CloudOn
CloudOn Inc
Free
Available on iOS and Android
Another Office tool however it
fills the gap of providing MSOffice like functionality (particularly the
toolbar which very similar to MS Office applications) onto your mobile device
in the absence of MS Office app. Plus you can sync the device with Google
Drive, SkyDrive, Box and DropBox, open, edit and save to the drives documents.
The MS Office like functionality is
much welcomed;
- it reduces the learning curve for users
- increases the user ability to produces documents with polish on mobile devices
- increase the user ability to polish Google docs stored on Google Drive
In addition the app opens Open
Office documents, a preferred application for word processing by tech'
students, but consequently cannot be opened and read by their tutor when
digitally submitted on the Institutional desktop or typically on their mobile
devices. Resulting in a delay in providing feedback as;
the tutor bounces the document back; askes the student to export the document
to a more accessible format; the tutor requires a format that can be opened in applications
available to the tutor. For a change I can open the document in CloudOn,
subsequently read, edit, feedback, store and share the document on Google Drive
(as at my employer's institution we provide every student with a Google account).
CloudOn provides the opportunity for
academics to increase our efficiency in feeding back to students, but also increases
the ease of access of providing feedback.
The CloudOn technology is enhancing
the learning process rather than hindering as making it;
- easier
- more accessible
- more intuitive
- more efficient
However again you are signing up
to a Cloud service, which is not designed for under 18 year old and currently
free. Like all Cloud services their
conditions subject to change, for example privacy policy.
