Resources - Course Tools
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Listserv
"LISTSERV software sets the industry standard for opt-in email list communication. For two
decades, customers have relied on LISTSERV for managing their electronic mailing lists, including email newsletters, announcement lists, discussion groups and email communities. Renowned for its time-tested reliability, scalability and performance, L-Soft's LISTSERV is the only software of its kind with built-in virus protection. " -
LinkedIn
LinkedIn is a social networking website for people in professional occupations. Founded in December 2002 and launched on May 5, 2003, it is mainly used for professional networking.
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Klout
Klout users have the influence to move mountains, and here they use it to make the world a better place. The Klout Score is a 1-100 number showing how influential you are. You can use the score and share your expertise with other educators and students.
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iTunes
iTunes is a media player and media library application developed by Apple Inc. It is used to play, download, and organize digital audio and video on personal computers running the OS X and Microsoft Windows operating systems.
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lfttt.com
IFTTT is a service that lets you create powerful connections with one simple statement: If this, then that. We call 'this' the Trigger, and 'that' the Action. Together, it is a Recipe. IFTTT is pronounced like “gift” without the “g.”
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gRSShopper
gRSShopper is a personal web environment that combines resource aggregation, a personal dataspace, and personal publishing. It allows you to organize your online content any way you want to, to import content - your own or others' - from remote sites, to remix and repurpose it, and to distribute it as RSS, web pages, JSON data, or RSS feeds.
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Google Group
Google Groups is a free service from Google Inc. that supports discussion groups, including many Usenet newsgroups, based on common interests. Membership in Google Groups is free of charge and many groups are anonymous. Users can find discussion groups related to their interests and participate in threaded conversations, either through a web interface or by e-mail. They can also start new groups, which are inaccessible by NNTPand act more like mailing lists. Google Groups also includes an archive of Usenet newsgroup postings dating back to 1981 and supports reading and posting to Usenet groups. Users can also set up mailing list archives for e-mail lists that are hosted elsewhere.
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Google Docs
Google Docs is a freeware web-based office suite offered by Google within its Google Drive service. It also was a storage service but has since been replaced by Drive. It allows users to create and edit documents online while collaborating with other users live. Google Docs combines the features of Writely and Spreadsheets with a presentation program incorporating technology designed by Tonic Systems.
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Google Calendar
Google Calendar is a free time-management web application offered by Google. It became available on April 13, 2006, and exited thebeta stage in July 2009. Users are required to have a Google Account in order to use the software.
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Globe
globe is an e-learning system delivering a range of online management courses for new, aspiring and experienced managers.