The document discusses the capabilities of an online learning platform called Peace Wapiti School Division. It can be used to communicate, store files and information, collaborate, and evaluate student work. The platform comes with basic building blocks that allow these functions and many other customizable tools can be added. It also outlines different user roles like admin, teacher, and student that control access and permissions within courses.

1. http://ecommunity.pwsd76.ab.ca http://collaboration.pwsd76.ab.ca @ Peace Wapiti School Division

2. as a platform that comes with a great set of bricks. Imagine Ever seen or played with ?

3. Let’s imagine we can do four basic things with four basic colour bricks Communicate Store Evaluate Collaborate

4. Files We can store… Folders Links Webpage LMS package Database Labels Portfolio*

5. We can communicate through… Messaging Forums Calendar Dialogue RSS Chatroom

6. We can collaborate through… Workshop Database Blog Glossary Wiki Lesson Forum Social network*

7. We can evaluate with… Survey Assignment Gradebook Choice Quiz Scales Grade Ratings

8. We can have as many basic bricks as we want.

9. But we can get many other, compatible bricks too. Podcast ELGG Mahara Certificate Polls Timers Games Widgets Calculators these plus nearly 400 other compatible modules, plugins, blocks, filters, activities… Google Apps Individual Learning Plan LAMS OpenMeetings Translate HotPotatoes

10. Given the same building blocks we will all create something a little different.

11. We decide who gets in and does what in our courses … and for that reason we have roles: Admin can do, see & edit anything on the site Teacher can do, see & edit anything in their course Student can do, see & edit in course as assigned by teacher Guest can only look in to parts allowed Permissions for parent or any other role can be specified...

12. We can easily watch what others do… … and control as much or as little as we want.

13. Adapted From: Tomaz Lasic http:// human.edublogs.org [email_address] Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License. October 2008