Web²Access

Find an Activity

• Annotating Multimedia

  This activity does not include tagging. It is more concerned with the annotation or captioning of slideshows and videos.

• Appointment Creation and Sharing

  Allowing groups and individuals to share meeting times, events and calendars.

• Assessment and surveys

  Tests, evaluation, surveys and assessment applications and web services

• Asynchronous communication (e.g.email)

  Asynchronous communication allows a user to send a message to some one who may not be online or is required to answer immediately. Email is a good example of this type of communication but it is possible to also leave messages on Skype and MSN to be received later. Discussion boards and forums would also come under this activity.

• Calculations, Conversions, Vocabulary and Translation

  These services or applications offer users the chance to perform calculations both off and online. Conversions may occur on the fly or be stored and shared. The same applies for meanings of words and translations whether via dictionaries or online services.

• Chart Creation

  Creating graphs and charts to display information.

• Collaborative Writing

  Sites that allow users to work with others on documents, or provide a shared workspace.

• Collections of specific items

  These sites offer users a way of sharing collections whether these are books, photos, videos or objects. They can be sorted, searched and discussed.

• Comments and Sharing Views

  Comments appear below someone else's idea or journal as seen in a Blog. They do not form part of the actual writing but allow people to share views or reflect on aspects of piece of writing

• Concept or Mind Map Sharing

  Start, edit and share concept maps with others. Send on or embed in documents.

• Converting Formats

  Sites and services that are used to change the format of other information on the web so they are more accessible or more suited to a purpose. e.g. recording blog posts into mp3, putting bookmarks into a slideshow.

• Creativity Requiring Niche Skills

  Products that require a level of creativity possessed by a niche. Examples include flickr "Tell a story in 5 frames" - requires minor photographic skills, but creative skills to construct the photo-story.

• Digital Audio Recording and Sharing

  Products that support podcasting and other means of sharing or distributing audio.

• Documentation creation

  Documents can be created off or online. Saved and then shared. Diagrams, graphics and different types of text can be used.

• Edutainment

  Places people go to play games, or just whittle away time.

• Embeddable Content Generation

  Services which offer items that can be embedded in other webpages. For instance, YouTube videos can be placed on any webpage. These sites may also offer embeddable widgets such as calendars, guestbooks and the like.

• eReading

  Applications and online services that allow users to read documents, journals and books.

• Extend Existing Service

  These items provide functionality that is currently unavailable on another Web2 service. The function is the key; items that source content from other services for their own specific use are not eligible. For instance, there are a number of sites that generate embeddable slideshows from Flickr albums. Seems like a rather short-lived business unless they innovate.

• File Backup

  Creating a remote copy of a file.

• Finding News

  Products which aggregate and bring together news from various sources.

• Finding People

  Finding people and chasing expertise (headhunting).

• Group Discussion

  This is when groups can come together in an area on-line to discuss topics of interest.

• Image Sharing

  Collaborate and share images - save them and embed them in other Web 2.0 applications or documents and send them on to others.

• Instructional (how-to) Information

  Covers sites that provide instructional information on any topic. Example: VideoJug.

• Journal Entries

  These entries can be shared and commented upon. They may be a personal reflection or a diary event or just a note about something of interest.

• Keywords Labelling Data

  These are labels or words and phrases that you wish to use to remind you about an important element - may be called bookmarking or tags. These keywords are often shared and may be seen in different sizes of font by popular use as in a tag cloud.

• Map Annotation and Directions

  Products that provide directions to locations and/or show points of interest.

• Map Creation

  Covers products that facilitate the publication of information cartographically, such as geotagged photos, waypoints, paths, tours and lines on maps. Specifically, this includes products which allow the user to draw their own maps.

• Multimedia Editing

  Online video and photo editing applications, such as the Adobe offering.

• Note Taking

  Products which allow the user to take notes, either by writing them from scratch or capturing data from the web and annotating it.

• Q&A

  Questions and Answers focus, like Yahoo Answers.

• Real-Time Communication

  Instant messaging, etc

• References - Storing or Fetching

  On-line store for references that can be shared with others and produce a bibliography.

• Text-based Editable Information

  Sharing information on any subjects that can be edited and viewed by others. These pages tend to be in wiki format.

• Timeline

  Products that source image/video content and display it chronologically, on a timeline or similar. Often products that sell themselves as "life diaries" or biography generators.

• Video Sharing

  Sharing and storing video clips

• Virtual Classroom

  Products that may be used by students as part of their studies or by teachers to create and publish exercises.