Blogging tools
Blogging tool let you create and write content to a blog, or Web log.
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Collaboration tools: Application sharing
An application sharing program or utility lets the presenter share programs, windows, or the entire screen with participants.
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Collaboration tools: Audio conferencing
Audio conferencing tools let participants talk with one another.
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Collaboration tools: Chat and instant messaging
Chat and instant messaging allow participants to carry on a text-based conversation in real time.
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Collaboration tools: E-mail
E-mail readers, or clients, enable you to exchange messages with other e-mail clients using the Internet.
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Collaboration tools: News reader
A News reader is a client application that can access, read, and contribute to Usenet newsgroups.
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Collaboration tools: Online discussion
Online discussion allow participants to post messages to a known location where other participants can read and respond to them.
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Collaboration tools: Video conferencing
Video conferencing tools let participants see and hear one another.
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Collaboration tools: Voting
Voting tools provide a way for particpants in an online activity to express their opinions about various issues.
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Collaboration tools: Web tour
Web touring tools allow participants in a collaborative activity to browse Web Web pages together.
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Collaboration tools: Whiteboard
A whiteboard simulates the communication that occurs when the instructor draws on a wall-mounted whiteboard and then invites a student to contribute to the drawing.
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Content converters: File format
File format converters can convert multiple files from one file format to another.
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Content converters: General
General-purpose converters convert a variety of file formats to Web-ready formats.
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Content converters: PowerPoint
PowerPoint converters convert Microsoft PowerPoint slides to Web-ready formats.
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Content converters: Word
Word converters convert Microsoft Word files to HTML.
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Content management systems
Content management systems simply the task of managing and reusing all types of informational content.
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Course authoring tools
Course authoring tools are special-purpose tools for creating e-learning courses.
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Desktop application
A desktop application is a mainstream for general-purpose office work such as word processing.
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Game tools
Game tools are used to create games, activities, and exercises. Games are usually not scored.
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Help authoring tools
Help authoring tools are special-purpose tools for creating online Help files.
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Learning content management systems
Learning content management systems simplify the task of creating, managing, and reusing learning content, that is, the media, pages, tests, lessons, and other components of courses.
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Learning management systems
Learning management systems simplify the process of administering education and training. Their primary function is to offer a collection of courses and track what courses learners have taken.
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Media editors: Animation
Animation tools are used to create animations which are sequence of images that change over a period of time.
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Media editors: Audio
Audio tools are used to capture, create, and edit sounds that provide narration, sound effects, and music.
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Media editors: Graphics
Graphic tools are used to create drawings, photographs, charts, graphs, diagrams, and icons.
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Media editors: Multimedia
Multimedia tools can capture, edit, or output multiple forms of media—graphics, animation, video. They go beyond the tools designed to capture, create, or edit a particular medium.
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Media editors: Utilities
Media utilities are special-purpose tools for creating very specific media components, such as screen snapshots, simulations, or screen movies.
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Media editors: Video
Video tools are used to capture and edit sequences of pictures and audio to create common video files formats.
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Media editors: Virtual worlds
Virtual world tools create 3-D scenes that learners can view, navigate, and manipulate using a special 3-D viewer.
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Media players: AV
Media players for audio and video play simple, linear media within the browser interface or embedded in a a web page. They also play media independently of the browser.
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Media players: Proprietary formats
Media players for proprietary formats are designed to display one specific type of file produced by a particular computer program.
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Media servers
Media servers dispense media files as requested by Web browsers and media players.
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Media: Clip animation
Clip animation refers to animated sequences that can be purchased, downloaded, possibly edited, and used in online projects such as e-learning. May be sold in various formats, such as animated GIFs, Flash animations, AVIs, or QuickTime.
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Media: Clip art
Clip art refers to pre-designed graphics that can be purchased, downloaded, edited, and used in print and online projects such as e-learning.
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Media: Clip audio
Clip audio can be sound effects or music that can be purchased and downloaded for use in multimedia projects such as e-learning.
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Media: Clip video
Clip video refers to video clips that can be purchased, downloaded, edited, and used in online projects such as e-learning.
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Online meeting tools
Online meeting tools combine individual collaboration features, such as chat, application sharing, and a whiteboard, into one integrated package.
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Simulation: General
General-purpose software simulation tools let you create simulations of various kinds of systems.
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Simulation: Software
Software simulation tools are designed to create simulations of programs running on a computer.
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Software development tools
Software development tools are special-purpose tools for writing and testing computer programs.
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Testing and assessment tools
Testing and asessment tools let you create tests, quizzes, and other activities that measure the effectiveness of learning.
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Virtual-school systems
Virtual-school systems enable the delivery of instructor-led and facilitated e-learning.
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Web browsers
A browser is a client application that runs on a local computer (client) and allows it to access and display Web content requested from a server running Web-hosting software.
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Web servers
Web servers dispatch Web pages to remote clients using Web browsers.
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Web site authoring tools
Web site authoring tools build and link individual Web pages to create a Web site.
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