Tapestry Conference

Useful Links For Shoestring Budgets

Online Quizzes and Gradebooks:

• Mygradebook.com (guest passwords: future/12345 or granite/12345)
  - http://www.mygradebook.com/ 
  - yearly cost ~$40, secure 
  - UPDATE: Unfortunately, as of July 31, 2013, MyGradeBook will be closing. I have been using the Quizlab portion of this site for 11 of the 12 years they have been online and I'm quite distressed that this valuable learning tool will disappear. I am currently exploring affordable options and would welcome any suggestions. (10/10/11)
• Moodle  (Demo Site)
  - http://demo.moodle.net/
  - free, complete course management platform, complex, requires local IT support
  - UPDATE: Blackboard is offering free individual teacher sites. NO IT support needed.
  For more info visit http://www.coursesites.com/webapps/Bb-sites-course-creation-BBLEARN/pages/index.html. 
  
  

Creating a Website:

• Weebly Webs (sample - SCT11 Weebly Web)
  - http://www.weebly.com/
  - free, educator options, easy to use
• Google Websites (sample - SCT11 Google Web)
  - sites.google.com/
  - free, many options, not particularly user friendly - not drag and drop
• Google Chrome (sample - try connecting to bcesis)
  - www.google.com/chrome
  - no frills, fewer web editing issues and conflicts with bcesis, weebly + google docs
  
  

Student Projects:

• GROUP - Google Docs 
  (sample SCT11 Workspace and PPP and Online)
  - docs.google.com/
  - presentations, forms, word processing
  - supports multiple users
• INDIVIDUAL - Weebly Webs 
  (sample http://sct11zero.weebly.com/ or http://sct11one.weebly.com/)
  - activated through the teacher account websites created by students are password protected (for sample webs above use "explode")
  - students use http://students.weebly.com plus their username and password to edit
  
  

Saving and Viewing Videos:

• Downloading and Saving Videos From YouTube
  - Go to http://keepvid.com/ 
  - copy/paste url then use "Save Target As" when results are listed
  
• Portable Apps 
  - Operate your thumb drive or portable hard drive independent from your old computer system. 
  
• VLC Portable
  - handles most video formats 
  - full version VLC not recommended by presenter 
    (it may make itself the default player and conflict with other codecs) 

Using Integrade to Send Progress Reports

• Belmont's Integrade Pro Website
  
  

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