Teaching Technology

D2L is the learning management system supported by the University. Students are introduced to D2L during the summer before they begin their studies.

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Faculty have access to a wide variety of instructional technology to enhance their teaching. Below are the most commonly used technology platforms and tools. Faculty needing assistance with instructional technology are directed to speak with the Media and Technology Group or the Law Library, as appropriate.

Course Management Tools

Desire2Learn (D2L) Each course at Marquette has its own D2L course site with facilities for interactive communication, secure submission of student assignments to faculty, and online quizzes. Support documentation is accessible here	​
Westlaw’s TWEN An online course management tool.  User guides and support are accessible here.
Lexis Classroom An online course management tool. The user guide may be found

Integrating Technology into the Classroom

• James B. Levy, Teaching the Digital Caveman: Rethinking the Use of Classroom Technology in Law School, 19 Chap. L. Rev. 241 (2016)
• Mathew Lyon and Seletha R. Butler, Technology in the Classroom: Clickers, Videos, and Other Media, 15 Transactions: Tenn. J. Bus. L. 617 (2014)
• Stephen M. Johnson, Teaching for Tomorrow: Utilizing Technology to Implement the Reforms of MacCrate, Carnegie, And Best Practices, 92 Neb. L. Rev. 46 (2013)

Quizzing

Examplify - Examplify is a high stakes assessment program developed and licensed by ExamSoft that enables exam takers to securely take examinations downloaded to their own laptop computers by blocking access to files, programs, and the Internet during an exam. Marquette Law School licenses Examplify and there is no cost to students or faculty.

CALI Lessons - CALI Lessons are our most popular and widely used learning tool. They are computer-based, interactive tutorials that cover narrow topics of law. Browse our library of over 1,000 CALI Lessons. Marquette Law School is a CALI member institution, there is no cost to students or faculty.

CALI QuizWright - QuizWright is a web app that lets teachers write individual MC, T/F, Y/N questions, saves the questions in a personal question bank, allows teachers to bundle the questions into quizzes, turns the quizzes into AutoPublish Lessons that are published to the CALI website and run by students either as LessonLive or LessonLink assessments. Marquette Law School is a CALI member institution, there is no cost to students or faculty.

Polling

iClicker - iClicker is a classroom interactive response system that allows students to participate in polls and answer questions during class. Students can respond with their mobile device using the Reef app. Marquette Law School licenses iClicker, there is no cost to students or faculty.

YouTube Playlist - Instructors: Getting Started with iClicker

CALI Instapoll - CALI InstaPoll is an open, online, virtual clicker that allows a teacher or speaker to quickly poll the class or audience. Faculty or speakers just click the 'Create a poll' button to launch a new poll and begin collecting responses. Students or audience members can enter the number of the InstaPoll and click 'Join a poll' to respond to the poll. Marquette Law School is a CALI member institution, there is no cost to students or faculty.

Poll Everywhere -Poll Everywhere is a dynamic online polling platform that allows students to vote on custom teacher-generated polls through text messaging (SMS), smartphone, or computer by visiting this website. With a free educator account with Poll Everywhere, polls can receive up to 40 votes, enough to accommodate most classrooms. 

Qualtrics - Qualtrics is a web-based tool used for creating and conducting online surveys and forms. Marquette's enterprise license allows any Marquette faculty, staff or student to use the tool to administer surveys. Qualtrics is for academic teaching or research purposes only and explicitly excludes any use of Qualtrics for commercial purposes. 

Susan Park & Denise Farag, Transforming the Legal Studies Classroom: Clickers and Engagement, 32 J. Legal Stud. Educ. 47 (2015). 

Collaboration Tools

Microsoft Teams - Students, faculty and staff use Microsoft Teams for online/live class sessions and meetings. Teams sites offer file sharing and threaded conversations that persist. But note that D2L remains the place for course content and asynchronous class discussion.

Office 365 - You can save your files in OneDrive and then work with them from almost any device.

Upload files from your PC, Mac or Mobile device.
Share files with others.
Give others permission to edit files and work on them at the same time.
Get to your files from anywhere, on your computer, tablet, or phone.

Services not approved for University use: Dropbox, iCloud, Amazon Cloud Drive, Google Drive, & Box.

Mind Mapping

• The Mind Map Book by Tony Buzan; Barry Buzan

  Call Number: Raynor Library BF431 .B883 1996

  ISBN: 0452273226

  Publication Date: 1996-03-01

• Mindmapping by Joyce Wycoff

  Call Number: Raynor Library BF449 .W93 1991

  ISBN: 042512780X

  Publication Date: 1991-06-01

Diane Murley, Technology for Everyone..: Mind Mapping Complex Information, 99 Law Libr. J. 175 (2007). 

Francina Cantatore & Ian Stevens, Making Connections: Incorporating Visual Learning in Law Subjects through Mind Mapping and Flowcharts, 22 Canterbury L. Rev. 153 (2016).