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"Homework Hits the Small Screen at Purdue U.

February 28, 2011, 3:11 pm

By Ben Wieder

More and more students carry cellphones or laptops with video cameras built in, and many instructors are asking students to use them to turn in video homework assignments for courses covering highly visual material. New software developed at Purdue University seeks to make such experimental assignments easier to manage.

The system, called DoubleTake, lets students and professors shoot, share, and critique videos using a smartphone or a computer. One of the first classes to use it is one on sign language."