific to their needs and include things such as text, graphics, movies, interactive reviews, and more. Creating an [...]
By Carlo Daniels, Instructional Development Services Graduate Assistant
Ask3 for iPad by TechSmith Corporation is a very dynamic and interactive free screen recording app that allows teachers and students to collaborate through video postings. All ofthe interaction and collaboration occurs entirely within the app. Thus, there is no need for logging into external sites or additional [...]
By: Instructional Development Services staff
Do you have old VHS tapes that you still display in your classroom? Do you hate having to rewind and fast forward just to display a few short clips on your tapes? Are your tapes really old and getting worn out? Well we have the solution just for [...]
By Nicole Dobyns, Instructional Development Services Graduate Assistant
This blog tends to focus on a lot of apps and web services that benefit mostly teachers, this week I decided to focus on a tool that can be useful to all majors in the College of Education and Human Services. This week I am highlighting [...]
Gifts Under $100
Duracell Instant Charger
Price $21.32 on Amazon
Have you ever been caught with a dead phone? Do you ever wish there was a way that you could charge your phone from wherever you were? The Duracell Instant Charger gives you a chance to charge almost any mobile device. You can attach any device that [...]
By Amanda Richards, Instructional Development Services Lab Assistant
Have you ever been browsing the web or an application such as Flipboard and found an article that you just didn’t have time to read? The application formerly known as “Read it Later” is now “Pocket”. The Pocket application can be added to web browsers such as Firefox, [...]
By Carlo Daniels, Instructional Development Services Graduate Assistant
Panorama™
Price – $0.99
Panorama by Wondershare Software Co., Ltd for iPad, iPod touch, iPhone, and Android offers users a clean and facile way of creating panoramic images. All of this can be done in mere seconds by simply tapping the “Capture button” within the app and steadily moving/panning one’s [...]
By Nicole Dobyns, Instructional Development Services Graduate Assistant
The Department of Homeland Security sponsors Cyber Security Awareness Month in October. This month is dedicated to Internet and mobile safety. Staying safe with the Internet has become a common practice by many people. We all know to not open suspicious emails, or to not go to sites [...]
By Carlo Daniels, Instructional Development Services Graduate Assistant
QuickTime for Mac OS is a powerful media technology, which allows one to watch video from the web or one’s computer. Furthermore, QuickTime also gives one the ability to screen record, making it possible to capture lectures presented within COEHS classrooms at WIU. Benefits of doing this include [...]