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Your first question... What is moxtra? To quote the company, "moxtra is an embeddable collaboration companion that works the way modern teams do."
Click to download:
Android
iTunes
Your first question... What is moxtra? To quote the company, "moxtra is an embeddable collaboration companion that works the way modern teams do."
Moxtra is an application targeted to business users, however it has a huge market to help with education as well. Moxtra employs a binder type organization system to keep one organized and productive. Each binder has a plethora of features and can be configured in a variety of ways to suit the user. Furthermore, each binder has a chat room, pages (built-in folders), a to-do list and meeting center by default; the chat room is like a group messaging system - anyone that is part of the binder is notified of any changes and the chat room accepts text and MMS messages. Pages serves as the filing cabinet of the system. You can also create an unlimited number of folders with no naming restrictions. Anything can be uploaded to these folders and can be selectively shared with those in the binder. However, the only downside is they do not support multi-user editing of documents (but I talked to support and this is coming in the future). Other features that can be accessed in the Pages tab are: Desktop (to share your desktop), Remote Desktop, Binder creation, Whiteboard, Note and Dropbox integration (with Drive integration coming to desktop in the near future - it already exists on mobile devices). The To-Do tab is exactly what is sounds like, but also has the added ability to delegate tasks to certain members of the binder with specific deadlines. Very cool and useful if you want to track assignment turn-ins. The Meet tab has two functions: You can choose to create a Meet Now, or Schedule a Meet at a latter date. Everyone in the binder is notified either way.
Overall, the features listed above are only the base version of what Moxtra has to offer, if you take the time to integrate other services such as Dropbox and/or Google Drive, Moxtra becomes even better.
In my day to day life, I use Moxtra to keep all of Help Desk information organized and work with Henry (fellow student in Help Desk) on various projects. I keep two "DEMO Binders" for use with example videos, one binder for Help Desk, one Personal Binder, and one Binder for NGSE. Could I live without Moxtra? Sure, but it makes organization and collaboration much easier!
Overall Rating: ✭✭✭✭✭ = Superior
This app can be used in any class and can help students to: remember information, organize information, analyze information, evaluate information, present information, create a product, develop collaboration skills, develop communication skills, and integrate technology into the group experience.
Overall, the features listed above are only the base version of what Moxtra has to offer, if you take the time to integrate other services such as Dropbox and/or Google Drive, Moxtra becomes even better.
In my day to day life, I use Moxtra to keep all of Help Desk information organized and work with Henry (fellow student in Help Desk) on various projects. I keep two "DEMO Binders" for use with example videos, one binder for Help Desk, one Personal Binder, and one Binder for NGSE. Could I live without Moxtra? Sure, but it makes organization and collaboration much easier!
Overall Rating: ✭✭✭✭✭ = Superior
This app can be used in any class and can help students to: remember information, organize information, analyze information, evaluate information, present information, create a product, develop collaboration skills, develop communication skills, and integrate technology into the group experience.
Features of the App
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Usability
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App is intuitive, easy to navigate, and students/teachers can use it independently. Can be used on multiple devices.
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Support
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Instructions on how to use and/or tutorials are included within the app and are helpful to the student.
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Motivation
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App is highly engaging for students & would be selected often if students were given the choice to use it.
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Export/Sharing
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The finished product can be shared through e-mail, Twitter, Facebook, messaging, saved to camera roll, exported to YouTube, embedded, etc.
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Customization
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Students are able to modify the content and settings of the app to meet their individual needs.
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Collaboration
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App allows students the ability to collaborate with their classmates through the cloud.
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Import
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Students can import files, images, videos, sound, etc. into the app.
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External References
Moxtra Youtube Playlist - This is a playlist made by the folks at Moxtra that details some of the basic features of their application.
Please pardon the subpar audio quality; my microphone needs to be repaired at some point! This is also my first screencast so I hope it informative and succinct. I do not plan to do any follow up screencasts in this series, but if there are questions or requests for more videos I would be more than happy to answer questions/make more videos.