LibraryGuides: Faculty Resources: Multimodal Course Support

Please see our Multimodal Writing Course Support page for more great resources.

Instructional Assistants can present in one of your classes

In order to support the multimodal composition requirement, our instructional assistants are happy to do a ten to fifteen minute presentation in your class on one of the following topics:

Powerpoint Basics
Excel Charts
Google Slides
Other tools as needed

If you are interested in having an IA present to your class, please get in touch with Diana Inch at 503.399.3916 or email her.

Finding Streaming Video

Films On Demand: Master Academic and Career & Technical Education Package
Offers tens of thousands of full length films and clips on a wide variety of subjects. Please note: content produced by HBO, A&E, and BBC may not play in older browsers if the video is embedded in eLearn or other websites. If you get an error try a different browser. If the error persists, find and view the video within Films on Demand.
FMG Archival Films & Newsreels Collection
Includes vintage newsreel footage, archival clips from notable films, and documentary material on history from pre-1900 to the present.
Intelecom Online Resources Network
Intelecom Online Resources Network lets instructors and students access video clips covering a range of key concepts and topics within various academic disciplines. For details click More.

Disciplines include allied health, anatomy, business, civics, computer science, earth sciences, economics, education, English as a second language, environmnental studies, ethnic studies, family and consumer science, health, history, linguistics, oceanography, philosophy, physical education, physics, political science, psychology, religion, sociology, urban studies.
PBS Video Collection (Alexander Street Press)
A core collection nearly 600 videos aired by the Public Broadcasting Service. The PBS Video Collection includes streaming videos on many subjects and series including NOVA, Nature, American Experience, and Frontline. Published by Alexander Street Press.

Finding Images

Image by Karin Dreyer / Blend / Learning Pictures / Universal Images Group, Britannica ImageQuest

Millions of images are available for you to use in your class papers or presentations.

Image Quest
Searchable database of more than two million images. All images are rights-cleared for non-commercial, educational use.

Creative Commons Flickr Images
Images that you can use for free under Creative Commons licenses. The search page explains the Creative Commons system.
Google Advanced Image Search
You can search more specifically by using the Advanced Search page. The Usage Rights lets you filter your search by various "free to use" options.

Special Subjects

ARTstor
ARTstor is a digital library of more than 2.5 million images in the areas of art, architecture, the humanities, and social sciences with a set of tools to view, present, and manage images for research and pedagogical purposes.

How to Use (See also ARTstor's help)
Smart Imagebase: Scientific and Medical Art
The Scientific & Medical ART (SMART) Imagebase is a collection of 20,000+ high quality illustrations and animations depicting anatomy, physiology, surgery, diseases, conditions, trauma, embryology, histology, and other health science topics. SMART Imagebase users may download images for educational, non-commercial use.

Additional Image Content Sources

More image sources by subject
Image repositories with emphasis on those for educational use or in public domain.