useful tools
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Tutorial for different useful tools for online support (specifically for students in tertiary education and beyond)TRANSCRIPT
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Make your life easier!Useful tools to get you organized and using technology all at the same time!
Presentation by Vanessa Armand for
Dr. X. Xiang @ University of Illinois at Chicago
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Dropbox
Mendeley
Jing
Audacity
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Dropbox https://www.dropbox.com/
Benefits:
access it from anywhere
use it on multiple devices
works across platforms
good to share (can make folders available to
certain people)
make items public
back up files
easy drag/drop
2 GB of free space
https://www.dropbox.com/ -
Dropbox (cont.)
Drawbacks:
every file shared with you takes up your
space
delay for backups
no editing capability
NOT for massive storage
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1. open an
account;
download
program and
follow steps
of installation
2. choose
space
3. take the tour (A)
3. take the tour (B)3. take the
tour (C)
3. take the
tour (D)
4. Use it as an external harddrive;
remember space is limited!
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Mendeley http://www.mendeley.com/
http://www.mendeley.com/ -
Jing http://www.techsmith.com/download/jing/
http://benefitsofjing.blogspot.com/
Benefits:
"capture images, create videos of what you see on your
screen"=great for tutorials!
2 GB of free storage
easy copy/paste sharing tool for online conversations
save images/videos to flickr, own computer, etc
http://benefitsofjing.blogspot.com/ -
Audacity http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
"Audacity is free, open source, cross-platform software for recording and editing sounds."
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/ -
http://ecit.emory.edu/teaching_tools/audacity.html
Benefits:
increase the mobility of a classroom: Record a lecture,
supplemental info, or narration for a video project. The
files can then be shared via Blackboard, the web,
iTunes U, or burned to a CD.
a user-friendly interface, with familiar play, pause, stop,
and record icons.
easy to use
FOR A TUTORIAL & uses for TESOL: http://tesl-
ej.org/ej41/m2.html
http://ecit.emory.edu/teaching_tools/audacity.htmlhttp://tesl-ej.org/ej41/m2.html