A weblog for personal, team, community, and public use
Personal, community, team, and public blogs with easy-to-use templates; published on Internet
Bulletins
Rotating updates about events, workshops and news from eCoaches on your personalized home page
Partners and eCoaches can promote projects, events and services
Calendars
Keeps track of appointments and events
Personal, shared, team and community calendars; advertisement free; viewable in different formats from anywhere
Chat Rooms
A safe and secure place to chat
Members can invite others to chat (IM) from their team or the My eCoach community
Citation Builder
Creates citations matched to MLA and APA Styles
Ability to save citations in alphabetical order
Class Teams
Classrooms can be on a team
<40 students for $100/ school year; afterwards students become Free Members
Cloning
Allows you to clone projects
Universal Builder and surveys can be cloned; no need to copy and paste
Co-authoring
Members can jointly create and edit projects, surveys, and quizzes
Members can add co-authors from My eCoach community
Commenting
Allows optional commenting on blogs and projects
Option to allow anyone to comment, both in and outside of My eCoach
Conversation Corner
Mini-blog for community to ask and answer questions
Curriculum Standards
Local, state, national, content, professional and technology standards
Standards can be matched to resources, WRLs and UB; alignment vetted by curriculum specialists
Digital Locker
Space to save and archive projects and resources
eCoaching
Online and face-to-face facilitation, coaching, mentoring and training on the My eCoach system and other platforms
Sustainable coaching; personalized and group support; training available on your programs; workshops and seminars
eLibrary
Over 50,000 resources and projects
Many matched to standards; members can contribute; resources include lesson plans, images, podcasts, projects, etc.
eLibrary Spotlights
Rotating spotlight about different resources in eLibrary
Embed Code
Allows you to place widgets from other websites inside My eCoach projects
Viewers can open external websites inside My eCoach without having to logout; can copy and paste code from surveys, quizzes, or Web 2.0 tools and embed into Universal Builder
ePortfolio
Like an online resume
ePortfolio templates and template cloning and adaptation
FAQs
Frequently asked questions and answers about My eCoach
Featured Projects
Rotating featured projects from members
Forums
Community and Team threaded discussions
Friends
Invite other members, just like in a social network
Add members to your friends list, add to contact list, and set up groups
Individual Learning Plans (ILPs)
Identifies learning goals and strategies
Create multiple ILPs around goals; receive eCoach support
Integrate Web 2.0 tools
Integrates Web 2.0 tools all in one place
Add programs using embed box in Universal Builder & sidebar
League Manager
Access all teams under league
Message Center
Internal messaging system
Can be accessed from anywhere in My eCoach; can set up groups
Tools and Features
Definition
Bonus features
Online courses/ Teams
Certificated eCoaches offer online courses or teams for members
Personalized Home Page
Personalized box at the bottom of your home page
Planning Tools
To help create a learning strategy and implementation guide
Co-authors can share ideas and access them from every page
Private and public spaces
Provides both private and public spaces to create and communicate
Public access to community areas; private access keeps conversations and proprietary resources private
Quizzes
Create and correct customizable quizzes for teams and classes
Create, clone or co-author quizzes with the ability to correct answers, score tests, and embed code
Recent Activities
10 Most recent activities from members in your contact list appear in right sidebar
Can view all in recent activities; ability to filter activities
Search and Advanced Search
Search for people, projects, and resources
Can narrow searches in the eLibrary using Advanced Search
Searchable Tags
Tags connect members, resources, tips, and projects
Able to assign tags to members, resources, tips, and projects
Settings
Can assign your setting preferences
All members can customize their settings in their profile
Surveys
Customizable surveys
Team, shared, public, and public surveys; can co-author, clone, disaggregate data, and embed
Team Manager
Set up and manage team page and tools; quickly send messages to team and access projects
Team blogs, forums, calendar, announcements, and reporting tools
Teams, groups, and/or individuals
Anyone can join
Individual members can join a team and set up groups from their friends list
Technology Integration Guides
Guides and how-to’s on many external programs
There are over 250 guides in PDF form available in the eLibrary
Technology Support
Support request for technical issues involving My eCoach
Tell a Friend
Any member can send an email using Tell a Friend
Time Stamps
View last login time of team members
Tips and Tricks
Rotating tips about My eCoach features, other programs, and strategies
Tutorials
Every feature has a step-by-step tutorial
Universal Builder
An open-ended flexible builder to create and publish websites, projects or courses
It is like a project and a blog combined; easy to use in no time at all
Upload podcasts
Video and audio podcasts can be uploaded
Available wherever the text editor is available
User control
Members can control who has access to their blogs, builders, calendars, surveys, and quizzes
Web publishing
Universal Builder, Public Blog, and WRL can be published to the Internet
Members can have their own projects viewable on the internet
Web Resource List (WRL) Builder
Quick website builder to put up web links and descriptions
Who’s Online
Lists who is online
Can send mail and view profile
WYSIWYG editor
Text editor
Works best with Firefox
Tools and Features
Definition
Bonus features
"Wow! I now have a passport to enter the "Digital Native World" through my new skills and resources that My E Coach has provided....."
Elmer Vigilia
Assistant Principal
Vista Unified - Vista, CA