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Site: Moodle at Yeovil College
Course: Moodle at Yeovil College (Moodle)
Glossary: Digital Tools Repository
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Animoto
Animoto is a digital video tool, which allows you to create a video using images, video clips, music and text.

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Blabberize
Blabberize is a tool which turns an image into an interactive/animated presentation clip.

Blendspace
Blendspace is a digital tool and app which creates digital interactive lessons using a wide range of web content, file types and features.

Blog Ideas Generator

HubSpot's Blog Ideas Generator allows you to generate ideas for creative writing or blog posts based around themes or key words.

It can be useful for anyone creating accessible content or working on media/ marketing projects.

Box
Box is an online file storage, sharing and collaboration tool.

It allows you to save and access files remotely, and you can also work on documents and projects with others.

Bubbl
Bubbl is a tool for brainstorming and mind mapping online. Easy to share and good for class discussions.

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Canva
Link: https://www.canva.com/

Description: Simple online graphic design tool for making banners, magazine covers, menus, presentations and all whole range of
promotional material.

Cite This For Me

Cite This For Me is a useful digital tool which will provide guidance with generating citations for various types of digital content. However, it
may vary, so worthwhile checking over references with your lecturer or a member of Learning Centre staff.

ClassDojo
ClassDojo is a free digital classroom which allows teachers to create and share communications and learning with both parents and
students. It includes messaging, story feeds to update about activities, achievements and events, and allows students to create a portfolio.

Classflow
Classflow is an all-in-one platform for delivering interactive lessons with embedded content.

Combines a presentation tool with a student response system, for a variety of class and learning styles.

Code Academy
Code Academy is a free MOOC style online course which offers quick practical sessions teaching how to code and designed to have
instant results.

It includes courses on: HTML; CSS; JavaScript; jQuery; Python; Ruby; PHP; APIs.

Coffitivity
Coffitivity is a white noise generator - for those who find it calming, this can help enhance productivity. You can also control intensity of
sound.

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CoSchedule
CoSchedule is a headline analyser tool for those producing online content and interested in improving marketing, traffic and SEO.
Moodle Courses  (Search Courses) Books and eBooks 
Type your headline for digital content into the analyzer and it will score it and help you strengthen your marketing technique.

NEXT STEPS RESOURCES STAFF

Crossword Labs
Apprentice Vacancies Referencing Guidance CAM Reports
Free tool
Apprenticeship to create a crossword for teaching Online
Drop-Ins and learning activities.
Databases Moodle and Teams Support
Careers Appointment Planet eStream Staff Service Courses
UCAS Reserve a PC D Copyright
DigitalLearn
APPLY INFORMATION HELP
DigitalLearn is offers free online refresher courses and classes on everything concerning IT - from Cloud storage and sending emails to
College e-Safety Air Print
Microsoft Office and social media.
Apprenticeship Student Focus Remote Desktop
University Privacy and Data Protection Safeguarding
Diigo
Diigo is a research companion app - a web extension tool which is linked to browser activity, allowing you to collect and organise
information as you research.

It also allows students to highlight, annotate, tag and save information, which is then accessible online from anywhere.

Doceri
Doceri is an interactive whiteboard app for creation and presentation on the iPad (or Apple devices). It will also screencast content
remotely.

Doodle
Doodle is a digital polling tool which allows you to schedule events or activities by assessing which options work best for a large group of
people.

You can also integrate existing calendars to enable better planning.

Dropbox
Dropbox is a cloud-based file storage application that allows you to back up data, documents, photos and more online.

Duck Duck Go
Search engine which doesn't track your activity online, promising less ads and spam, and quicker, more efficient searching.

Link: https://duckduckgo.com/

Dvolver Movie Maker

DVolver is a free animation tool for creating and sharing short animated clips.

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EdCite
EdCite is an interactive content creation community for teaching and learning.

It allows you to create a range of technology-enhanced assignments and activities, and you can also view content and ideas generated by
other users.

Edmodo
Edmodo is a digital classroom tool which allows the creation of groups, activities and assessments.

Evernote
Evernote is a workspace application for documents, web links, presentations and more; with the ability to sync across devices, Evernote
allows you to take notes, plan and write on any digital device.

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Flipgrid
Flipgrid is a free tool for flipped classroom and social learning. Create a digital space to sshare and interact with students.

Formative
Formative is an interactive teaching tool to create, deliver and assess online learning content. Suitable for 1:1, flipped or blended
classrooms, and BYOD.

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Glogster
Glogster is a multimedia tool which allows you to create a multimedia interactive poster - combining images, graphics, audio, video and
text on one digital canvas.

It also has an iPad app.

GoConqr Quiz Maker

GoConqr is a free online quiz maker which allows you to create and share quizzes.

