Modules/Tools for Academics

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Jeanne's picture

I was just wondering if we could get a working list of tools and modules that would be useful to academics in general.

I am working on a website for the academics that work with my non-profit, and have been trying to find and use tools in a useful way to them (sometimes more successful than others)

Biblio is a good one for academics, and conference seems like it is great to use for paper reviews even outside of official conferences (though, I'm not really sure what to do after installing the module... I don't really know where to go next, and don't know how to use that one at all) But for people who know how to use the tool, it seems really useful!

I figured if we pooled together our resources that help academics (in their research and collaboration, I'm not talking about educational applications a la blackboard-like modules), we could utilize them, and develop tools/modules in areas we are lacking. Any other thoughts?

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sticky notes (Looks great,

btopro's picture

sticky notes (Looks great, currently in very active development and very promising communication tool for students)
outline designer (made for instructional design)
Assignment Studio / Online Rubrics (Gradebook alternative + integrated Rubric builder / assessment tool)
Gradebook (obvious)
Quiz (obvious)
Glossary or G2 Glossary or Glossify (my personal choice is Glossify as we've implemented it before, http://drupal.org/project/glossify)
Moodle (the module -- http://drupal.org/project/moodle)

Just a the ones I could ramble off, I know there are a lot of others. Some good Distro's to either Download or look into further:
DrupalEd
EduGlu
ELMS