Asynchronous Tools

Through asynchronous tools, students can access class resources and participate in classroom communication any time and anywhere. Students can use asynchronous tools at their own convenience according to their personal schedule and geographic location. Blogging and emailing are examples of asynchronous communication

Examples of asynchronous tools are listed down below.

Tool	Useful for	Example Technologies
Discussion boards	Dialogue that takes place over a period of time	Blackboard Vista
Web logs (Blogs)	Sharing ideas and comments	Blogger
Messaging (e-mail)	One-to-one or one-to-many communications	Gmail or university e-mail
Streaming video	Communicating or teaching	I-tunes U
Narrated slideshows	Communicating or teaching	Camtasia
"Learning objects" (Web-based training)	Teaching and training	Skillport
Document libraries	Managing resources	Blackboard Vista, Seaport, or Instructor Webpage
Web books	Teaching and training	Skillport
Surveys and polls	Capturing information and trends	Select Survey or Webmonkey
Shared Calendars	Coordinating activities	Sharepoint
Web site links	Providing resources and references	Blackboard Vista, Seaport, or Instructor Webpage