Online tools for content preparation, presentation of content, interactive with students, video conferencing, assignment submission, assessment strategies, etc.

1. Online Tools for Distance Education
M.VIJAYALAKSHMI
M.Sc., M.Phil. (Life Sciences), M.Ed., M.Phil. (Education), NET (Education), PGDBI
Assistant Professor (Former)
Sri Ramakrishna Mission Vidyalaya College of Education (Autonomous)
Coimbatore – 641020.

2.  Education offered to the
learners at their door steps.
 Students not always
physically present at a
institution.
 Teacher and student would
never interact in the same
physical space.
 Face-to-face, blended
learning, hybrid learning,
flipped learning, etc.
 Fully becoming online
education.
 Also called as e-learning,
online learning, virtual
learning, etc.

3. Differences between Online learning
and Distance learning
Aspects Online Learning Distance Learning
Location
Students can be together in
the classroom
Students work online at
home
Interaction In-person interaction No in-person interaction
Intention
Variety of teaching methods
and styles
No variety of teaching
methods and styles

4.  Any program, app, or
technology that can be
accessed via an Internet
connection and enhance a
teacher's ability to present
information and a student's
ability to access that
information.
 There are tons of online tools
which are providing different
kind of free and paid tools for
Teachers (Teaching) and
Students (Learning)

5. Online
Tools
Content
Preparation
Presentation
of Content
Interactive
with
students
Video
Conferencing
Assignment
submission
Assessment
strategies
Marks and
Certificate
distribution

6. Online Tools for Content Creation
 Contents are created by the
combination of text, images, audio,
video, animations, etc.
 The prepared contents are highly
informative, attractive, effective,
interactive, collaborative and
colorful.
 It is mostly self-explanatory and
self-paced.
 Thinglink,
 TED-Ed,
 Animoto,
 Projeqt,
 Snappa,
 Wideo,
 Educreations and
 Canva

7. Thinglink
 To create interactive images
 Texts, images, audios and videos
 Shared on websites and other
social medias
 Arouses the interest of students
 Used to gain knowledge of
subject/content

8. TED-ED
 Instructional platform
 To create video educational
lessons
 Permits democratizing access
to information
 Students can actively
participate in the learning
process

9. Animoto
 To create high quality
animated audio-visual
content.
 Helps teachers for producing
academic content more
effectively.
 Helps the educators to impart
educational content according
to the needs of the students.

10. Projeqt
 To create multimedia
presentations with embedded
interactive maps, links, online
quizzes, videos, etc.
 The teacher can present the
presentations visually in the
class.
 Students can view this through
any devices.

11. SNAPPA
 To create high-quality visual
content.
 It consists of pre-designed
templates in a variety of
formats.

12. Wideo
 Used to produce video content
with animations.
 It consists of readymade
templates and drag and drop
interface.
 We can easily upload images
and create content creatively.

13. Educreations
 Used to record voice to the iPad
screen or any educational
content screen.
 To create dynamic video lessons
for students.

14. Canva
 Graphical design tool
 To create educational visuals
and infographics for the
students

15. Online Tools for Presentation of Content
 Content is the heart and soul of
the instructional class which
meets the educational objectives.
 With excellent content
presentation we can improve the
quality of educational field.
 Edmodo,
 Planboard,
 Prezi,
 Audacity,
 Slidebean,
 in3Dgallery,
 Google Slides,
 Emaze,
 Sway and
 Slideshare

16. Edmodo
 Used to provide educational
materials, measure student’s
performance and
communicate with parents.
 It gives more personalized
and enriched learning
experience for both teachers
and students.

17. Planboard  Used for online presentation
lessons.
 Consists of templates and we can
add images and attachments easily
to the lessons.
 Used for an entire year/semester.
 For next year also it can be used
with modifications.
 It can be accessed through any
devices.

18. Prezi
 It is an online whiteboard with
visual information.
 We can explain the visuals by
moving the presentation in any
place, instead of moving a slide
one by one.
 Helps the students to remember
the content for a long time.

19. Audacity
 It is a voice recording tool.
 Used to have an interaction with
visual educational materials.
 We can record an educational related
information and upload podcasts
with instructions for students’
activities.
 Students also use this for creating
skits, presentations and project
related works.

20. Slidebean  Used to create presentations in
an easy way.
 Provides content editor for
editing the content.
 Affords integrated creative
common images for free of
cost.
 More useful for creating our
content in a unique way.

21. in3Dgallery
 It is a cloud-based tool to create
interactive 3D presentations.
 It permits to present images,
videos and 3D models in the
same storytelling tool.
 It consists of 3D user interface
and ready-made virtual
templates for the users.

22. Emaze
 A fabulous presentation tool with
templates for slide shows, video
presentations and 3D presentations.
 We can import presentations from
PowerPoint, add background music,
create graphs and add hyperlinks to
outside content or add interlink to
the slides within a presentation.

23. Sway
 Sway is a Microsoft program
which provides to create
interactive presentations,
newsletters, photos, videos, etc.
 End product of this tool
resembles like a website.
 This presentation also has
transition options with moving
animation on a website.

24. Slideshare
 It is most popular presentation
and slideshow sharing and
creating platform.
 It consists of millions of
slideshows.
 It is a reliable platform for
creating and sharing our
presentations.

