Commercial or licensed ICT Resources

1. Commercial or Licensed ICT Resources-
Reference Sites- Professional Group Sites
Anu P Kumar
First Year M.Ed

3. Commercial or Licensed ICT Resources
Commercial or licensed ICT resources are software’s or programs that is
designed and developed for licensing that serves a commercial purpose.
Examples
1) G – Suit
2) Microsoft Teams
3) WebEx
4) Zoom

4. G-Suite
G – Suite is a collection of cloud computing, productivity and collaboration
tools, software and products developed and marketed by Google. G- Suite
consists of G-mail G-Meet, hangouts, calendar, drive, slides, docs, Google
classroom and jam board.

5. Google Classroom
Google Classroom is a free blended learning platform developed by Google for
educational institutions that aims to simplify creating, distributing, and grading
assignments. The primary purpose of Google Classroom is to streamline the
process of sharing files between teachers and students. Google Classroom
integrates a variety of other Google Applications for Education, such
as Google Docs, Google Sheets, Google Slides, Gmail, and Google
Calendar into a cohesive platform to manage student and teacher
communication.

6. Microsoft Teams
Microsoft Teams is a proprietary business communication platform developed
by Microsoft, as part of the Microsoft 365 family of products. Microsoft
Classroom was an online blended learning platform for schools that aimed to
simplify grading assignments and student communication in a paperless way. It
was introduced for Office 365 Education subscribers in April 2016. On May
18, 2017 Microsoft announced the retirement of Microsoft Classroom, which
was completed on January 31, 2018. Microsoft Teams for Education includes
Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, and now Microsoft Teams, plus additional
classroom tools.

7. WebEx
WebEx by Cisco is an American company that develops and sells web
conferencing and video conferencing applications. WebEx is a software that
allows users to host or participate in video conferencing, online meetings,file
sharing and screen sharing.

8. Zoom
Zoom is a proprietary video teleconferencing software program developed by
Zoom Video Communications. The free plan allows 100 participants with a 40
minute time restriction. Users have the option to upgrade by subscribing to a
paid plan. Zoom includes screen sharing, chat facilities and whiteboard.

9. Reference Sites
The sites that are used as a source of reference in order to get information are
reference sites.
 Wikipedia - Wikipedia is a free online encyclopedia, created and edited by
volunteers around the world and hosted by the Wikimedia foundation.
 Quora - Quora basically is a site where you ask your questions and you get
all your doubts cleared from people around the world.
 Britannica - Britannica contains carefully edited articles on all major
topics.
 Worldometer - Worldometer is a reference website that provides counters
and real-time statistics for diverse topics.

10. Professional Group Sites
Professional group sites contains academic achievements, professional experiences and
serves as a way to network with potential employers, clients and associates.
 LinkedIn - LinkedIn enables to network with people and professional
organizations in your industry.
 Meetup - Meetup is a platform for finding and building local communities.
 Xing - Xing is a platform where professionals from all kinds of different
industries can meet up, find jobs, colleagues, new assignments, cooperation
partners, experts and generate business ideas.
 Udyomitra – Udyomitra is a professional networking platform that allows
connecting with professionals and opportunities.