Online platforms can be used to create and develop ICT content. Some examples of online platforms include presentation tools like Prezi, cloud computing services like Google Drive, social media sites like Facebook and Twitter, webpage builders like Wix and Weebly, and file management tools like Dropbox. Online platforms provide bases to develop other applications and technologies and help users communicate information clearly.

1. ONLINE PLATFORMS FOR ICT
CONTENT DEVELOPMENT

2. THE NATURE AND PURPOSE OF ONLINE
PLATFORMS AND APPLICATION
• To be able create a good Online presentation,webpage and
content,you should know the principle and Techniques of design
using online creation tool,platform and application to develop ICT
content.

3. WHAT IS AN ONLINE PLATFORM?
• Are technologies that are Grouped to be used as a base
upon which other applications processes or technologies
are develop are developed.

4. EXAMPLES OF ONLINE PLATFORMS:
• Presentation/ Visualization
• Cloud Computing
• Social Media
• Web Page Creation
• File Management
• Mapping

5. A. PRESENTATION/VISUALIZATION
• Communicates information Clearly and efficiently via statistical
graphics, plots and information graphics.
EXAMPLES:
• Prezi- helping to reinvent the art of presentation.
• Zoho- an online project management app that helps you plan
your work and keep track of your progress.

6. • Slideshare- To built quickly from concise,wellpresented content
from top experts.
• Mindmeister- an online mind mapping tool that lets you capture,
develop and share ideas visually.
B. CLOUD COMPUTING
-the practice of using a network of remote servers hosted on the
internet to store,manage,and process data rather than a local server
or a personal computer.

7. EXAMPLES OF CLOUD COMPUTING:
• GOOGLE DRIVE – Keep all work in one secure place with online file
storage.
• DROPBOX- Keeps your file safe,Synced and easy to share

8. C. SOCIAL MEDIA
• Are computer mediated tools that allow people, companies and
other organizations to create,share or exchange
informations,career interest,ideas, and pictures/videos in virtual
communities and network.
EXAMPLE OF SOCIAL MEDIA:
• Twitter- Online social networking service that enable users to
send and read short 140-character Messages called “tweets”.

9. • FACEBOOK – Is for profit corporation and online social networking
service.
- allows you to create not only personal accounts but also
pages and groups where you can share content. The only downside
of this is that yiu restricted to the facebook “one-size-fits-all” design.
-it is the biggest social network of students,and is gaining
ground among professionals too. Facebook application enables you
to add new ways for users to interact with each other. On the plus
side, Facebook Has a lot of users.
• GOOGLE+

10. • TUMBLR- a micro-blogging platform and social networking
website.
• LINKEDIN- is a social networking site designed specifically for the
business community. The goal of the site is to allow registered
members to establish and document networks of people they
and trust professionally. It is another example of social networking
site where its focus is on business and professional networking.
*What is LinkedIn and how can it help you?
-LinkedIn is the leading professional network on the web.
-Connect with classmates,faculty, and family professionally.

11. • Find new opportunities for internships and fulltime positions.
• Manage what potential employers learn about you from the internet.
• Find key contacts at companies that interest you.
D. WEBPAGE CREATION
• Encompasses a number of important elements including colors, layout
and over all graphical appearance.
EXAMPLES:
• WIX- a cloud-based web development Platform that allows users to
create HTML5 websites and mobile sites through the use of their online
drag and drop tools.

12. • WEEBLY- a web hosting service featuring a dragand-drop website
builder.
E. FILE MANAGEMENT
• Is the storing,naming,sorting and handling computer files.
EXAMPLES OF FILE MANAGEMENT:
• ZAMZAR- web application to convert files
• WORD2PDF- convert word files to PDF( Portable Document
Format) with this online tool.

13. F. MAPPING
• A transformation taking the points of one space into the points of
the same or another space.
EXAMPLES:
• GOOGLE MAPS- a desktop web mapping service developed by
google