Google Docs
Google Docs is a digital word processing application which allows you to create, access, edit and share documents anywhere.

It also includes comment tools, editing and chat functions to allow group collaboration in real time.

Google Drive
Location: https://www.google.com/drive/

Description: Drive starts you with 15 GB of free Google online storage, so you can keep photos, stories, designs, drawings, recordings,
videos – anything.

Google Fonts
Google Fonts is a free directory of 600 free fonts which can be easily used for web content or downloaded for wider application.

Google Forms
Free creation of forms, surveys, polls and quizzes - a good choice for current Google + and Gmail members as you need to sign in. Link:
http://www.google.co.uk/forms/about/

Google Hangouts
Google Hangouts allows you to video call, audio call or instantly message others individually or in groups.

Google Scholar
This is Google's own educationally minded, academically designed search engine, and is well worth checking out.

Link:http://scholar.google.ca/

Google Sheets
Google Sheets is a collaborative spreadsheet tool, which allows you to add and manage data, analyse and create graphs individually or
collectively.

One of the Google suite of applications, you will require a Google account to use this tool.

Google Slides
Collaborative presentation tool from Google, allowing online collaboration in creating and presenting a slide presentation. Accessible online
anywhere, and has Powerpoint conversion features.

Link: https://www.google.co.uk/slides/about/

Grammarly
Grammarly is a free digital tool which scans your typing and checks for grammatical errors within a browser window.

It can be installed as a free Chrome or Firefox extension.

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H5P
Link: Moodle Activity (https://h5p.org/)

Description: H5P is an interactive digital took that makes it easy to create, share and reuse HTML5 content and applications.

H5P empowers everyone to create rich and interactive web experiences more efficiently - all you need is a web browser and a web site with an
H5P plugin.

Hemmingway App
Hemmingway App is a free editing application which helps fine tune your writing skills. Users paste written content into the app, and it
assesses your writing and makes suggestions for improvement, including tips on rewording sentences, simpler alternatives, and allowing
for formatting.

Hour of Code Initiative

The Hour of Code Initiative provides free hour-long tutorials on how to code and create a variety of projects, games, applications and web
page materials.

How To: Beginners Guides to IT

The Digital Unite website provides comprehensive guides and support in building a wide variety of digital skills.

These guides focus on assisting and supporting beginners to IT, including guides on:

What is a Computer?

What is a PC?

What is a Mac?

What is a Tablet?

How To: Blogs

This Digital Unite guide to blogs is an introductory how-to which explains how to begin blogging.

How To: Browse and Search Online

A Digital Unite guide to searching and browsing the Internet effectively.

Includes:

Using Search Engines

How to search the Internet

What is Streaming?

What is a web browser?

What is downloading?

What is a hyperlink?

How To: Computer and Internet Terms

A Digital Unite How To guide about computer terminology and common terms used online.

How To: Email

This Digital Unite guide covers everything you may need to know about email; including how to create an email account, sending
documents and attachments, e-safety tips and more.

How To: Microsoft Office

The Digital Unite website provides comprehensive and useful guides for a wide variety of digital skills.

These guides introduce Microsoft Office applications, and how to create a document on: Word; Excel; WordPad; Powerpoint.

How To: RSS Feed

This Digital Unite guide demonstrates how to set up an RSS feed for content.

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How To: Smartphones

Digital Unite guide on using smartphones, their various functions and applications, and how to keep them secure and safe.

How To: Windows 8

This Digital Unite How To Guide covers Window's latest operating system, Windows 10.

How to: YouTube

Digital Unite's collection of informative guides about YouTube, including how to set up a channel, upload videos, embed content and more.

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iCloud
iCloud is a cloud based storage drive for files, documents, images and more. Useful for those using Apple products, you can sync
documents between devices and access online anywhere.

Image Color Picker

Image Color Picker is an online colour matching service which allows you to find the specific color code (in HTML, RGB, or HSV) to match
an image or design.

Infogram
Infogram is a creative tool which allows you to create infographics, charts, maps, graphics and dashboards.

It is compatible with Microsoft Excel via Infogram Charts and their infographics also work well with mobile devices.

Inklewriter
Inklewriter is a free interactive storymaker - allowing students to make and play interactive stories from any web browser.

iSeek
iSeek is a targeted search engine for students and teachers, which searches trusted academic resources and allows you to filter by levels,
subjects and more.

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Join Me
Join Me is a screensharing tool to enable digital meetings.

With enabled audio and customizable features, you can invite participants to online meetings and share items easily. It offers a free
download but to use it entirely online is billed.

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Kahoot!
Kahoot!

A game-based learning and trivia platform, allowing creation and sharing of quizzes, games, discussions and surveys.

