Blog post
Popular Online Tools for Concordia Students
November 14, 2018
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Last winter, Concordia set out to find out what online tools Concordia students use most. Based-off the results, we’ve highlighted the most useful online training tools and applications that you might want to incorporate in your Graduate studies. This summary categorizes the digital tool, apps, platforms and software Concordians find most beneficial for learning into four important areas of Graduate student work: Planning and Communication, Productivity, Learning and Education, and Research.
Planning and Communication Tools
- For communicating with team members and coworkers: Slack and Moodle
- For organizing upcoming deadlines: GoogleCalendar
- For note taking and keeping track of tasks: MicrosoftOneNote, EverNote, Notability
- For writing help: Duolingo, Grammarly
- For managing your writing time: Pomodoro
- For gaining necessary Concordia-based information and updates: Concordia App
Productivity Tools
- For working with PDF documents: Adobe Acrobat Reader
- For quickly sharing large files: DropBox
- For digitizing documents: Microsoft Lens
- For project management and online collaboration: Google Suite (Docs, Drive, Sheets, Slides and more), Microsoft Office (Word, PowerPoint, Excel and more), Trello
Online Learning and Educational Platforms
- For course based learning: eConcordia, Coursera
- For subject based learning: Khan Academy, Ted Talks, Youtube, Podcasts, Udemy, Quizlet
- For application based learning: Wolfram Alpha and SymboLab (mathematics), Stack Overflow (computer programming)
Research Help
- For research databases: JSTOR and Google Scholar; More databases by subject and e-journals are available at the Concordia Library website
- For referencing bibliographical sources using open source data: Zotero
- For online collaboration of research: Mendeley