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Course created in MoodleCloud

Annotated image with JING, taken from GoogleMaps

TOOLS

In this MOOC several tools were mentioned and explored:

VLE/LMS tools:

Moodle-MoodleCloud - Canvas - Blackboard

Brightspace 

alternatives

Screencapture tools:

Snagit - Awesome Screenshot

Snipping tool

alternatives

Screencast tools:

Screencast-o-Matic - Loom (Google extension) - alternatives

Mural tools:

Padlet -Lino - alternatives

Curation tools:

Pinterest - Instagram - Pearltrees - Scoop.it

Audio tools:

Audacity (editor) - Soundcloud (host) - alternative editors

alternative hosts

Video editors:

Windows Movie Maker (desktop software)

alternatives

Infographic tools:

Piktochart - Canva -

alternatives

WIKI Tools

Wikispaces - PBWorks - MediaWiki

DokuWiki - Zoho

BLOG Tools

Blogger - Wordpress - EduBlogs

Presentation tools

Prezi (also Prezi Tutorials) - Sway (also Sway Tutorials) - Google Slides (also Google Slides Tutorial)

MS free tools and apps 
Blogs, Wikis and Padlet
  1. Tim Neumann, Learning Technology Lead at the UCL Institute of Education, Dr Sarah Channon, Senior Lecturer at the Royal Veterinary College, Dr J Simon Rofe Programme Director and Senior Lecturer at SOAS University of London and Anne Tholen, Course Director at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) talk about their experiences with Sarah Sherman: https://youtu.be/-6H1ITps2cc

  2. Prof Diana Laurillard, Professor of Learning with Digital Technology at the UCL Knowledge Lab, Steve HIrons, Lecturer at Birkbeck and Dr Eileen Kennedy, Researcher at the UCL Institute of Education share their experiences: https://youtu.be/OYnUjPxhJHI

 
Discussion Forums and Webinars

Mindmapping tools alternatives - https://alternativeto.net/software/mindmaps/
Assessment Tools
  • Socrative - an application which enables teaching staff to immediately connect with their students whilst learning is taking place. You can run quick assessments with pre-prepared material or 'on-the-fly' questions and receive instant understanding of your students' knowledge.

  • Kahoot - an interactive quiz generator. More details are available in this guide

  • Alternative tools .(list and analysis

 
Plagiarism Tools

Badge Tools
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