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=Content Delivery Tools=

AKA Course Management Tools, Learning Management Tools

Also see Blackboard, Adobe Acrobat Connect (formerly Breeze)

Canvas (LMS by Instructure) http://www.instructure.com/

Haiku Learning Management System []

Nice Net [|http://www.nicenet.org] “Nicenet's Internet Classroom Assistant (ICA) allows virtually any classroom, even those with modest resources, access to powerful tools. Everything in Nicenet is offered free for public use, and Nicenet makes no profits from your participation.”

Impatica for PowerPoint [commercial service] [|http://www.impatica.com] i The product converts a PowerPoint file into a compressed format that is optimized for streaming over the Internet.

Training for Videoconferencing Sessions []

Videoconferencing for Learning [] This site gives “information about using videoconferencing as a tool for instructional activities. It also includes a directory of videoconferencing sites, which you can search by state, country, or type of institution.”

ReadyGo Web Course Builder [commercial product] [] (It got a great review from readers on Online Learning News and Reviews newsletter)

Viewlet Builder []

Eduspace [Houghton Mifflin's online course tool (with Blackboard)] []

Lecture Recorder [commercial product] [|http://www.lecturerecorder.com/] This product can “record, summarize and share classes and lectures.”

Streaming Video at USC [] This site gives a brief overview and then sends you to Video on the Web http://video.sc.edu/ for information about courses and programs offered in specific colleges, including the College of Education.

Video On the Web: College of Education [|http://video.sc.edu/courses/education.html#anchor] “Lectures are available within 24 hours following the live class and remain online for three weeks. The lectures are password protected to limit access to students enrolled in the course. … The materials on this course Web site are only for the use of students enrolled in this course for purposes associated with this course and may not be retained or further disseminated.”

SlideShare [] "...you can play any slidedeck synchronized with an audio file. To create a slidecast, you need to upload slides to SlideShare. Your audio file, however, can be hosted anywhere on the web- any server, file storage, or podcasting service. You link the slides & audio together using our synchronization tool. Now every time you play the Slidecast, the audio is streamed from its location and plays with the slides."

Square Space (commercial) []

Squarespace: Could It Make Web Designers Redundant? []