Instructional Technology Resources
Type of Technology / Vendors (free unless otherwise noted) / Best Instructional Uses /Voice / Skype (up to 24 people) http://www.skype.com / · Conference calls
Video / Skype (up to 6 people) http://www.skype.com
iVisit (up to 8 people) http://www.ivisit.com/
Logitech Vid (person to person) http://www.logitech.com
VoxOx (up to 3 people) http://www.voxox.com / · Conference calls with video
· Create videos of lectures – limit to 10 minutes or chunk into short segments
· Use in conjunction with ppt to avoid “talking head”
PowerPoint Sharing and Co-authoring / Google Docs http://www.google.com/google-d-s/presentations/
Microsoft Office 2010 PowerPoint Web App http://www.microsoft.com/office/2010/en/powerpoint/default.aspx / · Webinars
· Present/stream ppt online in real time (faculty and student presentations)
· Coauthoring (collaboratively build) a ppt presentation in real time
· Include 2-way audio with:
· Microsoft Live – setup a free account to use Internet presentation feature http://home.live.com/
· Skype or conference call
Desktop Sharing (online sharing of any applications on your desktop e.g., Word, Excel, internet browser) / Free versions have scale limitations; generally need to pay for large groups.
· WebEx Meet (beta) http://www.webex.com/meetbeta/lp/
· Yugma (free for 20 users) https://www.yugma.com
For purchase versions have more capabilities and range from $40-50/month (costs are decreasing).
· Elluminate Live http://www.elluminate.com – has breakout rooms for small group work
· Go to Meeting (Citrix) www.GoToMeeting.com - under 50 people, unlimited meetings, can pay per meeting
· Go to Training (Citrix) https://www1.gotomeeting.com - gives tests and surveys in real time online
· Live Meeting (Microsoft) http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/livemeeting
· WebEx http://www.webex.com/ / · Webinars with visual and audio capacity
· Present ppt presentations
· Record/prerecord sessions
· Group discussions and meetings
· Guest lectures
· Demonstrating desktop applications
Screen Casting – “capture” screen shots / CamStudio (free version of Camtasia): http://camstudio.org/
Jing: http://www.jingproject.com/
· Free version limited to 5 minute recording
· Stored on Jing website or save to your computer
· Since Jing is not in public domain there is better control over who has access (versus YouTube which has public access)
For purchase “premium versions”
· iShowU (Mac only) $20 http://www.shinywhitebox.com/home/home.html
· Camtasia http://www.techsmith.com/camtasia.asp
· Jing Pro http://www.jingproject.com/pro/ / · Making tutorials with screen shots
· Recorded ppt presentations with audio
· Smaller file sizes than ppt presentations with audio recording
Document Collaboration / Google Docs http://docs.google.com
Zoho Office http://www.zoho.com/sharepoint/ / · Co-authoring of documents
Wiki (collaborative website) / PBworks http://pbworks.com/
Wave – https://wave.google.com/wave/ - under development. Ongoing discussion where you can place any type of media (videos, photos, files) in real time. Document collaboration built in. / · Easy creation and editing of interlinked webpages
· Storing documents (meeting minutes, files)
· Communication – announcements via comments board and email
Instructional Technology Websites
Organization / Description / WebsiteSloan Consortium / The Sloan Consortium is an institutional and professional leadership organization dedicated to integrating online education into the mainstream of higher education, helping institutions and individual educators improve the quality, scale, and breadth of education. / http://www.sloanconsortium.org/
EDUCAUSE / EDUCAUSE is a nonprofit association whose mission is to advance higher education by promoting the intelligent use of information technology. / http://www.educause.edu/
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