I’ve posted here before on my use of DTPO in doing historical research. And by before, I mean before the release of DT2.0.
Well, I’ve just put a new post up today on how I’m using the new DTPO to help manage the courses I teach. In part, this use scenario is a result of some of the better changes in DT2.0 – the ability to open multiple databases, the RSS feeder, and the ability to work outside of the database using templates.
Hopefully it will be useful for other academics out there.
By the way, in a related topic, I’ve been using dropbox to good success in managing these databases on multiple computers in multiple cities.
I enjoyed that - thanks very much. I’m an academic myself and am always looking for news way to use DTPO. For instance, have decided to try and use split view given the recent thread on the topic.
David
I enjoyed the read but your screen shots are kind of small to really read them. If you could make those a little better it would help the value of the article. Thanks for sharing.
@chatoyer-- thanks for the kind words. I was trained by academics who shared their materials and tricks freely, and I like to the same.
@convergent-- You can click on screen shots and fullsize images automagically appear, which are easily readable. I find I like that better than embedding really large images which slow the load up time of the blog and still aren’t quite big enough to read comfortably.
My apologies… I saw the pop-up window when I hovered over the images and didn’t want to click on them thinking there was some ad kicking in. You are correct that the images are clearly visible when you click on them. Thanks for sharing.
Very nice blog on the use of DTP in course management. I expect that the blog will be very interesting, and insightful for academics as well as non-academics. I started a reply to this topic that ended up being more general use than academic specific, so I split it off into its own thread here.