| Announcements |
To inform users of changes in deadlines, schedules, policies of the class or project
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| Assignments |
Create, distribute, collect and grade online assignments
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| Assessments |
To administer online surveys, quizzes, and exams
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| Blogger |
Create an on-line blog for site participants to view and comment on
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| Calendar |
To display class or meeting dates, deadlines, web assignment dates, special events, and more
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| Chat Room |
For synchronous online discussion between site participants
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| Dropbox |
Instructors and students can share documents within a private folder for each student
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| Forums |
Discussion tool for online discussion
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| Gradebook |
To calculate, store, and distribute grade information to students online
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| Learning Modules |
A tool for creating lessons in sequential order with resources and next steps associated with the module
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| Mailing List Archive |
A repository for all messages sent to the site
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| Mailtool |
To send email to individuals or groups of site participants
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| Messages |
Send messages to students within TRACS. These messages DO NOT go to their email accounts
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| News Feeds |
To display automatically-updated (RSS) news feeds from a variety of sources within a site
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| Page Order Tool |
Allows you to order your site's tools as you see fit
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| Podcast |
Create podcasts of your lectures for students to download and listen to at their leisure
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| Polls |
Allows you to create simple polls for your students to take
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| Post'Em |
Display a CSV (Excel) file within TRACS that contains student grades, absences, extra credit, or seat assignments
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| Resources |
Course documents, electronic files, or URLs can be posted for users to access for a course or project
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| Roster |
To view site participants list
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| Section Info |
To manage sections within a site
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| Site Info |
To make changes to your site, such as adding or removing tools, adding participants, changing access settings and more
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| Site Stats |
Track student use of the site
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| Syllabus |
Enter material directly into the syllabus tool, upload, or link to an online syllabus
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| Web Content |
Links to outside websites which are displayed on the menubar of the site
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| Wiki |
For collaborative editing of pages and content
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