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Zotero lends itself to use in many other respects. By using Zotero throughout their academic careers, grad students can have a complete repository of notes and reactions at their disposal when it comes times to take comprehensive exams. You can prepare for oral exams by tailoring searches and using the results in much the way you would use flashcards, checking your knowledge of important documents and ideas against details stored in your library. | Zotero lends itself to use in many other respects. By using Zotero throughout their academic careers, grad students can have a complete repository of notes and reactions at their disposal when it comes times to take comprehensive exams. You can prepare for oral exams by tailoring searches and using the results in much the way you would use flashcards, checking your knowledge of important documents and ideas against details stored in your library. | ||
- | If you are part of a small group collaborating on a project, you can share a single Zotero.org account and, using Zotero | + | If you are part of a small group collaborating on a project, you can, using Zotero |
Teachers instructing students in the process of conducting research can evaluate their progress by having them generate Zotero [[reports]] of the sources they have compiled to that point. | Teachers instructing students in the process of conducting research can evaluate their progress by having them generate Zotero [[reports]] of the sources they have compiled to that point. | ||
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There are many different ways and many different places Zotero can be adopted at your institution. The ultimate goal, of course, is for students to embrace it, but in order for that to happen, they must know about it. Fortunately, | There are many different ways and many different places Zotero can be adopted at your institution. The ultimate goal, of course, is for students to embrace it, but in order for that to happen, they must know about it. Fortunately, | ||
- | Students are not the only ones at your institution who can gain by adopting Zotero, however. In earlier versions of Zotero, it was necessary to bring your library around on a USB stick to use it in a school library. With Zotero | + | Students are not the only ones at your institution who can gain by adopting Zotero, however. In earlier versions of Zotero, it was necessary to bring your library around on a USB stick to use it in a school library. With Zotero |
Centers for Teaching Excellence can show teachers the value of Zotero in a classroom setting. Apart from being good for students, generally, teachers instructing students in the process of conducting research can evaluate their progress by having them generate reports of the sources they have compiled to that point. This same feature can be used by assessment groups to track trends in students' | Centers for Teaching Excellence can show teachers the value of Zotero in a classroom setting. Apart from being good for students, generally, teachers instructing students in the process of conducting research can evaluate their progress by having them generate reports of the sources they have compiled to that point. This same feature can be used by assessment groups to track trends in students' | ||
Campus installs of Zotero are quite easy. It is simply a matter of including Zotero in the master disk image. The Word and OpenOffice plugins can also be distributed in the same manner. Many schools provide network storage to their students. If it is configured to support the WebDAV protocol, students can make use of it to sync their files, in addition to using their Zotero.org account to sync their library data. | Campus installs of Zotero are quite easy. It is simply a matter of including Zotero in the master disk image. The Word and OpenOffice plugins can also be distributed in the same manner. Many schools provide network storage to their students. If it is configured to support the WebDAV protocol, students can make use of it to sync their files, in addition to using their Zotero.org account to sync their library data. |