iCorsi2 (www.icorsi.ch) is the eLearning platform of USI and SUPSI.

iCorsi2 is managed by eLab and realized with the open source application Moodle (v. 2.2.3).

Mindmeister is a tool that allows to create collaboratively and to share conceptual maps on the web. With real-time collaboration it is possible to organize brainstorming sessions and to create, manage and share maps anytime and from anywhere.

eLab has bought some Pro / Edu Campus MindMeister licences; to get a Pro / Edu Campus account, please follow the instructions in the FAQ section.

Turnitin is an anti-plagiarism software that allows to check if a text (or part of it) has been copied from the internet or from another text available in the net. Turnitin is integrated into the iCorsi2 platform.

eLab bought Turnitin licences for all the teachers and teaching assistants of USI and SUPSI; to get a Turnitin account, please follow the instructions in the FAQ section.

Prezi is a nice alternative to PowerPoint to make presentations. It basically employs a big canvas where it is possible to zoom in and out on the different elements of the presentation, thus helping to show the overview of the presentation. It is easy to use and very effective.

eLab has bought some Edu Pro Prezi licences for teachers and teaching assistants of USI and SUPSI. To get a Prezi Edu Pro account, please follow the instructions in the FAQ section.

Collab is a service offered by SWITCH, realized through the application Adobe Connect, which allows teachers of all Higher Education Institutions in Switzerland to create and manage conferences on the web and online lectures.

More information about this service on the dedicated iCorsi2 FAQ section.

URL (User Requirements with Lego) is a methodology developed by webatelier.net and NewMinE Lab which helps to helicit user requirements for online communication applications. URL is an application of Lego Serious Play (LSP), a method that intend to “give your brain a hand”: in fact the main idea is doing while thinking, in order to stimulate and enhance creativity.
The URL methodology, its advantages and limitations, as well as all phases of an URL workshop are described in details in the guide available at this website.

Over the years, eLab has developed some plugins for Moodle, in order to increase the effectiveness of the platform through the addition of some useful features:

MocLog (Monitoring Online Courses with Logfiles) is a module of Moodle allowing the realization of a monitoring system, that helps to analyze the logfiles of Moodle effectively and efficiently.

Go to the project website

Read the paper presented at the Moodle Research Conference 2012

DOOR (Digital Open Object Repository) is an open source software which allows to create free learning object repositories, using the IMS standard. DOOR can be integrated into Moodle (until version 1.8.x) through the dedicated plugin. Since the first version was released (September 2006), DOOR has been downloaded over 6,000 times.

Go to the DOOR website

Text-cloud is a Moodle block that automatically generates a text-cloud with the most frequents keywords of each course. The size of the keywords in the visual representation corresponds to the frequency of the keywords in the resources of the course.

Read the paper presented at MoodleMoot Italia 2011

Notifications is a Moodle block which allows the users enrolled in a course to automatically receive notifications about the main changes occurred within the course (e.g., new resources added, resources modified, etc.). Notifications are sent by e-mail, RSS or SMS, according to the student’s choice.

Read the paper presented at MoodleMoot Italia 2011

MoodleWebSms is a Moodle block which allows teachers to send SMS to all the users enrolled in their course.

Download MoodleWebSMS 1.0 (42 KB) (only for Moodle until version 1.9.x)

Glossary is an open source web application which allows to manage a multi-lingual and multi-user glossary.

Go to the Glossary website.