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notely

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Tool: Notely

Requirements: Internet-connected computer w/ browser

Cost: Free

 

This online tool is a virtual organization center for students.  With it, you have one space for all your course notes, schedules, to-do lists, brainstorming sessions, contacts, uploaded files, and more.  Students can also add friends so they can share notes and materials. As an added bonus, there are mobile phone and iPhone versions of this software so students can stay connected from anywhere.

Example Notely Activity

 

Practice using the demo course.

 

While this tool does not have a widget that you can embed in a web site or LMS, it does have an RSS feed that you can subscribe to.  You can also set the system up to email you alerts for scheduled items.

 

 

Example Uses

  • students can create online spaces to track materials, notes, schedules and more for each of their courses
  • student teams can share notes, etc. and also work asynchronously to create mind maps, whiteboard brainstorming sessions, and more for each of their courses
  • faculty can be added to each student's account as a friend so they can track their student's work on group or individual assignments

 

Benefits

  • time management and study skills are two highly necessary skills for students - especially online students - and this tool can help them learn how to be more organized in their approach to studying and learning
  • the 'friends' feature means that students can help each other with notes and more

 

 

Tutorials

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