25. Online Tools for Interactive with students
 In distance education, online
tools which are used for
teacher-student interaction
are discussed here.
 Each tool differs from other
by their specific
characteristics.
 Interactive videos,
 WIREWAX,
 Storygami,
 H5P,
 Padlet,
 VoiceThread and
 Google Classroom.

26. Interactive videos
 It is an interactive video
platform, empowering users
to add clickable hotspots, or
‘tags’, to any moving person
or object in video.

27. WIREWAX
 These videos consist of
features such as static tags,
automatically pausing video,
looping video etc.

28. Storygami
 It is a tool which gives
users the ability to drag and
drop interactive overlays
such as articles, image
galleries, social media
streams, polls and purchase
buttons to existing videos.

29. H5P
 It is an open source tool used to
create, share and reuse HTML5
content and applications.
 It adds interactive multiple-
choice quiz questions, fill in the
blank questions, pop-up text
and other types of interactions
easily to videos.

30. Padlet
 It an interactive tool to
create a beautiful online
bulletin boards, documents
and webpages.
 These are easy to read and
share with others.

31. VoiceThread
 To create multimedia slide show
presentation with audio or webcam
narration.
 Learners can present their comments
on the slides in the form of text,
audio, video, etc.
 It is a good tool for online
discussion.

32. Google Classroom
 To create classes, distribute assignments,
send feedback, etc.
 Used by educators to communicate and
collaborate with students in an organized
way.
 Google classroom integrates with other
Google tools such as Google Docs, Drive,
etc.
 Helps the teacher more in classroom
communication and saves time.

33. Online Tools for Video conferencing
 In distance education, various
online tools are used for video
conferencing for conducting
lectures, seminars, webinars,
conferences, meetings, etc.
 They keep teachers and
students more engaged.
 Zoom,
 Skype and
 Google meet

34. Zoom
 It is a free video conferencing tool.
 Zoom provides a collaborative work
as well as conversation with students
in the classroom around the world.
 Record our classroom activities and
conversations for future reference.
 Recorded episodes can be used by
the teachers for assessment and
feedback purpose.
 Helps the students to improve in their
learning activities.

35. Skype
 It is a video conferencing
tool used to chat with
students or experts all over
the world.
 It has capture feature which
allows to add images, gif
comments, video along
within a message thread.

36. Google meet
 It is accessed by the Google
account users.
 We can conduct high-quality
video conference for 60
minutes for maximum 100
students.

37. Online Tools for Assignment Submission
 Teachers and students work
collaboratively in the online
platform for assignment
submission.
 Vocaroo,
 Google Docs,
 ClassKick,
 Peergrade and
 Piazza.

38. Vocaroo
 It is a popular online recording platform
for creating and uploading voice
recordings.
 It is also used to link teacher’s voice
comments to student work in a blog or a
cloud document service or an e-portfolio.
 By creating podcasts in Vocaroo,
educators make their lessons more
personalized instructions for student’s
activity or a homework assignment.

39. Google Docs
 It is the tool used by the
teachers and students to
collaborate on assignments,
projects, newsletters, blogs,
etc.
 It allows more than one
person to work on a
particular document at the
same time.

40. ClassKick
 It allows teachers to
post assignments for
students.
 Both teacher and peers
can provide feedback
on the assignment.

41. Peergrade
 It is a platform which allows
teachers to create
assignments and upload
rubrics.
 Students in turn upload their
work and assigned peer work
based on the rubric formed.

42. Piazza
 It is a platform which
permits teachers to upload
lectures, assignments and
homework.
 It also allows to pose and
respond to student
questions and poll students
about class content.

43. Online Tools for Assessment Strategies
 In distance education,
numerous exciting online
tools are used for assessment
strategies.
 Kahoot,
 Quizlet,
 Testmoz,
 SurveyMonkey,
 Google Forms and
 Mentimeter.

44. Kahoot
 It allows teachers to
create quizzes using
internet.

45. Quizlet
 It is used to create flashcards,
tests, quizzes through online.
 It is accessed through mobile
also.
 It also affords teachers to
connect with their colleagues
via forums and discussion
boards.

46. Testmoz
 It is used by teachers
to assign various
online quiz and it is
easy to assess also.

47. SurveyMonkey
 Teachers can
create and deliver
online polls and
surveys.

48. Google Forms
 It is a Google
Drive app used
to create
questions.
 Students can
attend the test by
using all types of
devices.

49. Mentimeter
 It allows teacher to
raise question and
students to vote for
that question

50. Benefits of Online Tools in Distance Education
 Online tools are more
convenient to use.
 Students are able to gain
knowledge about the online
tools and technologies.
 It is possible for group
communication and team work.
 Easy to access.
 Teachers and students afford
minimum cost for accessing the
online tools.
 It saves money and time.
 It provides adaptability and
freedom.
 Gives greater comfort and
versatility, etc.

51. Conclusion
 For the growth of knowledge-based techno-savvy society, there is a
need for an effective and modern online distance education system.
 Online tools for distance education provide unique opportunities to
teach in different ways that are not possible in traditional classrooms.
 Online tools improves the quality of teaching and learning in
distance education.

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