Tool & Example	Description	Pedagogical Objectives	Pros	Cons
Hypernews www.forums.umd.edu/ STaR Chat	Threaded discussion board.	- Communication - Collaboration	Easy for users to use	A little tricky to set up the first time.
WebIQ www.webiq.umd.edu/	Participants can brainstorm ideas, comment on them, and rate, rank and/or vote on them	- Collaboration - Consensus building
WebCT@Maryland www.courses.umd.edu/	Integrated online course environment for providing access to static course content (syllabi, schedules, announcements, lecture notes) and interactive tools (discussion groups, live chats, online assessments).	- Course management - Distance Delivery	All in one solution Most likely, all the tools you would need in one place	Requires an investment of time to learn to use and setup a course
Quiz/Survey/Questionnaire www.oit.umd.edu/web/cgi/survey/ STaR Survey	Online form to create online surveys. Results are sent via email.	- Assessment - Communication	- Easy for Users to use - Easy to set up - Create a variety of question types - Anonymous - Statistics available	- Can't easily change question order - Not flexible - Restricts the structure - Doesn't give immediate feedback
Online Form using Bulk Mail for responses Workshop Registration Student Eval form for Use	Create a form to receive comments from your students by coding the HTML or using Dreamweaver	- Communication - Assessment	If you create the form yourself you have the greatest flexibility.	Time investment to learn process to do it (although Dreamweaver makes it pretty easy.)
Blog via Movable Type Academic Technology Blog Playing Grounds Neil Fraistat's Class Blog	WebLog, electronic diary Use software such as Movable Type to automatically generate a chronilogically organized WebSite	- Course management - Communication	- You don't need to learn HTML or other WebPage Creation Method	- You will have to rely on someone else to set it up.