LSC-Montgomery Resource Guides: Course Conversion to Online Protocols Companion Resources: Asynchronous Learning Tools

Online Teaching Tools & Resources

PBWorks
PBWorks is a team collaboration wiki platform. It lets the team members capture knowledge, share files, and manage projects.
MediaWiki
MediaWiki helps you collect and organize knowledge and make it available. It's powerful, multilingual, customizable, and free of charge.
YouTube
This video platform is seen both as a key learning resource as well as a place for anyone to share their own video content.
Google Docs/Drive
Google Docs is used to create documents, Google Sheets for spreadsheets, and Google Slides for slidesets – individually or collaboratively. Google Drive is the cloud storage service, where you can also up host other files.

Sway
Microsoft’s Sway is a free app to create web content. You can embed a variety of resources into Sway, e.g. images, audio, video, maps, animations, etc, and then share it online.
YouTube
This video platform is seen both as a key learning resource as well as a place for anyone to share their own video content.

Trello
Trello is a free task tracker that may be used individually or for team collaboration.
Padlet
Padlet is a free online noticeboard, which means it can be used for making announcements, keeping notes and online brainstorming.
MindMeister
MindMeister is collaborative brainstorming and mind mapping software that allows its users to visualize their thoughts in the cloud.
Office 365 for Students, Faculty, & Staff
LSC provides Office 365 to students, faculty and students free of charge. This resource includes installation instructions. With Office 365 on your personal device(s), you will have access to the latest version of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, and more! Share and co-edit your schoolwork using Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and OneNote in real time—anywhere, any time, on any device. With 1 TB of OneDrive storage, you can keep all your work online for easy access.
Google Docs/Drive
Google Docs is used to create documents, Google Sheets for spreadsheets, and Google Slides for slidesets – individually or collaboratively. Google Drive is the cloud storage service, where you can also up host other files.

Workplace by Facebook
A team collaboration platform where you can communicate, collaborate and connect across desktop and mobile, using familiar features such as groups, chat and video calls.
Webex Teams
Webex Teams is an easy-to-use collaboration solution that keeps people and teamwork connected anytime, anywhere. Webex Teams™ brings together messaging, file sharing, video meetings, white boarding, calling, and other tools you use to streamline teamwork.

Prezi
Prezi is seen as an alternative to PowerPoint in that it supports the creation of non-linear presentations.
Slideshare
Slideshare is a popular place to find, as well as host presentation slidesets as well as other documents and infographics. Now owned by LinkedIn.
Apple Keynote
This is Apple’s presentation software for all Mac and iOS platforms. Keynote presentations can easily be controlled using an iPhone, iPad or the Apple Watch.
Office 365 for Students, Faculty, & Staff
LSC provides Office 365 to students, faculty and students free of charge. This resource includes installation instructions. With Office 365 on your personal device(s), you will have access to the latest version of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, and more! Share and co-edit your schoolwork using Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and OneNote in real time—anywhere, any time, on any device. With 1 TB of OneDrive storage, you can keep all your work online for easy access.

Survey Monkey
SurveyMonkey is an online survey tool. It allows users to design surveys, collect responses, and analyse the responses of their created surveys.
Google Forms
With Google Forms you can create and analyze surveys right in your web browser—no special software is required.

Screencast-O-Matic
Screencast-O-Matic makes screencasting free and easy, with one-click screen capture, online or else you can download and install the application.
Loom
Screen recorder for Mac, Windows, and Chromebooks. Record your camera and screen with audio directly from your Chrome browser.
Screencastify
Screencastify is a free screen recorder for Chrome. No download required. Record, edit and share videos in seconds. Videos autsave to your Google Drive.
Kaltura
Kaltura is an open source video platform for online video management, creation, and collaboration. Commercial hosting is available to power any video experience. Works with a number of LMSs.
Office 365 for Students, Faculty, & Staff
LSC provides Office 365 to students, faculty and students free of charge. This resource includes installation instructions. With Office 365 on your personal device(s), you will have access to the latest version of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, and more! Share and co-edit your schoolwork using Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and OneNote in real time—anywhere, any time, on any device. With 1 TB of OneDrive storage, you can keep all your work online for easy access.
YouTube
This video platform is seen both as a key learning resource as well as a place for anyone to share their own video content.

Basic Introduction to Softchalk Lesson Builder Power Point Slides| Dr. Lori Huges
Power Point slides for Basic Introduction to Softcalk Lesson Builder session presented by Dr. Lori Hughes, FRC Faculty Fellow, LSC-M English Department
Handout: Basic Introduction to Softchalk Lesson Builder
Handout for Basic Introduction to Softchalk Builder session presented by Dr. Lori Hughes, FRC Fellow, LSC-M English Department