e-Content Development Websites

Hello, friends. 
Today l'll be sharing with you about e-content. Fret not because this is not a complicated thing and sure will make your life easier.  

WHAT IS e-content

Electronic content (e-content) which is also known as digital content refers to the content or information delivered over network based electronic devices or that is made available using computer network such as internet. According to Oxford dictionary ‘e-content is the digital text and images designed to display on web pages’. 

According to Saxena Anurag(2011) ‘E-content is basically a package that satisfies the  conditions like minimization of  distance, cost effectiveness, user friendliness and adaptability to local conditions’.Well developed e-content can be delivered many times to different learners. Individual course components i.e. units, lessons and media elements such as graphics and animations can be re-used in different contexts.

I've provided some examples for you to check them out.


1. TES TEACH WITH BLENDSPACE

WHAT IS BLENDSPACE?

Blendspace is a tool that provides many possibilities and initially I used it as a method of curating resources and flipping my classroom. There are similar tools available, and regardless of which you choose, having one place to keep your resources is a really great idea. So how do you make the decision of which to rely on?

Blendspace is a way to avoid fumbling with flash drives, losing valuable class time opening emails and attachments.  All of the student projects can be added by their URL or uploaded into one lesson, given it a title, and in class, only one lesson has to be opened to display the student work for the class to enjoy.

  

HOW TO USE BLENDSPACE?

1.Explore Example TES Teach lessons in the Gallery

Before you design your own TES Teach lesson, take a stroll through the Gallery of popular TES Teach lessons created by our community of active teachers for some inspiration. You can find more TES Teach lessons typing any term into the search bar.

2.Create a TES Teach lesson

Once you’ve seen a few TES Teach lessons, create your own by first logging into TES Teach. Then click on “Lessons” on the top left of the site, and then “+ New Lesson.”

As you may have seen in the example TES Teach lessons, you can add content from a wide range of sources: your computer, cloud services like Dropbox or Google Drive, YouTube, Gooru, and more. TES Teach now also allows you to choose from TES resources, a treasure trove of free, original teaching materials created by educators around the world. To browse the different sources available to you, click on the icons listed in the vertical bar on the far right. To add any content to your TES Teach lesson, just drag and drop it into an empty tile.

You can quickly plan and organize your entire lesson by combining PDFs, other documents, videos, images, web pages, and more. It’s easy to rearrange, add, and delete tiles -- just drag and drop! You can also add your own text directly into the tiles (as opposed to uploading a document) and multiple choice assessments. Still not excited? Don’t worry -- we’re only getting started!

Are you aligning to the Common Core State Standards in your classroom and need to show your work? You can drag and drop them right into your TES Teach lesson objectives using the “Standards” button on the top left or the tag icon at the bottom of the vertical bar, so you can keep track of which standards you’re targeting.

Think about the logical progression of your lesson and arrange accordingly. When users “play” a TES Teach lesson, they navigate through the tiles from left to right. To help guide your students through a TES Teach lesson, you can give each tile a title and provide instructions. Want to make sure that your students have watched that great YouTube video in one of your tiles? Put a short quiz after it. Want to give some instructions about what your students should look for on a particular web site? Add text instructions in the tile before the website. For example, you could create a webquest where students sequentially browse various sites in pursuit of answers.

3.Share your Blendspace

Once you’re done creating a TES Teach lesson, you can share it with a link, adjust privacy settings, embed it in a blog, or share it with a class or multiple classes. You can track your students’ comments, quiz results, likes, and help requests by creating a “class” or multiple classes in TES Teach. You can create multiple classes and share as many TES Teach lessons as you’d like with each of them. To create a class, return to the homepage (tes.com/lessons) and click on “Classes” at the top. You can name your class and then invite your students to it with a unique link.

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2. EMAZE

emaze isn't like most presentation makers because while it lacks many of the common features similar software includes, it provides an entirely unique way to display the slides of a presentation.

Among many other features we'll go over below, emaze supports regular text editing capabilities and spelling errors are caught automatically as you type.

HOW TO USE EMAZE?

Step 1 – sign-up free on Emaze website

Emaze allows you to create unlimited presentations for free. Enter Emaze website and sign-up free by entering your Email and password

 Step 2- Choose a template type

There are 5 template types on Emaze website: Presentation, Mini site, E-card, Game, Visual story. You can check out here a detail explanation about each one of them.

 Step 3- Choose the right category

If you want to create a business presentation, choose business category, if you are a teacher and you want to create presentation for your students, choose education.

Step 4- Choose a template

After choosing a category, choose your favorite template. You can see a preview of the template before choosing it.

 Step 5- Add the right slides

When you are reaching the presentation editor, click on ‘Add’ for adding slides. Add only slides that fit to your presentation. You can add pre-made slides and empty slide as well.

 Step 6- Change the content

Change the content as you wish.

Step 7- name your presentation

More Information on emaze:

1. Dozens of slide templates are available

• 2. Local and internet (via a URL) images can be added to an emaze presentation, as well as shapes, audio, charts, Google Map locations, and videos (local and internet)
• 3. Several chart types are supported, like a line, column, table, and organization chart. They work by pasting data into the chart from the clipboard
• 4. emaze allows some rich text editing as well as 3D effects, opacity adjustments, and shadows to be applied to text
• 5. Custom HTML and JavaScript code can be added to the head and body of the presentation, and SEO information can be customized to target internet searches
• 6. Hyperlinks can be set up to not only link to a URL but also to another slide or object in the presentation
• 7. Scrolling between slides can be vertical or horizontal, and they can be unique for each slide transition 
• 8. Shared presentations can be modified to disallow downloading, printing, and/or duplication
• 9. emaze supports voice commands so you can start, stop, and move through a presentation with nothing but a microphone
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Benefits Of eLearning For Students

1. Online Learning Accommodates Everyone’s Needs

The online method of learning is best suited for everyone. This digital revolution has led to remarkable changes in how the content is accessed, consumed, discussed, and shared. Online educational courses can be taken up by office goers and housewives too, at the time that suits them

2. Lectures Can Be Taken Any Number Of Times

Unlike classroom teaching, with online learning you can access the content an unlimited number of times. This is especially required at the time of revision when preparing for an exam. In traditional form of learning, if you can not attend the lecture, then you have to prepare for that topic on your own; in eLearning, you can attend the lectures whenever you want with ease

3. Offers Access To Updated Content

A prime benefit of learning online is that it makes sure that you are in synchronization with modern learners. This enables the learner to access updated content whenever they want it.

4. Quick Delivery Of Lessons

eLearning is a way to provide quick delivery of lessons. As compared to traditional classroom teaching method, this mode has relatively quick delivery cycles. This indicates that the time required to learn is reduced to 25%-60% of what is required in traditional learning. 

I hope I've shared enough with you. Till next time, Goodbye.