CBA IT SERVICES PRESENTS
WEB TOOLS AND RESOURCES
CBA IT SERVICES WEB TOOLS AND RESOURCES
Publishing on the Web
CBA IT SERVICES WEB TOOLS AND RESOURCES
Publishing on the Web
• Free blogs let you
o quickly
q ickl share with
ith friends/colleag
friends/colleagues
es
• Custom design templates and increasingly simplified setups
• Add pphotos and videos to complement
p
yyour writingg
• Privacy controls let you choose who can participate
• Hundreds of thousands of posts on Word Press every day
CBA IT SERVICES WEB TOOLS AND RESOURCES
Publishing on the Web
CBA IT SERVICES WEB TOOLS AND RESOURCES
Publishing on the Web
CBA IT SERVICES WEB TOOLS AND RESOURCES
Media Sharing
CBA IT SERVICES WEB TOOLS AND RESOURCES
Media Sharing
• Media friendly
friendl environments
en ironments allowing
allo ing greater file si
sizes
es
• User Profiles and Categories to make connections
• Generated html code allows embeddingg on other web sites
• Child safety/copyright controls to avoid unwanted content
• Well over 100 million videos currently on YouTube
CBA IT SERVICES WEB TOOLS AND RESOURCES
Social Sharing
CBA IT SERVICES WEB TOOLS AND RESOURCES
Social Sharing
• Create relationship networks
net orks with
ith colleag
colleagues
es and friends
• Smaller bits of information to larger groups of people
• Seamlesslyy direct others to specific
p
internet content
• Create web presence without needing web coding skills
• Facebook user estimates at around 400 Million
CBA IT SERVICES WEB TOOLS AND RESOURCES
Social Sharing
CBA IT SERVICES WEB TOOLS AND RESOURCES
Electronic News Feeds
CBA IT SERVICES WEB TOOLS AND RESOURCES
Electronic News Feeds
• Customize
C stomi e content feeds in browser,
bro ser mobile phone
phone, desktop
• Brings the content to you rather than you going to it
• Feeds now available on majority
j y of news oriented web sites
• If your content is dynamic provide a feed to reach audience
• Subscribing to feeds is generally free and easy to do
CBA IT SERVICES WEB TOOLS AND RESOURCES
Electronic News Feeds
CBA IT SERVICES WEB TOOLS AND RESOURCES
Instant Messaging
CBA IT SERVICES WEB TOOLS AND RESOURCES
Instant Messaging
• Quick
Q ick communication
comm nication at a distance
• Usually less official and less permanent than email
• More integration
g
between IM and internet experience
p
• Bandwidth increases allowing more video/audio use
• Mobile devices becoming dominate player in messaging
CBA IT SERVICES WEB TOOLS AND RESOURCES
Document Sharing and Management
CBA IT SERVICES WEB TOOLS AND RESOURCES
Document Sharing and Management
• No longer necessary
necessar to transfer files between
bet een comp
computers
ters
• Collaborate and manage files at a distance with colleagues
• Prevent loss of keyy documents via a computer
p
crash
• Large files more accessible for sharing and retrieving
• Track document versions, updates, and user modifications
CBA IT SERVICES WEB TOOLS AND RESOURCES
Document Sharing and Management
CBA IT SERVICES WEB TOOLS AND RESOURCES
Document Sharing and Management
CBA IT SERVICES WEB TOOLS AND RESOURCES
Document Sharing and Management
CBA IT SERVICES WEB TOOLS AND RESOURCES
Search Engines and Information Web Sites
CBA IT SERVICES WEB TOOLS AND RESOURCES
Search Engines and Information Web Sites
• Search engines becoming focal point of user
ser eexperience
perience
• People increasingly use search over menu driven web sites
• Open
p source information resources drivingg more web traffic
• Online info resources supplanting paper based counterparts
• Wikipedia has 14 million articles – 3.2 million in English
CBA IT SERVICES WEB TOOLS AND RESOURCES
Search Engines and Information Web Sites
CBA IT SERVICES WEB TOOLS AND RESOURCES
E-Learning: Online Educational Resources
CBA IT SERVICES WEB TOOLS AND RESOURCES
E-Learning: Online Educational Resources
• Time and cost savings
sa ings of online learning vs.
s face
face--to
to--face
• Curriculum is sometimes made available for free online
• On demand learningg changing
g g educational expectations
p
• Many technical skills lend themselves to be taught online
• Certification requirements accomplished more easily
CBA IT SERVICES WEB TOOLS AND RESOURCES
E-Learning: Online Educational Resources
CBA IT SERVICES WEB TOOLS AND RESOURCES
Customizing Web Home Page
CBA IT SERVICES WEB TOOLS AND RESOURCES
Customizing Web Home Page
• Personalize
Personali e internet eexperience
perience to your
o r preferences
• Brings Social
Social, Feeds
Feeds, Search
Search, Media
Media, Chat etc
etc. all together
• Increasingg focus on ease of use and simplicity
p y
CBA IT SERVICES WEB TOOLS AND RESOURCES
Web Browser Extensions and Utilities
CBA IT SERVICES WEB TOOLS AND RESOURCES
Web Browser Extensions and Utilities
• Customize
C stomi e the functionality
f nctionalit of your
o r web
eb bro
browser
ser
• New utilities available each day from developers world wide
• Successful extensions helpp shape
p browser development
p