June 15, 2006

Creating An Online Classroom

The Nicenet Classroom Assistant is a actually useful tool which enables teachers to rattling rapidly in addition to merely create their ain virtual learning environment. I’ve been using this amongst diverse classes in addition to groups of teachers for the concluding seven or 8 years in addition to it has remained reliable, stable, rubber in addition to free.


Features
The VLE it creates has a issue of useful features.
  • A messaging business office which allows registered users to shipping personal or grouping messages to others registered on the VLE (this tin last configured to forwards messages on to e-mail addresses if the user then chooses)
  • A conferencing function. This acts similar a bulletin board where threaded discussions tin last created to a greater extent than or less tasks or topics.
  • A link sharing resources where the tutor in addition to / or users tin post in addition to part in addition to annotate links to external sites. This tin assistance to focus your students’ exercise of spider web resources.
  • Document publishing. This tin last used past times either tutor, to release course of report materials, or students to release their work.
  • The tutor has access to administrative functions that volition allow them to configure the score command they retain over these features.
  • The tutor tin also gear upwards in addition to schedule tasks for their students to consummate inside specified deadlines.

Why I similar it
This is a actually skillful uncomplicated in addition to complimentary solution for whatever instructor that wants to showtime exploring online or blended learning. It’s rattling rubber equally entirely registered users accept access. Users tin entirely add together text, equally it doesn’t back upwards motion-picture present formats. It enables teachers to create a forum for online communication fifty-fifty for younger learners who don’t accept access to things similar email.

Because the VLE is text only, it makes it rattling quick to motion to a greater extent than or less inside the surroundings fifty-fifty if users are accessing the site through a dial-up connection.

The features of the site are integrated then you lot tin gear upwards a chore inside the conferencing section, render the resources inside the link sharing department in addition to acquire students to submit completed piece of employment in addition to release it inside the document sharing section.

Tutorials
Here are some tutorial sheets showing you lot how to create your ain classroom in addition to manipulate the diverse features. These tutorials were developed for a workshop presentation that I delivered inwards Cordoba Argentina. This wokshop was sponsored past times the British Coucnil inwards Argentina

I promise you lot uncovering this tool equally useful equally I have. Good luck amongst your online teaching.

Nik Peachey

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