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  • Digication

    Digication

    Digication is a leading provider of ePortfolio and assessment management systems. Digication develops its platform with students, faculty, programs, and institutions’ needs in mind, and enables institutions to close the loop that links student learning to institutional assessment and reporting.   Digication   Digication Tutorials Getting Started with New Digication video tutorials introduce many of…

  • 7 Things You Should Know About Creative Commons – EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative (ELI)

    7 Things You Should Know About Creative Commons – EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative (ELI)

    This concise and well-organized document by Educause explains Creative Commons and its relationship to copyright. Creative Commons allows copyright owners to release some of those rights while retaining others, with the goal of increasing access to and sharing of intellectual property. It further discusses who’s using it and how; and the implications for teaching and…

  • Google Search Advanced Feature

    Google Search Advanced Feature

    Google can be helpful in finding reusable resources. It explains how to use their advanced search features and explains various types of usage rights.   Google Search Advanced Feature   Google Guide making searching even easier – More information about how to use this tool – with examples.   Keywords: Audio, Copyright, Creative Commons, Digital…

  • Web Literacy for Student Fact-Checkers

    Web Literacy for Student Fact-Checkers

    This electronic book helps readers learn how to fact-check claims made on the Internet on a variety of topics. Web Literacy for Student Fact-Checkers   The author, Michael Caulfield, also has a companion blog: Four moves   Keywords: Copyright, Creative Commons, Digital Literacy, Lifelong Learning, Media, Open Educational Resources (OER) & Open Access, Searching

  • WordPress

    WordPress

    WordPress is an open-source blogging and a website creation platform. WordPress (often referred to as WP) is very widely used and makes up about 30% of all published websites.  There is a subtle but important difference between WordPress.org and WordPress.com. WordPress.org gives lots of freedom, but you need a self-hosted platform to deliver your site. This…

  • AudioBoom

    AudioBoom

    This tool enables you to record and instantly share audio. You can have free unlimited 10-minute recordings. If you want to use your smartphone or tablet, sign up, take the tour, and download the app. AudioBoom AudioBoom Help Center – Tutorials and help using AudioBoom tools. Keywords: audio, media, recording, podcasts Review Accessibility/Security Info

  • Ten Basic Rules of Netiquette or Internet Etiquette

    Ten Basic Rules of Netiquette or Internet Etiquette

    The rules of etiquette are just as important in cyberspace as they are in the real world — and the evidence of poor netiquette can stick around to haunt you for much longer. Following these basic rules of netiquette, to avoid damaging your online and offline relationships.   Ten Basic Rules of Netiquette or Internet…

  • Pinterest

    Pinterest

    Pinterest is a web and mobile application startup that operates a software system designed to discover information on the World Wide Web, mainly utilizing images and on a shorter scale, GIFs and videos.   Pinterest   The Atlantic – What is Pinterest? – A magazine article that defines what Pinterest is and how it has…

  • Fotor – online photo editor and design maker

    Fotor – online photo editor and design maker

    Fotor is a photo editing platform, utilizing exclusive technology to bring an unprecedented level of editing control to everyone. [Reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fotor] It is a simplified suite of powerful editing tools for your images. Fotor’s fast and intuitive design brings advanced photo editing techniques to anyone who wants to try. With just a few clicks you can…

  • Google Books

    Google Books

    Google Books (previously known as Google Book Search and Google Print and by its codename Project Ocean is a service from Google Inc. that searches the full text of books and magazines that Google has scanned, converted to text using optical character recognition (OCR), and stored in its digital database. Books are provided either by…

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