Super Teacher Tools The Top 8 Free/Open Source LMSs Update 10/26/16: Back by popular demand! We saw your comments and decided to incorporate the free LMSs you told us about. We’ve also upgraded our honorable mentions into full entries in order to give you better information about each one. I have a friend who once wrapped his entire body, head to toe, in tin foil. He also wrote “steak + guacamole” on himself in permanent marker, and then sauntered (in public, on public sidewalks with normal people all around) to his local burrito joint. He endured the stares, embarrassment, and giggles all for one, glorious thing: a free burrito. People will do a lot just to get something for free. I’ve collected a list of the very best freemium, totally free, and/or open source LMSs out there, and it’s all below, no enduring of awkward stares on the sidewalk required. 1. This is the gorilla in the room of open source LMSs. Moodle’s welcome screen Differentiating features Pros/cons Review it here! 2. An example of creating a lesson plan in CourseSites 3. 4. 5.
Beautiful web-based timeline software 9 Cheap Alternatives to Moodle for Small Businesses Update 1/25/2017: After nearly three years, we’ve amassed quite the collection of comments on this post, including a slew of suggestions for other cheap, small-biz friendly LMs options. We decided to give you a closer look at a few of them. We’ve also updated the already listed software, to reflect price and feature changes since our initial publication. Whenever my uncle is offered something for free, he always asks, “Is it ‘free’ like a beer, or ‘free’ like a puppy?” The implication, of course, is that not all things billed as ‘free’ really are. This is the dilemma you face as a small business owner looking for an LMS to train your employees or to sell courses with. Unless you yourself are a programmer with a lot of time on your hands, you may be interested in this list of some low-cost alternatives for Moodle that, while not free, are not ‘free’ either. CSB Learning CSB is Cornerstone OnDemand’s small business suite of web-based products. Cost DigitalChalk Docebo Feathercap Inquisiq R3 Cost
instaGrok.com Online Whiteboard and Collaboration - Scribblar.com Home Innovative Technology in Science Inquiry | Concord Consortium Help Contents Four steps to Getting Started 1. Launch the Portal Click here to watch the video on 'Launching the Portal'. Begin by launching the portal with the orange button. If you're a teacher and it's your first time here, sign up for access as a teacher. You’ll need to enter your first name, your last name and an e-mail account that you can access at school. Your log in will be your username that you use to access your account. It is important that you create a password that you can remember. Please tell us how you heard about Innovative Technology in Science Inquiry using the final field on the registration form. When you are done submit your information. Thank you for signing up. Return to Top 2. Click here to watch the video on 'Creating a Class'. Once you have successfully logged into ITSI, you can begin creating classes. First, name the class. From there, you can scroll through the list of activities. When you are done selecting your activities, you can save this class. 3. 4. 1. 2. 3.
Kodu | Home eduCanon Design, Edit, Share Paste video URLs from YouTube, TeacherTube, SchoolTube, Shmoop, and elsewhere. Add rich, dynamic questions during the video, making a 'bulb'. Find, Collaborate, Tweak Search tens of thousands of pre-made lessons or master units.* Download a copy. Manage, Monitor, Integrate Create up to 8 classes. Higher-Blooms, Easier LTI integration with Blackboard, Moodle, Pearson, and more.* Export gradesbook, print worksheets.* Assign students to create lessons. *Unlimited usage of functionality is included in premium package.
Arcade Game Generator Arcade Game Generator Input one set of questions and answers, and create a whole batch of interactive, arcade-style games [view examples] Save them for use in the class, embed them in your blog/website/wiki! IPad versions of "Wordshoot" and "Flashcards" already available - more to follow! STEP 1: QUIZ TITLE a. Type the title of your quiz in the box below. STEP 2: QUESTIONS*ANSWERS b. What is two plus two? If you would like to direct players to a particular game, specify it here: None: Free choice smallblueprinter.com :: home of smallblueprinter and garden planner