I've recently been working with Sameer Bhatia the CEO of ProProfs as I was going through an evaluation of various online tools that support easy, fast, low-cost testing and quiz tools (disclosure). He helped me pull together the following evaluation of a few different solutions.
Freelancers, small business owners, college students and family members have found that the Internet has made it easier to work from home, collaborate on group projects, and share important files and links. This list of web tools is ideal for anyone working on a group project, whether you're looking for task management support, scheduling and calendar organization, or just a place to collect all your materials and brainstorms.
A content curation tool, in simple English, lets you easily pull videos, images, presentations, tweets, blog posts and other web content into a collection which you can then embed, publish or share online.
Text to Speech (TTS) software allows you to have text read aloud to you. This is useful for struggling readers and for writers, when editing and revising their work. You can also convert eBooks to audiobooks so you can listen to them on long drives. We've posted some websites here where you can find some good TTS software programs and online tools that are free or at least have free versions available.
If you want to edit every aspect of a PDF, including the content and the layout, you're going to need a professional tool like Adobe Acrobat. If all you want to do is split one PDF into two, or combine two PDF's into one, I Love PDF can do the job for you.
Lots of tools let you share a webpage with the world but what about sharing a specific quotation or specific piece of text? BookmarkQ is an amazingly simple tool that helps you share specific text from a website. It works as a bookmarklet by adding it to your browser's bookmark bar.
iPiccy makes your photo awesome with many easy to use photo tools. Edit pictures, apply beautiful photo effects,
add text and even paint! Enjoy free photo editing online and show your creativity with iPiccy editor!
Online and desktop calendar-syncing application Calgoo Connect-along with all of the other calendar tools available from Calgoo-are now free. Calgoo Connect syncs Outlook on Windows or iCal on OS X with popular online calendars, namely Google Calendar and 30 Boxes.
Not fancy like others I've seen with added media, but it's a timeline maker. This web tool does all it can to make creating timelines as simple as possible. Just enter your events along with their start and end dates, and you've got yourself a timeline.
The easiest tool for creating crosswords from a given set of words is EclipseCrossword. You specify the words and their corresponding clues, choose a grid size for your crossword puzzle and your crossword is ready. If you aren't happy with the generated layout, you can always shuffle until you find the right combination.
While you would usually need to go to a badge creating professional to design and create custom badges, now you can do it on your phone thanks to a tool called My Badge, a phone app for iOS devices. You can use the app to design 1-inch badges using photos and texts.
Web search can be a remarkable tool for students, and a bit of instruction in how to search for academic sources will help your students become critical thinkers and independent learners.
With the materials on this site, you can help your students become skilled searchers- whether they're just starting out with search, or ready for more advanced training.
Many people stream YouTube videos, but in addition to the required information, videos include undesired scenes such as introductions, endings, etc. Here to help you watch and share only the important parts of a video is a tool called Snipreel, a web service that helps you share only the important parts of a video.
Gmail Backup is a migration tool for Gmail service from Google. You can backup or restore your emails on any email account from Google. Backup your emails on Google Apps
Restore emails
Incremental backup