A list of valuable resources available for online students. This presentation was created for my mock student orientation course.

1. Resources for Success
Tools & Tips for Distance
Learners

2. URL https://www.google.com/drive/
APA citation Using Google Drive - New Features, Benefits & Advantages of ... (n.d.). Retrieved from
https://www.google.com/drive/using-drive/
Purpose: “Google Drive allows users to store documents in the cloud, share files, and edit
documents with collaborators. Google Drive encompasses Google Docs, Sheets, Slides,
an office suite that permits collaborative editing of documents, spreadsheets,
presentations, drawings, forms, and more” (Wikipedia, 2015). Collaborative learning
environments promotes active learning in students as well as work together in groups to
solve problems, complete a task or create a product.
Tips for utilization: Collaborative groups activities have now gotten easier. Google Docs provides real-time
collaboration, which means you can work together with your classmates to edit, make
comment and suggestions, chat, and view the revision history. Documents, spreadsheets,
and presentations can be accessed and edited offline or online and shared private to the
public on the internet. For more information check out this Tutorial:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i125gM-UAoY
Copyright and Fair Use: According to Google’s Terms of Use “when you upload, submit, store, send or receive
content to or through our Services, you give Google (and those we work with) a
worldwide license to use, host, store, reproduce, modify, create derivative works (such as
those resulting from translations, adaptations or other changes we make so that your
content works better with our Services), communicate, publish, publicly perform,
publicly display and distribute such content” Google Privacy & Terms, 2014)
Google Drive
References:
Google Drive - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_drive
Google Drive Tutorial 2014 - Quick Start - YouTube. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i125gM-UAoY
Google Drive Image Retrieved April 19, 2015 and labeled for reuse from http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Google_Drive_Logo.svg

3. URL www.wikispaces.com
APA citation Wikispaces - About. (n.d.). Retrieved from
http://www.wikispaces.com/content/classroom/about
Purpose: Wikispaces Classroom is a social writing platform for education. Online classroom
workspaces are easily to created where instructors and students can communicate and
work on writing projects alone or in teams. Rich assessment tools give you the power to
measure student contribution and engagement in real-time.
Tips for utilization: Being geographically dispersed can be a challenge in online learning but thanks to
Wikispaces, online collaboration has improved. Wikis can be used to for collaborative
online writing assignments and group projects. You can organize content that has been
created or revised by your teammates. You can also gather feedback from your peers and
instructors through assessment tools. For more information check out this Tutorial
Wikis in Plain English
Copyright and Fair Use: “This agreement ("Agreement") between you and Tangient LLC consists of these Terms
of Service. "You" means any person or entity who uses the Service and/or posts Content
to the Service. By using the Service and/or posting Content you agree to be bound by the
terms and condition of this Terms of Service” (Wikispaces, 2014).
http://www.wikispaces.com/Terms
Wikis
References:
Wikis | Center for Teaching | Vanderbilt University. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://cft.vanderbilt.edu/guides-sub-pages/wikis/
Wikispaces - terms. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://www.wikispaces.com/terms
Video: RSS in Plain English - YouTube. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0klgLsSxGsU

4. URL: www.blogger.com
APA citation blogspot.com - Blogger | Free weblog publishing tool from ... (n.d.). Retrieved from
http://www.zonewhois.net/www/blogspot.com.html
Purpose: Blogger is a blog-publishing tool from Google that allows multi-user blogs with time-stamped
entries. Bloggers allow its users to choose from various templates and customize them. Users
may want to create their templates using CSS. Bloggers lets its users to use their domain free of
charge.
Tips for utilization: Blogs allow for sharing text, photos and video. It is an excellent platform for beginners and is
very adaptive as you become more experienced by updating your post and templates. The
Subscriber can benefit from free web hosting, no matter how many post you write, or the number
of daily visitors. You also can create as many blogs as you like, and everything is accessible from
your dashboard. You also can make your post private or public depending on your use of it. If you
post any information that is not yours be sure to properly cite where you got the information from
otherwise it’s considered plagiarism. For more information check out this Tutorial: Blogs in
Plain English
Copyright and Fair Use: According to Google’s Terms of Use “when you upload, submit, store, send or receive content to
or through our Services, you give Google (and those we work with) a worldwide license to use,
host, store, reproduce, modify, create derivative works (such as those resulting from translations,
adaptations or other changes we make so that your content works better with our Services),
communicate, publish, publicly perform, publicly display and distribute such content” Google
Privacy & Terms, 2014).
Blogger
References:
Google Terms of Service – Privacy & Terms – Google. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/terms/
Blogs in Plain English - YouTube. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NN2I1pWXjXI
Blogger Image Retrieved April 19, 2015 and labeled for reuse from http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Blogger.svg

5. URL http://www.lynda.com/
APA citation Online video tutorials & training | lynda.com. (n.d.). Retrieved from
https://www.lynda.com/
Purpose: Lynda provides unlimited access to a variety of instructions for all levels that covers
technical skills, creative techniques, business strategies, and more. There are over 3,000
online videos available via a computer, tablet or mobile device. Experts in their
prospective fields teach each lesson on the site, so you are getting instructions from a
professional, which is reassuring.
Tips for utilization: Lynda provides training to help you learn about various software tools and will help
keep you up to date on new technology. Also, there are several tutorials on project
management techniques that would be beneficial to your learning experience.
For more information check out this Tutorial: Project Management Fundamentals
Copyright and Fair Use: According to the terms and policy of Lynda, we are able to provide this link
http://www.lynda.com/aboutus/website-use-policy. As long as we abide by the terms
and policy you are able to use their services.
Lynda
Reference:
Bonnie Biafore | Training. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.bonniebiafore.com/training/

6. URL https://www.diigo.com/
APA citation Tour: Collaborate | Diigo. (n.d.). Retrieved from
https://www.diigo.com/learn_more/collaborate
Purpose: Diigo stands for “Digest of Internet Information, Groups and Other Stuff.” It is a
personal research tool that lets you highlight portions of web pages, and a collaborative
research platform by allowing you to share your resources, highlights and sticky notes
with others. Diigo’s focus is to “provide a better way for learners to process, manage,
share and discover information,” (Diigo, Inc., 2012).
Tips for utilization: Social bookmarking (described as classic social software) allows people to connect
through shared metadata. Social bookmarking epitomizes the collaborative and sharing
aspects of Web 2.0. You can add, annotate, edit, and share bookmarks of web documents
for others to view online.
Tutorial: Check out the video to learn more about Diigo at Education Tutorial:
Exploring Social Bookmarking with Diigo
Copyright and Fair Use: According to the terms and policy of Diigo we are able to provide this link
https://www.diigo.com/terms. As long as we abide by the terms and policy you are able
to use their services.
Diigo
References:
Diigo - Web 2.0 Tools - New Possibilities for Teaching and ... (n.d.). Retrieved from https://wiki.itap.purdue.edu/display/INSITE/Diigo
Diigo Image retrieved April 16, 2015 and labeled for reuse from http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Diigo.svg