Useful Tutorials for Tools Used in EVO Sessions

 

 

Yahoo Groups Tutorials Del.icio.us Diigo Elluminate Evoca Pbworks RSS WiZiQ

 

 

Yahoo Groups Tutorials

 

These are tutorials created by the EVO Coordination Team to help you with the use and settings of your Yahoo Group:

http://daf4.free.fr/settings/yg-index.htm

 

 

 

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Del.icio.us

http://delicious.com/

 

A social bookmarking site; bookmarks are available from any computer connected to the Internet.

 

 

Del.icio.us tour :

 

 

 

 

Getting started with del.icio.us:

 

 

 

 

 

Using Del.icio.us :

 

 

 

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Diigo

 

Another social bookmarking site, TESOL's CALL-IS has recently started a Virtual Software List using Diigo. You can join the list and add to the bookmarks by using the tagging system. If you click on a List, you can open the Websites in it as a slideshow.

 

How-to video:

 

 

 

 

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Elluminate

 

• Check this support page which contains step-by-step

instructions for first-time users: http://www.elluminate.com/support

• Check this Quick Reference Guide for Participants:

http://www.elluminate.com/support/docs/ELive_Participant_Quick_Reference_Guide_6.5.pdf

 

 

Watch this presentation for more tips

 

Add evo-channel to your page

 

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Evoca

 

Online audio and Podcasting

 

 

 

 

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Pbworks

 

Pbworks getting started

 

 

 

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RSS

RSS is a family of Web feed formats used to publish frequently updated content such as blog entries, news headlines or podcasts. RSS makes it possible for people to keep up with their favorite web sites in an automated manner that's easier than checking them manually. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RSS ) You will need an aggregator, such as Bloglines to receive RSS updates.

 

 

RSS in plain English

 

 

 

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WiZiQ

 

Free online web-based virtual classroom

 

 

 

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Vance has made a video to show people how to Mute their mics. The view is that of the moderator. It might be that participants do not have this icon (and if not we can remove this video or change it). Can't seem to EMBED it without spending a lot more time on working out how - but if you just click on the link below, you can see if you have the same 'mute' icon below your video window when you are a participant in a WiZiQ session ...

 

11_16_2007wiziq_mutemic.swf

 

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Screenshot of a session at WiZiQ

 

 

 

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