Online Course Resources for CDM Students

CourseWorks@Columbia
https://courseworks.columbia.edu/


CourseWorks@Columbia is the University course management system. Most of your courses will have active course websites that you can access through CourseWorks. To login to CourseWorks you will need your University Network ID (UNI) and password. Your UNI is the first part of your Columbia University email address, e.g. abc2005. To activate your UNI go to http://uni.columbia.edu/.

Curriculum Map
http://www.columbia.edu/itc/hs/dental/curric_06_07/curriculum_map.html


The curriculum map is a graphical representation of the CDM curriculum with links to the all course websites in the dental program.

Virtual Techniques in Dentistry (VirTechs)
http://mt.ccnmtl.columbia.edu/virtechs/index.html


VirTechs is an interactive Web-based dental laboratory manual provides students with access to detailed instruction on procedures and treatments. The VirTechs collection includes video demonstrations, instructions, and supplementary materials for learning the dental procedures that are covered in a student's preclinical and clinical studies.

No password required.

Video Interactions for Teaching and Learning (VITAL)
http://vital.ccnmtl.columbia.edu/


VITAL is a video-based digital teaching and learning environment, for use in clinical practice courses. The environment allows students to view a digital video library of observations and/or clinical interviews and to construct multimedia essays incorporating references to texts and videos. VITAL also stores all student work, allowing for sharing and peer review.

Login to VITAL using your Columbia UNI and password.

Image Annotation Tool
http://iat.ccnmtl.columbia.edu

The Image Annotation Tool (IAT) is Web-based application designed to annotate of images. The IAT has two main functions, one is to organize and categorize course-related images into collections and the second is to facilitate adding annotations to images. An image annotation takes the form of a label associated with area(s) on an image. Every user is also provided with a personal library where images can be uploaded.

Login to VITAL using your Columbia UNI and password.

For assistance or to report an error with these projects email Michelle V. Hall at [email protected].