Resources on Technology

GVSU Blackboard

GVSU maintains student technical support web site at http://www.gvsu.edu/it/student/ and a Support Helpdesk at 616.331.2101 or helpdesk@gvsu.edu. Some of the most critical information available includes:

Network login information

Using your non-GVSU E-mail address with Blackboard

Student guide to Blackboard 6.3

Computer-aided presentation

Ten-step guide to preparing a computer-aided presentation **

Conceptual guide to preparing a computer-aided presentation **

Web page evaluation

Urban E-Government, 2003, ** Taubman Center for Public Policy at Brown University.

State and Federal E-Government in the United States, 2005,** Taubman Center for Public Policy at Brown University.

Global E-Government, 2005, ** Taubman Center for Public Policy at Brown University.

Website Attribute Evaluation System Cyberspace Policy Research Group

Michigan's Online Local Government: An Evaluation of the State's Localities on the Internet,** Cyberstate.org (June 2004)

IREAD An Evaluation Instrument for Michigan's Nonprofit Web Sites ** (June 2005)

GIS

City of Grand Rapids GIS

City of Holland GIS

Ottawa County GIS

Regional Geographic Information System (REGIS)

Michigan Center for Geographic Information

Community Mapping, PGIS, PPGIS and P3DM Virtual Library

ESRI Training and Education Library

MSU GIS Data Downloads

Putting the World back in the World Wide Web (University of Michigan Map Library Guide to virtual map collections, online gazetteers, interactive mapping, and geographic information.)

Nonprofit Technology Blogs

Non-Profit Tech Blog: Confessions of a Nonprofit IT Director

Michael Stein's Nonprofit Technology Blog

Web shopTALK: Technology Talk By and For Non-Profits

Technology for the Nonprofit and Philanthropic Sector

Today I Cried - Thoughts on Non-Profit Information Technology

Zen and the art of Nonprofit Technology

** material is in PDF format. Note that you may need to install a free Adobe Acrobat Reader if you are viewing these materials at home or work. The Acrobat Reader is already installed on PCs in Grand Valley State computer labs.