Online Services and Tools

Email & Calendar

• Student Mailing Lists and Groups
• Web Mail
• Web Calendar
• NetStorage - Web access to U:, T: and V:

Online Classrooms and Conferencing

University Supported:

Marratech (Monash Hosted)

Host an online consultation or workshop

Polycom - Voice over IP (Monash Hosted)

Video/voice chat between Monash staff and video conference rooms

Unsupported:

Elluminate Live (Commercial)

Virtual classroom platform, especially useful for distance education or online presentations. Real time video and audio conferencing, polls, shared whiteboard, application sharing etc..

Create a free, temporary vRoom for up to three people.

Skype - Voice over IP (Commercial)

Voice and text chat for to overseas and interstate students and staff.
ITS Position Statement on the use of Skype (Please read before installing Skype)

Google Tools

• Blogger
• Google Scholar
• University Search
• Google News
• Full Service Listing

Create an Online Demonstration or Simulation

• KnowledgePresenter
• Camtasia Studio
• Qarbon Viewletbuilder

Helpdesks

• BusEco-TSG Web Helpdesk
• ITS Web Helpdesk

IT Training

• TeachMe Online Tutorials

Free productivity software

Please note that none of this software is supported by Monash.

• Tucows - Business Software
• FreeMind - Free mind-mapping software. Great for managing projects or your workflow
• Audacity - Free audio recording and editing package