Education
This page compiles complementary services suitable for education.
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Aalto Wiki — Aalto Wiki is a tool for studies, research, teaching and administration.There are two types of wiki work spaces available: personal wiki pages and collaboration wiki pages. Both wiki spaces can be configured to allow or restrict users. Aalto employees can create both personal and collaboration wiki pages as Aalto Wiki’s primary purpose are to support Aalto university courses and personnel. Aalto students can create personal wiki pages. Anonymous userscan view and comment on non-restricted content. Non-Aalto users can create public accounts in order to participate in collaboration wiki spaces or subscribe to a certain content of interest.
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Adobe Connect — Adobe Connect (AC) is a browser-based video conferencing platform primarily for personal use. In addition to video conferences, AC is suitable for saving and sending webcasts. For instance, meeting recordings may be shared via AC after a meeting. Video conferences can also be saved for further use. AC is officially used and supported by Aalto University. The service is free to use for all Aalto students and personnel. Please find more information at the service providers info page (only in Finnish): https://wiki.eduuni.fi/display/funettiimi. Adobe Connect service is provided by Funet (Finnish University and Research Network) and It's called Funet Tiimi.
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Facebook — Facebook is a social networking website where users can post comments, share photographs and links to news or orther interesting content on the Web, play games, chat live, and even stream live video. Users must register and create a profile account before using the service. After registration users can communicate with friends, share pictures and join groups. Service can be used for informing purposes.
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Flickr — Flickr is an image hosting and video hosting website.
Photos and videos can be accessed from Flickr without the need to register an account but an account must be made in order to upload content to the website. Flickr offers three types of accounts: Free, Advertisement Free and Doublr. -
Funet FileSender — Funet FileSender is a browser-based application that allows authenticated users to share large files up to several gigabytes to other users. Free to use for all HAKA users / users of FUNET network. Non-HAKA users may share files with a help of an upload voucher from a HAKA user. The service is not suitable for sending confidential files without encryption.
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GitHub — GitHub is a web-based hosting service for software development projects.
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Prezi — Prezi is a cloud-based presentation software that opens up a new world between whiteboards and slides. The zoomable canvas makes it fun to explore ideas and the connections between them. The result: visually captivating presentations that lead your audience down a path of discovery.
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Sisu — Sisu is the core information system for teaching and studies. Registrations for courses, study register administration and personal study plans are made in Sisu. Teachers can use Sisu for grading, processing registrants for their courses and sending messages to students participating in their courses etc.
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SlideShare — SlideShare is a cloud service for slide sharing. Supported file formats are PowerPoint, PDF, Keynote and OpenOffice.
Users can share files privately or publicly. SlideShare also provides users possibility to rate, comment, and share link to the slideshow. -
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YouTube — Youtube is a video-sharing service provided by Google. The service enables the sharing of video material publicly or privately through a link. Watching videos does not require registration, but in order to upload or comment videos a Google account is needed.