Technical Needs for T/TAC Online
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Chat Room
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Discussion Forum
(Topics can be selected based upon the categories. (Linear or Threaded boards))
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Internal Email
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Membership Personal
and Public Profile or Portfolio (For users information)
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Registration
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Log in and Tracking
Mechanism
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Survey/User Feedback
mechanism
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Password protection
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Can visitors access
& view the features without registering?
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Customization using
checkboxes (on blackplanet.com (profile area))
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A polling or comment
area where we can collect the data for future use
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Instant Messenger –
like tool (for individual synchronous discussion with other T/TAC Online
members)
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The above tools, i.e.
discussion boards, chat, internal email, etc., are they prepackaged software or
were they created by the companies. [refer
to references]
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Page directory? (ex) ivillage.com>my village> address
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Creating users’
personal page
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Quoting user’s
comments by time (rotating) (on blackplanet.com)
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Site Map (a bird’s
eye view of website’s contents, i.e.
http://www.seniornet.com/help_map.shtml
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Ability to instant
bookmark the site for email referral to a friend
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Put in subgroup
corners: for teachers, TTAC coordinators, parents
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Have immediate “go
to” areas for immediate access
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Check list for topics
of interest for registration
Resources (URLs)
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www.blackplanet.com (Example of Online
Learning Community)
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www.eshare.com (Software packages that
support Threaded discussion)
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www.remarq.com (Software packages that
support Threaded discussion)
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www.lundeen.com (Software packages that
support linear discussion)
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www.caucussytems.com (Software packages
that support linear discussion)
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www.ezboard.com (Software packages that
support both Threaded and linear discussions)
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For chat based
software (free or licensed) see text, Community Building pgs. 41-43