Kaizena
Kaizena is a Google add-on tool which enables you to leave voice comments and types of feedback for students. It includes a trackable
Skills suite.

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LinkedIn
LinkedIn is the professional social network, connecting you to colleagues, future employers and allowing you to showcase your
achievement digitally.

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Magisto
Transforms video clips and photographs into short videos, allowing you to choose themes and add music or voice-overs. You can then
share your masterpiece with different audiences.

Link: https://www.magisto.com/

Mathigon
Mathigon is an online maths resource with lesson content and interactive activities and virtualisation. Can be used for GCSE and A Level.

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MERLOT System
The MERLOT System is a digital curated repository of free and open online teaching and learning digital tools and resources.

Searchable and collaborative, you can add, share and locate materials.

Microsoft OneDrive
Microsoft OneDrive is a cloud-based file storage application which allows you to save documents, photos and files from any device and
access them anywhere via an Internet connection.

MindMup 2
Location: https://www.mindmup.com/

Description: Create unlimited mind maps for free, and store them in the cloud. Your mind maps are available everywhere, instantly, from
any device.

Brainstorm, create presentations and document outlines with mind maps, and publish your ideas online and to social networks.

Moovly
Link: http://www.moovly.com/

Description: Online animation tool which allows users to create unique animated videos and tutorials.

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Nearpod
Nearpod is an interactive lesson creation tool, which allows existing lesson materials such as Powerpoints and PDFs to be incorporated
into an interactive lesson structure with activity creation options. It also allows live sessions across devices for classroom use.

Nimbus Screenshot and Screen Video Recorder

Nimbus Capture is a handy digital tool for advance screenshot techniques.

It allows you to capture the visible part of a screen, specific areas, a selected scroll of content, an entire window; it allows for flexible
capture and manipulation of images. You can also edit and add notes, print and save.

Not suitable for use on campus.

Ning
Ning allows you to create your own online community or social network that can be customised to allow groups, blogs and other features -
it does require a paid subscription.

NLN
NLN is a substantial and wide-ranging collection of e-learning materials for post-16 education in the UK.

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OER Commons
OER Commons is a public digital library of open access educational resources.

It also offers interactive lesson creation tools and opportunities to share content.

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Penflip
Penflip is a free collaborative writing tool. It allows you to create, share and download different file format documents and e-books online.

Penultimate
Penultimate is a free digital handwriting app for the iPad or Apple devices. It allows you to sketch, write notes, and record what you need.

link to download https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/penultimate/id354098826

Pinterest
Pinterest is a highly popular social media site which allows users to create virtual themed pinboards of images, media, websites and any
online content. Easy to share and great to curate a wide variety of digital content into an interactive format.

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Pixtochart
Link: http://piktochart.com/

Description: Excellent tool for creating and sharing free infographics.Can be used for posters, charts, presentations and more.

Plickers
Plickers is a formative assessment tool for assessing student learning.

It supplies instant feedback to assist with teaching and learning.

Pocket
Pocket is a free app which allows you to store online content - files, articles, videos, blogs, etc - for reading offline, anytime.

Designed for use with mobile phones, tablets and other devices.

Link: https://getpocket.com/

Pocket Schedule Planner

Pocket Schedule Planner is an Apple app which creates a digital schedule and planner for users to organise their classes, courses and
exams.

It has different views, assignment management, notification settings and other organisation tools.

Poll Everywhere
Poll Everywhere

Excellent digital software allowing creation of polls and quizzes where students can participate via free SMS messages from their mobile,
so you can view the results live and enable interactive discussion.

Powtoon
Link: http://www.powtoon.com/

Description: Make quirky, fun and engaging animated videos and presentations. Simple to use and can be embedded easily in files, presentations
and on webpages.

Prezi
Link: https://prezi.com/

Description: A prezi is a presentation of text and visuals that you zoom in and out of. It is very similar to a power point, except you do not make
slides. Instead, you make one big prezi and zoom in to different views. You can show a prezi to others on a computer through your prezi account,
or you can link to them.

Tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/user/PreziVideoChannel

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Quill
Quill offers an interactive teaching tool for writing and grammar skills.

Quizziz
Quizziz is a free tool to create interactive quizzes and content for students, and is especially designed for distance learning.

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Read Write Think Resources
Read Write Think

Educational teaching and learning website with interactive resources arranged via subject or skill.

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RefSeek
Web Search engine designed for students and anyone in education aiming to make academic knowledge easily accessible to everyone.
Searches a huge number of books, journals, web pages, encyclopaedias and more.

Link: http://www.refseek.com/
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Scratch
Scratch is free online software that allows you to program and create your own interactive stories, games and animations.

