Creating Online Creating Online Communications Communications

for Students and Familiesfor Students and Families

1) Please log in to your computers. In this lab, you must enter “princeton\” before your username.----For example, mine is: princeton\msand .

2) Please check your email from me.

Topics in this presentationTopics in this presentation• Progressbook, Viking Mail, Edmodo,

Weebly , QR Code Generator

• Free online images and videos

• Free software training through Atomic Learning to build your technology skills

• Free Princeton logos and artwork that you can upload to your own online sites

What are your goals for using online

communications?• Introduce yourself as a professional and provide contact information

• Post class and school information (syllabus, assignments, schedule, special events)

• Link to additional content area or technology resources• Post exemplary student work

**Please follow the link in the email that I sent you to complete a one-question survey.

**FORUM

Web-based Web-based Resources Resources

to Organize to Organize your informationyour information

Progressbook Vikingmail Edmodo Weebly

Web address (Hold the CTRL key and select one of these links with your mouse.)

http://www.princetonschools.net/

http://www.princetonschools.net/

www.edmodo.com http://education.weebly.com/ed-features.php

Cost to Educator Free Free Free -Free and Pro Versions available

-extra cost to publish your site

Post text X X X X

Post files and images X X X X

Post Video X X

Blog X (Blogger) X

Chat X X

Builds forms, polls, questionnaires

X X X

Interactive calendar option X X (post due dates)

Provides test making software X

Provides a gradebook X X

Easily arrange layout of each webpage/ easy to organize info

X X

Allows grouping of members X X

Possible for a teacher to track traffic of site visits

X X

Image editor X X

Tech Support X X X

Progressbook- on the gradebook page under “Post Homepage”

• Advantages:

• Similar to tools you will find on Microsoft Word

• Post Text

• Post (1) image

• Provides a grade book

• Help is available at the top right of the screen

• Disadvantages:

• Only one picture per page

• Cannot insert clip art, video or audio

• Only several fonts to use

• Cannot link to another Progressbook page

FREE!!

Viking Mail http://www.princetonschools.net/

• Advantages:• Email/Gmail:

– chat• Calendar

– You can give others permission to schedule your calendar– Mobile notifications– On the left> go to my calendar>settings>labs for new

opportunities• Documents

– Text/Word--- With Google Cloud Connect – Presentation/PowerPoint– Spreadsheet/Excel– Drawing/Paint– Form (poll/questionnaire)

FREE!!

• (Web) Sites– Post text– Post files and images

• Google Groups– Discussions online or in email

• Tech Support– Docs-https://docs.google.com/support/ – Mail-https://mail.google.com/support/ – Sites-

https://support.google.com/sites/bin/answer.py?answer=153055

• Disadvantages:• No video upload enabled at school• If you build a site here and then leave the district, you

cannot save your completed project to take with you.• Sometimes Google Docs has complications

– Documents will not upload– Have trouble sharing documents

-It’s possible Viking Mail works better with a Google Chrome browser (free download)

Vikingmail

Edmodo• Advantages:• Post text/comments, files, images, Video • Chat• Builds forms, polls, questionnaires• Provides test making software • Provides a gradebook (can be exported to Progressbook)• Easily arrange easy to organize information into the library• Allows grouping of members• Possible for a teacher to track traffic of site visits

• Tech Support• As a teacher, you can join professional communities based

on topics that you choose

FREE!!

www.edmodo.com

• Disadvantages:

• The library can be difficult to reorganize once documents are added

• Requires some monitoring unless you limit students’ permissions to “read-only”

Advantages• Free for Educators• Post text (titles, paragraphs, entire documents)• Post links to files and images• Post Video – can be viewed online• Blog• Chat/Forum• Builds forms, polls, questionnaires• Provides test making software • Provides a gradebook• Easily arrange layout of each webpage/ easy to organize info• Allows grouping of members• Possible for a teacher to track traffic of site visits• Image editor• Tech Support

http://education.weebly.com/ed-features.php

• Disadvantages:• Weebly Pro

$2.50-$3.33/month for access to:

-video, embedded documents, audio

• Register the domain/publish your site online $40-$50/year

QR Code Generator

QR codes are similar to the UPC codes on packaging.

They can help your student access any web links with their smartphones.

One example of a free QR generator:http://qrcode.kaywa.com/

FREE!!

Free online images and videos

1.Stock Images/Clip Art1.Stock Images/Clip Art 2. Tools to create/edit images2. Tools to create/edit images

www.Freefoto.com http://www.melissasand.com/create-art-online.html www.Picasa.com

www.Stockvault.net

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/images/

http://free-clipart.net/

http://www.free-graphics.com/clipart/

http://www.gifs.net/gif/

http://www.amazing-animations.com/

3. Video Capture3. Video CaptureThese products will capture a short video of whatever it is that you are demonstrating on the screen:- Jing (Free and Pro versions) http://www.techsmith.com/jing.html- www.camstudio.org

FREE!!

Click here to see a new

library of free PHS Photos!

Thanks to Lonnie D!!

FREE!!

File types to use onlineFile types to use online• Graphics- .jpeg, .png, .gif• Audio-

– .wav (higher quality-uncompressed)– .mp3 (lower quality)

• Video-– .swf (Flash)– .mpg– .wmv (Windows)

***Be sure to use the smallest file size possible if you are concerned with how quickly a web page is loading.

1 bit = 1024 kbs 1024 kbs = 1 mb  1024 mbs = 1 gb

• Tim Dugan is the contact person for this resource.

• Username and Password:

princetoncityschools

www.atomiclearning.comThis is a free resource for our staffthat has a variety of lessons to helpus learn to use new technology.

FREE!!

Free Images to Copy Free Images to Copy and Pasteand Paste

Basic Design Guidelines for the WebBasic Design Guidelines for the Web

http://www.webpagesthatsuck.com/-165 Mortal Sins That Will Send Your Site to Web Design Hell- Web Design Checklist 2: 83 Potential Mortal Sins

1. Make the MAIN IDEA of your page a focal point. -Bigger, different color, larger size, place a frame around it

2. Only use 2 different fonts per page.3. Try to repeat 3 or 4 main colors throughout

your project. 4. Allow for extra space if you don’t want the

viewer to miss an important item.