Teaching Web Resources

Teaching Resources

Medical Students’ Perspective on education

Creating Course Materials

  • To understand how to get permission to use copyrighted material in your course material, refer to these websites: University of Alabama Resource List and Copyright.com.
  • ImagesMD is a database of images that you can register and use in your BUSM classes.
  • How to create a quiz in PowerPoint.
  • Educational Media Center Contact the EMC for help with media including 35mm slides, photography, illustration, audio, video, brochures, booklets, manuals, posters, poster sessions, web graphics and more.
  • MedEdPortal The AAMC is providing an exchange of peer-reviewed, high-quality educational materials such as PowerPoint presentations, virtual patient simulations and assessment for you to use or for you to contribute your educational materials.
  • HEAL, a digital library that allows faculty to supplement and enhance their teaching with multimedia materials.
  • Element K Learn different software to design and develop learning materials
  • Courseinfo Instructor Manual provides steps for logging in and beginning an online course.
  • Survey Software to develop student surveys:
    Free Survey Software is available if you have a CourseInfo site. Go to the Control Panel>Assessment Manager>Create New Assessment>Survey.
    Other free survey software is available at Questionpro or Free Online Surveys.
    For surveys to purchase, look at:Survey Monkey, Zoomerang, and Perseus.

New Technical Innovations in Education

  • Motivate your students with the newly developed medical gadgets presented in Medgadget
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