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| Say hello to Pronto! |
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School-centric instant communication tool |
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Simplifies communication on any campus |
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Instant text and audio facilitating learning
at any time among students and instructors |
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Ideal for informal, unplanned communication |
Pronto is a free instant messaging
and voice chat tool that allows students and instructors to spontaneously
meet live online at any time to discuss their coursework. Pronto works
with course management systems like Blackboard and WebCT to automatically
populate students’ contact lists with their classmates’
names, thereby making it easy for students to spontaneously collaborate
live online. After all, not all learning can be scheduled –
it’s often informal and unplanned.
While Pronto offers many similar features as other instant messaging
tools such as AIM and Yahoo Instant Messenger, Pronto is unique to
education because it integrates with learn management systems such
as Blackboard and WebCT, thereby automatically populating each student’s
contact list each semester with the names of every student in their
classes and social organizations. With Pronto, students simply log
on to their computers and instantly see who’s online from their
classes, clubs, and study groups – without even logging in to
their LMS. Each student can then spontaneously ask questions or make
comments to classmates.
*Please note that Pronto currently works for schools with the Blackboard
Learning System 6.3+ and above and with Blackboard (WebCT) Campus
Edition 6 and Vista 4. Support for WebCT Vista 3.0, ANGEL, and Moodle
is currently being developed. |
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