Lesson 8: ONLINE PLATFORMS FOR ICT CONTENT DEVELOPMENT
ONLINE PLATFORM
— been used to describe a range of services
available on the Internet
— the so-called “collaborative” or “gig” economy,
and much more.
— It is also defined as a digital service that
facilitates interactions between two or more
distinct but interdependent sets of users
(whether firms or individuals) who interact
through the service via the Internet.
Examples:
marketplaces
search engines
social media
creative content outlets
app stores
communications services
payment systems
services comprising
ONLINE APPLICATION
— is also known as web application.
— it is a computer application that is accessed
via a web browser over a network.
ONLINE PLATFORMS AND APPLICATIONS THAT
YOU CAN USE
 PRESENTATION TOOLS are software used
to create sequences of words and pictures
that tell a story or help support a speech or
public presentation of information.
Examples: Prezi, Zoho Show, MS
PowerPoint
 PHOTO EDITING TOOL is an application
used to manipulate or enhance digital
images. It ranges from a basic software that
allows resizing of images to adding basic
effects to a more complex form or image
editing.
Examples: Picasa, Adobe Photoshop,
MS Paint
 PHOTO UPLOADING AND HOSTING
TOOLS are websites that enable you to store
and share digital images. These kinds of
websites make sharing of pictures easier to
do.
Examples: DropBox, Flickr
 ONLINE COLLABORATIVE TOOLS refer to
the tools and platforms people use to work
together within a digital environment. Online
collaboration distinctively involves a group of
people working together at the same time, on
the same projects and documents.
Examples: Google Drive, Viber,
Facebook
 CLOUD COMPUTING means storing,
processing and accessing data and programs
over the Internet instead of using your
computer’s hard drive.
Examples: DropBox, Google Drive,
Microsoft One Drive
 BLOG TOOLS are websites that permits
anyone to write and publish their own blog
that is hosted on its servers.
Examples: Blogger, WordPress,
LiveJournal
 MAPPING TOOLS are applications that
records physical locations on the globe for
identification and navigation.
Examples: Google Maps, Wikimapia
 MUSIC PRODUCTION is application used
for creating music.
Examples: Sibelius, GarageBand
 SURVEY AND FORMS are online software or
applications dedicated as feedback or data
collection tool that brings you actionable
information through online survey or forms.
Examples: Google Forms, Survey
Monkey
 CONTENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS
(CMS) PLATFORMS are computer
applications that allows you to publish, edit
and manipulate, organize and delete web
content. CMS is used in blogs, news
websites, and shopping.
Examples: WordPress, Drupal,
Joomla
 FILE MANAGEMENT PLATFORMS are
applications that manage data file. It is also
known as “file managers” because it gives
the ability to create, enter, change, query
and produce reports on one file at a time.
Examples: Zamzar, Word2pdf
 CURATING TOOLS are applications used to
find and collect online content (information
previously created by other people) and
present the best pieces in a structured way.
Examples: Pinterest, Storify, Trapit
 WEB DESIGN PLATFORMS are websites
that grant users the independence to design
and create their own websites.
Examples: Wix, Weebly, Adobe
Dreamweaver
 WEB MANAGEMENT PLATFORMS are
integrated set of tools and services allowing
teams to build, launch, and manage
websites.
Examples: Drupal, WordPress,
Joomla
CLOUD COMPUTING
- applications are almost everywhere. Internet
users access these websites on a daily basis.
- The word “cloud” is a metaphor for the
Internet. It means everything can be
accessed remotely over the Internet. Social
media such as Facebook, Twitter, YouTube
and Instagram are popular cloud computing
applications.
ADVANTAGES OF CLOUD COMPUTING
APPLICATIONS
1. Back-up and restore data - If the data is saved
in the cloud, it is easier to use the cloud to get
backup and recover those data.
2. Improved collaboration - Cloud technologies
promote collaboration by allowing groups of people
to share information quickly and easily through - The information is the complied and linked
shared storage in the cloud. automatically to a spreadsheet. The
spreadsheet is full of survey responses and
3. Excellent accessibility - Through the use of the question responses
internet connection, cloud helps us to swiftly and
effortlessly access stored information anywhere, FORM TITLE
anytime in the whole world.
FORM DESCRIPTION
4. Low maintenance cost - Cloud computing
reduces the costs to its users both hardware and
software maintenance. QUESTION
TITLE
5. Mobility - Cloud computing enables us to access
all cloud data conveniently via mobile phone.

6. IServices in the pay-per-use model - Cloud

computing provides users with Application
Programming Interfaces (APIs) for web-based access QUESTION
services and charges the fees for service use.
TYPE
7. Unlimited storage capacity - Cloud provides us
with a huge amount of storage capacity to store our
important data in one place, such as documents, GOOGLE FORMS QUESTION TYPES
images, audio, video, etc. - Text/ Short Answer – a question that can
be answered with a short text.
8. Data Security - One of the main benefits of cloud - Paragraph Text – a question that can be
computing is data protection. Cloud provides answered with a long text.
numerous sophisticated security features and - Multiple Choice – a question that can be
guarantees data is stored and managed in a secure answered by only one answer in a set of
manner. options.
- Checkboxes – a question that can be
DISADVANTAGES OF CLOUD COMPUTING answered with multiple answers in a set of
APPLICATIONS options.
1. Internet Connectivity - Any data (image, audio, - Dropdown – gives recipients a field to click
video, etc.) that is stored in a cloud computing that reveals a menu they will select an
application can only be accessed using internet answer from.
connection. If you don’t have a good connectivity to - File Upload – allows respondent to submit
the Internet, you can’t access the information. We an answer of a specific file types (i.e. video,
don’t have any other way of accessing those data presentation, document, pdf, etc.)
saved in the cloud. - Linear Scale – a question that can be
answered with a numerical range (e.g., 1-5,
2. Vendor lock-in - The greatest drawback of cloud 1-10)
computing is the lock-in vendors. When switching
- Multiple Choice Grid – a multiple-choice
its services from one vendor to another, users can
grid allows the user to select pre-defined
face problems. Since various providers have
options for more than one choice.
different service, this may cause difficulties to
- Checkbox Grid – allows users to input data
switch form one cloud to another.
across multiple input fields.
3. Limited control - As we know, cloud - Date – a question that can be answered with
infrastructure is wholly owned, managed, and a specified date.
monitored by the service provided, so cloud users - Time – a question that can be answered with
have less control over the function and performance a specified time.
of cloud infrastructure services. 1 2 3
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4. Security - Though cloud service providers
implement the best standards of security to store Import questions 1. Duplicate (a question)
important information. You should bear in mind Add title and description 2. Delete (a question)
that you are sending information to a third-party 3. Required (this question
service provider. There is a big possibility that your Add image required and answer)
information can be hacked by hackers while sending Add video
information on the cloud.
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Google Forms 1 2 3 4 5 6
- is a survey management app that is
included along with Google Docs, Google
Sheets and Google Slides in the Google Drive 1 Add-ons 4 Undo
office suite. Forms features all the functions 2 Customize theme 5 Redo
of collaboration and sharing found in Docs, 3 Preview 6 Send
Sheets and Slides.
- is a tool that allows users to collect
information through a survey, feedback, or
quiz.