Edu20 lms presentation by debra barber

EDU 2.0By Debra

Barber

EDU 2.0 is an online learning management system created by Graham Glass in 2006.

Headquartered in San Francisco, California

Background Information

What is EDU 2.0 ? Powerful e-learning platform that is

comparable to Blackboard, Desire2Learn, & Moodle

Has over 600,000 users(administrators, teachers, students, & parents)

Cloud-based with unlimited storage ability

Free and Premium Plans available

Ease of Use & Visual Appeal

Homepage is modeled on Facebook with access to your classes, groups, online friends, activities, and assignments due

Video-hosting Accessible via mobile devices

(iPhones, iPads, iPods, Androids) Typical instructor homepages include:

class activity feeds lessons calendar forums blogs wikis images; audio; text/html;

slideshows; videos

Additional Features of EDU 2.0

Allows import of content from Moodle Google Apps integration Allows multiple school sites to be

networked into a single district or “campus”

Free plan allows up to 2,000 student users

Parent accounts

Skype for video conferencing Wikis & Blogs Discussion Forums & Chatrooms Language Translator Email integration

Communication & Collaboration Tools

User Support

“Community Support Forum” -provides help, advice, and support to users using the “free plan”.

“Premium Support Forum” – provides help, advice, and technical support to users using EDU 2.0’s premium plan.

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