VITL_why

Finding visual resources you and/or your students can use for classroom or research projects can be a timely process. Whether you are interested in finding some visual resources you can use in your teaching, or finding support and resources for your students as they learn how to find, use, or create visuals you have come to the right place. Visit this VITL resources page often to save yourself time in finding resources you can link to or access.

Finding, Selecting and Evaluating Visuals
Finding Images
Library Image Resources (Must be logged on the Marriott Library website if off campus)

• Library guide on Images for Research and Presentations Links to an external site. (Greg Hatch, Erika Church and Jessica Breiman)
• WRTG 2010 colloquia materials
• Marriott Library Article Databases with Graphics Links to an external site. (filter for databases with graphics by selecting GRAPHICS from the Database Type pull down database)
• ARTstor, AP Images, Art Images for College Teaching, Architecture images, and a vareity of local and western images
• Marriott Library Digital Collections Links to an external site.  
• Click on links down the left navigation menu to a variety of digital collections of photos, images, video, maps, government documents and multimedia)
• Marriott Library Special Collections Links to an external site. of various online exhibits
• Eccles Library Library Digital Collections & Multimedia Links to an external site.
• National Library of Medicine Digital Collections Links to an external site.
• Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Academic and Research Libraries Links to an external site.  (developed by the Association of Research Libraries).

Internet Resources

• Searching through Creative Commons Library Guide Links to an external site.
• Microsoft has a huge collection of images http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/images/?CTT=97 Links to an external site. – both photos, clip art and animations that you can download   It will download images to your computer and you can then just add them to your slides or documents if you are using Microsoft products.
• If you go to Google and click on images instead of web in the top left of the screen you will see only images. Here is the link http://www.google.com/imghp?hl=en&tab=wi Links to an external site.  you can type in any word and see images related to that. You can use copyrighted images if you are only using them in class. If you post publicly then you can limit your search to only images that are copyright free but the images must still be cited.
• Government NASA images  https://www.earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images Links to an external site. 
• American Memory images  http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html Links to an external site.  a lot of history images
• New York Public Library http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/index.cfm Links to an external site.
• Life Magazine Image Archive Links to an external site. on Google
• National Geographic Photography Links to an external site.  can select royalty free stock photos
• The Morgue File  http://www.morguefile.com/ Links to an external site.
• Flicker Commons  http://www.flickr.com/  Links to an external site.set up a free account and use the advanced search to search for creative commons free images  Flicker Images by searching on a world map http://www.flickr.com/map/  Links to an external site.
• Stock Exchange  http://www.sxc.hu/ Links to an external site.
• Library of Congress http://www.loc.gov/library/libarch-digital.html Links to an external site.
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• Merlot HE Database Links to an external site. - images search filter
• The Cell Image Database Links to an external site.(cell biology images and animations)
  
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Selecting Images - Have a Purpose (will help in identifying objectives and selecting tools for implementation)


Visual Learning Diagnostic Tool Created by the University of Tennessee Knoxville TLC 

In addition the Kathy Schrock website aligns iPad apps with Bloom's Taxonomy http://www.schrockguide.net/bloomin-apps.html Links to an external site.

Evaluating Images

• OWL Visual Rhetoric Overview Links to an external site.
  • OWL Visual Analysis Links to an external site.
• Materials developed by Fiona Harris-Ramsby:  General Guideline for Analyzing Genres.doc, Visual Rhetoric Bibliography,
  
• Resource bank for evaluating information Links to an external site.
  
• Rubric for evaluation of images Links to an external site. in art and literature images
  
• Document Analysis Worksheets Links to an external site. (ex. poster, photograph, map, cartoon)
• Using primary resources Links to an external site.

 Using Visuals in Teaching and Learning

• The Periodic Table of Visualization Methods Links to an external site. (ideas for different types of visual representations)
• The Visual Literacy Toolbox Links to an external site.
• VizThink Links to an external site. website
• Vanderbilt University Center for Teaching website for Visual Thinking Resources Links to an external site.

Designing and Creating Visuals

Here is a Creativity Resource to help you think a little differently as you create visuals

Design Principles

• NEW Mayer Multimedia Learning Websites
  
  • Blog with short description of Mayer's Principles 
  • Mayer's Books on Multimedia Learning
    
    • • Mayer, R. (2009) Multimedia Learning, 2 Ed. Cambridge University Press (available in the library as an online text http://site.ebrary.com/lib/utah/docDetail.action?docID=10288032)
      • Mayer, R. Ed. (2005). The Cambridge handbook of multimedia learning. Cambridge University Press (LB1028.5 .C283 2005 )
      • Clark, R. C. & Mayer, R. (2011) E-learning and the science of instruction: Proven guidelines for consumers and designers of multimedia learning. San Francisco, CA : Pfeiffer 
• Principles of Design Links to an external site.
• Art, Design and Visual Thinking Online Textbook Links to an external site.
• Webpages that suck Links to an external site. website
• Wikipedia Design Elements and Principles Site Links to an external site.
• 100 great resources for design creativity Links to an external site.
• Google images examples you can use for examples of brochure designs Links to an external site.  |  flyer designs Links to an external site.  |  advocacy ads Links to an external site.  |  poster designs Links to an external site.  |  web designs Links to an external site.  | Newsletter designs Links to an external site.  |   PowerPoint samples Links to an external site.  | designing with type Links to an external site.  |

Tutorials and Templates for Creating Visuals

• Microsoft Office Flyer Templates Links to an external site.  |  Brochure Templates Links to an external site.  | Poster Templates Links to an external site.  | Additional PowerPoint Templates Links to an external site.  |  Charts & Diagrams Templates Links to an external site.  |
• Presentation Zen Links to an external site. website
• Strategy to help students practice presentations before the big day Links to an external site.
  
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NEW !! Concept Mapping - Visualizing Learning

• http://campusguides.lib.utah.edu/conceptmapping Links to an external site.