ShowMe Interactive Whiteboard

ShowMe Interactive Whiteboard is an Apple app which allows you to turn an iPad or compatible device into an interactive whiteboard.

Includes voiceover recording capacity, easy to share and upload, etc.

Skitch
Skitch is an Apple app which allows you to take a photo, annotate and mark it, then share it.

Useful for revision or note taking.

Link: https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/skitch-snap-mark-up-share/id425955336?mt=12

SlideShare
Link: https://www.slideshare.net/

Description: Community repository for sharing slides, infographic, presentations and documents to inform and educate. Fantastic for
networking and showcasing knowledge. SlideShare presentations can be inported into your LinkedIn account.

Snapguide
Create your own digital How To Guide . Link: https://snapguide.com/

Socrative
Socrative

Classroom app for creation of quizzes and assessments; includes multiple choice, true/false and open ended question options, with instant
grading and results.

Spiral
Spiral

Flipped classroom assessment platform which allows collaborative working and creation of a variety of learning activities, grading and
student portfolios.

Storybird
Storybird is a fantastic interactive tool which allows you to create stories or written content as online visual or picture books.

Study Blue
Study Blue

Excellent digital software (with mobile apps availiable) allowing the creation of flashcards and study notes for individuals and classes.

It also generates a variety of interactive quizzes for users to test their knowledge.

SumoPaint
SumoPaint is an online image editor and drawing tool which allows you to create and edit images and photographs in intricate detail.

Survey Monkey
One of the best known survey websites, Survey Monkey is simple to use and distribute, with different features and tools to help create
surveys and crunch data.

Link: https://www.surveymonkey.com/

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Tableau
A free data visualisation tool which requires you to download the software before use. Creates an interactive visualisation that can be
embedded in a website or shared.

Link: https://public.tableau.com/s/

Tagboard
Search and collect social media posts and links to information by using Tagboard to search and organise any hashtag. You can also create
embeddable, personalised tagboards for linked users and groups to share information and research swiftly.

Link: https://tagboard.com/

Tagul
Link: http://tagul.com/

Description: Create instantly engaging word clouds to illustrate and inform your displays, posters and presentations.A fantastic way to introduce
and explore key terms and issues by displaying linked words.

Teaching Tree
Teaching Tree is an advanced searchable platform that allows anyone to organise educational content. Contains information on computer
science, databases, computer systems and coding for creation.

Ted Ed
Ted Ed is a digital lesson tool, allowing you to curate content from the TEd Ed collection to create an interactive digital lesson.

Integral to TED's youth and education initiative, this site also has original educational videos, TED talks and content.

The Noun Project

The Noun Project is a collection of royalty free icons that can be used for free as long as you credit the creator correctly and reference
them.

ThingLink
Thinglink is a free digital tool that allows the creation of interactive hyperlinked images. Both website and app are available.

Trello
Trello is a digital tool which enables you to create online lists, boards and share projects, tasks and activities. Useful for managing
collaborative projects.

Tricider
Tricider is a free communal voting tool - use this digital tool to ask questions or vote on decisions. It allows participants to comment and
share ideas in an online environment.

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Virtual LRC
Virtual LRC is designed as an online LRC, this indexes thousands of the best academic information websites, selected by teachers and
library professionals worldwide, in order to provide to students and teachers current, valid information for school and university academic
projects. Which might be handy.

Visual CV
Visual CV is a free digital tool for creating a CV or resume, which can be published online, saved to PDF format or shared with prospective
employers.

VoiceThread
VoiceThread is an Apple app which allows the creation of an interactive dialogue or conversation linked to documents, presentations and
resources.

It can be linked to multiple devices in multiple locations.

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Wakelet
Wakelet is a curation tool where you can ssave and share all kinds of digital content, from web pages to images, multimedia to social
media.

It's free and has apps available. It also allows collaboration.

WikiDot
Wikidot is a free wiki authoring and hosting site, allowing you to set up online forum based communities for creating and sharing content.

Word2Clean
Word2Clean is a digital conversion tool which allows you to easily transfer Word document content (or text written in a different program) to
an HTML format exactly as written and without glitches.

Wordle
An online word cloud generator. It creates a word cloud image with words and terms you enter. A great way to quickly highlight key
concepts and topics visually.

Link: http://www.wordle.net/

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Year of Code Initiative
Digital resource for those interested in learning to code, to find courses or online informational content for projects.

Yippy
Meta search engine that organises results in topical clusters and allows you to pinpoint exact resources quickly.

Link: https://www.yippy.com/

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Zoho
Zoho is a cloud based spreadsheet application which allows you to work collaboratively online.

Zotero
Zotero is a digital tool that helps you collect, organise, cite and share research.

Includes a citation creation tool, web search tool, organisation tool and more.

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