Aviary and ScribblarSam Hoff, Brandon Hollis,& Becky Lenz

Scribblar.com

What is: http://www.scribblar.com/ ?

▫Scribblar is a tool used for tutoring and also web collaboration.

▫It’s free and designed for people to be able to work in real time with each other via the web.

▫There is an advanced version called Scribblar Pro that has a monthly fee ($99/ month $59 with educational discount). It offers additional features and a high level of customization. For example being able to change the logo and color scheme of the program to personalize the look and feel to suite your own personal style.

Features of Scribblar

▫A powerful multi user whiteboard▫Text chat and also a user list▫Drawing tools ▫Editing and text tools▫Image uploading▫Chatting via audio

What can you do with it?▫Scribblar has many uses:

Online training Tutoring Brainstorming Editing artwork and images Conducting interviews Sales and product demos Tests

• “Some clients use Scribblar for remote training situations,  presentations or demonstrations. In terms of training, a lot of  materials these days are prepared as Powerpoint files which can be  exported as images and uploaded to Scribblar. They can then be added  to the whiteboard, marked up and discussed. Some users use phone based  conferencing alongside Scribblar, others use the built-in audio.It's also handy for sales and marketing calls where the presenter can  quickly give the online audience an overview about a particular product.”(Direct quote from Stefan Richter, Founder of Scribblar)

Who can benefit from Scribblar?

▫Businesses▫Teachers▫Students

What is: http://aviary.com/ ?•It is a free website that contains

online creation tools.•In order to use it you have to create

an account or use an existing one on facebook, twitter, etc.

•You can post creations and share them with everyone or just certain users.

Features

•Image Editor•Screen Editor•Vector Editor•Effects Editor•Music Editor•Audio Editor•Image Markup•Color Editor

Who is the target audience of Aviary?

•Anyone who wants to have a place to be creative through images, audio clips, etc.

• However, in order to successfully use the image editor, one would have to be skilled in PhotoShop or be able to figure the website out easily.

Using this resource

•It was hard to figure out.•Tutorials were not helpful because they

did not give clear directions and just listed steps. The steps were for specific design ideas.

•While editing pictures, my computer froze many times and it took awhile for the effects to finally load.