In this post, I’ll explain to students how to install Zotero on their home computers. As a teaching assistant, I’ve found this to be the most useful technological skill that I’ve taught undergraduates – many have confirmed this by noting how they now use it. The explicit inspiration for this comes from William Turkel’s ‘Going Digital in Two Hours,’ a fantastic workshop that he ran for York University’s Graduate Programme in History last year. Kudos to him!
With test-phase Standalone Zotero (Zotero for the desktop) available for download, as well as Chrome and Safari connectors, users are no longer required to use Zotero within Firefox. You can follow software developments like these ones by following zotero.org/blog, and be part of the Zotero Evangelist community listserv to connect with other Zotero users/teachers.
That’s fantastic news, Debbie. I’ll have to give the Chrome extension a try! Thanks for passing along this to our readers as well.
Thanks for the kind words as well, Andrew!
Finally someone has the good sense to introduce students to Zotero. Wish I had an assistant that taught me that. Well done, Ian!
Thanks Bill, I’ve updated the link above to the new version.