Moodle 2.7 has been released. The upgrade to the popular free and open source learning management system includes new themes with improved responsive design, a new accessibility-focused text editor and more. I am not sure when we will upgrade to this version at NU.
Monthly Archives: May 2014
New Google LMS
Google is planning to launch its own LMS. The new product, Classroom, will work on top of Google Apps for Education to “create and collect assignments”, keep classes organized, and “improve class communications.”
Adobe Releases Free Voice App for iPad
Adobe released a free new app for iPad designed to give “voice” to educators and students who want to create engaging presentations, combining voice, video, motion graphics, still images and music. Read more about Adobe Voice!
Microsoft Office Mix Turns PowerPoint Presentations into Online Interactive Lessons
Early May Microsoft released a preview version of Office Mix, a new PowerPoint addon that lets instructors create rich media presentations and interactive lessons and share them online.
Free tools to engage students
Some of the tools presented by the latest Edutopia issue might be more applicable for younger students, but some (e.g., myBrainshark, PosterMyWall, and Screen-o-Matic) are applicable to any audience and presentations in classes or conferences. Check them out!
Good report and free tools
Emerging tech blog published a post which has a number of great links: (1) to the newest Gates Foundation report about digital tools and (2) links to free tools. Some of the latter are familiar and are well in-use; some are new.
Happy browsing!