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tools to use in groups

TOOLS for online GROUPS

http://www.groups.edna.edu.au/2

http://www.groups.edna.edu.au/


Tools for online groups

Presenter: Lynley Clark

Manager, edna, Building Online Communities

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ADDING ZING AND ZEST!

• Currently the most popular tool in edna Groups is FORUMS

• The purpose of this presentation is to discuss some of the

other tools that are available

• The ‘other’ tools are listed on the session handout.

• Further information about each tool is available in edna’s Training Space:

www.groups.edna.edu.au/training

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http://groups.edna.edu.au/training


ASSIGNMENT

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Originally the Assignment tool was designed for the

submission of assignments, however it can also be used for:

• Submission of applications and reports

• Submission types include:

Text, Spreadsheets, Presentations, Photographs & Images, Zipped Files & Audio/Video Clips

• Is also a way for Group Members to send the Group Owner a file to upload into the Group

ASSIGNMENT

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BOOK

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BOOK

Book is great for creating manuals and online help files

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Printing Options

edna’s Training Space

http://www.groups.edna.edu.au/training

BOOK

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Chat

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Chat room

Groups has a really low bandwidth “no frills” chat room.

It uses only text, and has the ability to store a log of chat sessions.

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CHOICE

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The Choice activity is a simple polling tool that allows:

• Up to ten choice/answers spaces available

• Can be date limited or restricted

• Can choose whether Group Members see progressive voting by other Group Members

• Good for taking a quick vote or collecting simple one question/one answer information

CHOICE

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DATABASE

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All Group Members can contribute to a

database.

This example gives access to images people can access, use

and share between them

DATABASE

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edna BLOG

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All members of edna Groups have access to edna blogs through the My Groups option. Group Members can select the level of visibility of their individual edna blog.

Group Owners can choose to use the edna blog and edna blog tags blocks within their edna Group. The blog tags are generated from tags used by Group Members in their edna blog entries.

When used in a edna Group, there is an extra item - View Group blogs - which allows Group Members to see blog entries made public by other Group Members within their edna Group.

edna Blog

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FEEDBACK

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Feedback responses can be:• anonymous• collected individually• made visible to Group Members• collated by spreadsheet

FEEDBACK

Examples of the feedback activity are available in edna’s Training Space:


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GLOSSARY

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GLOSSARY

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Share some terminology!

The Glossary tool can be a communal,

time-limited or ongoing, activity

GLOSSARY

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GLOSSARY

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Demystify acronyms!

Everybody in the edna group can

contribute to a Glossary

GLOSSARY

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RANDOM GLOSSARY ENTRY

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The Random Glossary

Entry block randomly selects

glossary entries for display

on your edna Group page


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The edna Groups team have two

Random

Glossary Entry Blocks

running in edna’s Training Space



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Using Random Glossary Entry

for introductions to

enhance the sense of

community

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JPG SLIDESHOW



The JPG slideshow can only be created and contributed to by the Group

Owner

JPG SLIDESHOW

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META GROUP

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META GROUP

A Meta Group allows the setting up of edna groups that share a parent

group.

The parent edna Group can contain files and activities that all Group

Members require access to.

The Meta Group can save the Group Owner time by not having to

upload files into each of their individual edna groups.

While Group Members have access to the parent group, they do not have access to the other child

groups.

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Take the time add an image and text to your own Group profile (or indeed any where else you

have the opportunity)

Encourage members of your Group to do likewise.

They help create that sense of a community of practice of ‘real’

people.

In Groups your image appears in forums, and in the Participants

list (People block).

Your Profile

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RSS FEEDS

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tools to use in groupsPhoto by M. Stephen

RSS FEEDS

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What RSS icons do I look for?

It has taken the ICT industry a while to settle on some standardized RSS icons. However, there are still a number of different RSS icons that you will find being used.

Here are some to look for…

RSS FEEDS

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RSS FEEDS

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edna has a variety of content available through RSS.

edna offers RSS for:

• Recently added items

• Headlines

• Search results

• Calendar entries

• Newsletters

• Podcast alerts

RSS FEEDS

Look for this RSS icon:

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RSS IN USE

Use the RSS block to identify and feed

in relevant

news items for

your group

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All edna Groups forums can be set up using RSS Feeds. These can be displayed in a RSS block or aggregator.

RSS FEEDS

You can also display an external RSS feed

e.g. ABC News

Help to find and create your edna RSS feed is available here

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YOU TUBE BLOCK

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The You Tube Block allows you to embed videos that are displayed on the You Tube and Teacher Tube websites

into your edna Group

YOU TUBE BLOCK

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Tools from the webfor your group, website or

blog

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CLUSTRMAPS

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ClustrMaps gives a visual idea of who comes to

your edna Group.

Gives Group Members a sense of belonging to a

“living” community

CLUSTRMAPS

http://www.clustrmaps.com/

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FRAPPR MAPS

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Add the code from the Frappr website into any

space where you can embed HTML code within

your edna Group.

Encourage your Group Members to put in their location, image and a

message about themselves

http://www.frappr.com/

FRAPPR MAP

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FEEDJIT

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• Select the tool you wish to use

• Click on the ADD IT link

• Copy the HTML code

• Add to an HTML block in your edna Group

FEEDJIT

http://www.feedjit.com/49


FEEDJIT


The edna Groups team have installed a Live Traffic Feed in the edna’s Training Space

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VOICE THREAD

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Allows the adding of images,

audio and text

messages

http://voicethread.com

VOICETHREAD

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FLICKR BADGE

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A flickr badge created on the flickr website and then can be displayed in an HTML

block in your edna Group

www.flickr.com

FLICKR BADGE

Instructions on creating a flickr badge are available in the edna Group Owners

Group

www.groups.edna.edu.au/owners/

A flickr badge is a good way of displaying shared events and photographs with your Group Members

http://www.flickr.com/groups/badge

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Where do I find help???

edna’s Training Space

http://groups.edna.edu.au/training

edna Group Owners Group

http://groups.edna.edu.au/owners

edna Groups team

[email protected]

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edna has a variety of content available through RSS.

edna offers RSS for:

• Recently added items

• Headlines

• Search results

• Calendar entries

• Newsletters

• Podcast alerts

RSS FEEDS

Look for this RSS icon:



me.edu.au & Groups

Access to both edna groups and me.edu.au is via edna’s Single Sign On. Currently both

Groups and Lists have separate profile screens although all share Login Details.

The public profiles that you can see in me.edu.au display some of the edna Groups

that people belong to.



Communities in me.edu.au

Communities in me.edu.au are created from the “interests” people put in their

profiles.

It is possible to have a community of one

member.

Communities have a limited range of tools

available.

Communities have no owners

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