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Google Docs

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Description

Google Docs (also called Google Drive) is a free web-based suite of tools offered by Google. It allows users to create and edit word processing, spreadsheet, presentation, form, and drawing documents online while collaborating with other users live.

Features

  • Online creation
  • Live collaboration, sharing, and simultaneous editing
  • Uploading of documents from a variety of formats for continuing editing
  • Downloading of a completed document in a variety of formats Continue reading

Web Conferencing via Adobe Connect

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Description

Meeting@PennState, powered by the Adobe Connect Meeting module, is an enterprise web conferencing solution for online meetings, e-Learning, and webinars.

Features

  • Individuals can create their own meeting space
  • Meeting space includes:
  1. Open or closed participation
  2. Multiple levels of participation from view-only to full control
  3. Breakout rooms to temporarily divide a large audience into smaller groups
  4. Recording option
  5. Upload a PPT for presentation
  6. Upload files to share
  7. Voice over IP (VOIP) or (for fee) telephone audio
  8. Webcams for individuals
  9. Whiteboards
  10. Notes
  11. Text chat
  12. Question and answer polling
  13. Open response polling Continue reading

WikiSpaces

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Description

WikiSpaces is intended to support Penn State-associated collaboration. Spaces must be created and sponsored by Penn State faculty or staff. The sponsor may authorize access to a space for collaborators other than Penn State faculty and staff based on individual user IDs or LDAP groups when appropriate for the purpose of that space.

Features

  • A Wiki is a web page or series of web pages that may be jointly owned and edited. A Wikispace is best used for collaborative purposes. Features include the creation of web pages that contain:
    • Text
    • Lists
    • Tables
    • Hyperlinks

ANGEL Assessing Learning

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Description

ANGEL can be used to assess learning in various ways by using the following tools:

  • Drop Box: Provides an area for students to submit assignments electronically. Instructor can have a grading rubric attached to the assignment. Student submissions can be reviewed and graded within one central area and can be tied to the gradebook.
  • Game: Ability to create a crossword puzzle or quiz show game to challenge students’ learning.
  • Assessment: Ability to assess the progress of student learning in an online environment and outside of class time. Contains several different questions types including fill-in-the-blank, matching, multiple choice, multiple select, short answer, true/false, algorithmic (variety in numerical questions), and essay. Ability to set settings/advanced features to align questions to objectives, use a pool of questions, etc.
  • Survey: Ability to survey the student using the mechanisms similar to an assessment. Surveys are anonymous in the current version of ANGEL.

Features

  • Drop Box: Collect assignments digitally and option to integrate a grading rubric directly tied to the same item via the Drop Box feature.
  • Game: Assess student learning in a game format via crossword puzzles or quiz show game via Game feature.
  • Assessment and Survey: Collect formative and summative assessments via Surveys and Assessments. Continue reading

ANGEL Communication & Interaction

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Description

ANGEL can be used to communicate and interact with students and among groups of students in various ways, including emailing via Course Mail, distributing Announcements and/or News, using Polls to get student feedback on a particular question, holding online asynchronous discussions using a Discussion Forum, having synchronous interaction either through Live Chat or Live Office Hours, and the ability to have teams in ANGEL by utilizing the Teams tool including working spaces via Team Files.

Features

  • Asynchronous interaction to promote a sense of community between the instructor-student and student-student via Course Mail, Announcements, and Discussion Forums
  • Promotion of current related news events by posting of articles in the News feature
  • Collection of information about a particular questions/topic via Polls
  • Synchronous interaction among the entire class via Live Chat and student-instructor via Live Office Hours
  • Creation of teams including ability to send a specific team an e-mail, have course content only visible to a specific team, create team specific items in the calendar, hold team-based Live Chat sessions, and have a special Team Files area for teams to work together with one another Continue reading

Yammer

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Description

A collaborative environment for connecting with people across the University community and sharing meaningful information. Mostly text based, but sharable documents may be created.

Features

  • Share information and media
  • Groups
  • Inbox
  • Org Chart
  • Event Listing
  • Private Messages
  • Polls
  • News Feeds
  • Announcements
  • User Profiles
  • Chat – Only One-to-One Conversation Continue reading

Blogs

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Description

A personal website or web page on which an individual records opinions, links to other sites, etc. on a regular basis.

Features

  • Easy for users to write and upload posts and edit them later if needed
  • Easy for users to embed images and videos
  • Allows full formatting rather than just plain text so that posts can have headings, hyperlinks, etc.
  • Looks and works the same in all popular browsers. Continue reading

VoiceThread

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Description

A web-based application that allows you to place collections of media-like images, videos, documents, and presentations at the center of an asynchronous conversation.

Features

  • WebAccess
  • Upload multiple media types. 10GB storage default
  • Create slide show with comments on each slide
  • Create asynchronous conversations on a topic
  • Users can post comments via text, audio, video, or phone audio
  • Group creation and management Continue reading