Recommended Forums tools by the Sakai community Name

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Recommended by

https://www.yellowdig.com/ https://piazza.com/

David Eveland: [email protected] Pat Miller - [email protected]

https://collab.itc.virginia.edu/access/cont ent/group/ac005a57-c82f-48b8-0075aae7c8407ca8/User %20Guides/discussion-toolscomparison.pdf

Patricia Gordon: [email protected]

You can address pretty much anything in YAFT with a direct URL and it's a ton easier to use than Forums. Using your voice, video or text.

https://github.com/sakaicontrib/yaft

Adrian Fish: [email protected]

https://voicethread.com/

Robert Squillance: [email protected] Jeff Pasch: [email protected] Robert Egan: [email protected]

YouSeeU

This tool offers students a video-based learning activities which help to build community into the course. -peer feedback opportunities built into this tool. It can be integrated into Sakai via LTI , and syncs with the grade book.

http://youseeu.info/

Michael Dillon: [email protected]

NowComment

* Full threaded discussion like the standard Forum, but comments show “in context” with the document * Many more features (e.g. document time controls with hiding comment capability, assignments, multiple

Features Gallery page: https://nowcomment.com/features_gall ery Education page: https://nowcomment.com/educati on

Dan Doernberg: [email protected]

Yellowdig Piazza Etudes: Forums and jForum

YAFT VoiceThread

Feature It can be used as either an anonymous forum or standard forum http://etudes.org/help/instructors/disc -overview/

document views, meaningful highlighting, comment sort options, “Track changes” editing that’s being upgraded next week, and many more). * Handles HTML and MS Word and Excel content close to flawlessly, PDF fidelity varies (simple text PDFs will come through great, complex PDFs can vary) * Content can be any combination of text, graphics, and embedded media players * Very intuitive interface (also used extensively elementary and secondary school students)