NATURE & PURPOSES

OF ONLINE PLATFORMS
& APPLICATIONS

PREPARED BY: RODEN E. SOLATORIO, MIT

 Online Platform
is a base of technologies designed to run within an online
environment and provides interactive online services. Online
platforms nowadays offer varied services which you can use
to develop your own ICT content. It includes Presentation or
Visualization, Clod Computing, Social Media, Web Page
Creation, File Management, and Mapping.
1. Presentation or
Visualization
This is an online platform that
allows you to present, and
share presentations,
infographics
and videos
with other
people.
SlideShare
Slideshare is a multipurpose web
working tool. It provides users
the tool to create visually
compelling presentations.
A platform that allows
users to share
their content.
2. Cloud Computing
This is a platform often referred to as “the
cloud”, instead of using your computer’s hard
drive or any
physical storage of files,
you can easily store and
access your data and
programs over
the Internet.
Google Drive
Google Drive is a cloud storage service
created by Google. It allows users to
backup files in the cloud, share
files with collaborators, and
access them anywhere. These
files can either be photos,
documents, spreadsheets,
and presentations.
 3. Social Media
This is a platform that allows users to share
ideas, photos, videos, or anything they want to
create
and share to virtual
communities.
 Facebook
Facebook is the most popular social media network sites
that allow users to create
profiles, upload photos and video, share
links, send messages and keep in
touch with friends, family
and colleagues.
4. Web Page Creation
This is an online platform that lets you build a web
page that includes colors, text, images, and often
contain links to
media such as video and audio.
It doesn’t require any web
programming skill as they
provide a drag and drop
interface and free
hosting as well.
 Wix
Wix is a web page creation tool that
lets you choose website template,
customize it the way you want
and publish it online instantly.
It provides drag n’ drop
website builder which
makes it fun and
hassle-free for
beginners.
 5. File Management
This allows you to convert and manage files like
images, video, documents, audio and more to other
formats without
downloading software tool.
 Zamzar
Zamzar is an online platform that allows registered users to store
and manage converted files. Users
can convert big files up to 1 GB. It supports
over 1200 different conversions such
As PDF to Word, PDF to Excel,
MP4 to MP3, FLV to MP4,
PNG to JPEG. It provides
100GB of online
file storage
 6. Mapping
This provides detailed information about geographical
regions and sites
around the world.
 Google Maps
Google Maps provides detailed information of regions
and sites around the world via
satellite images. It also has a new
feature called “street view” that
allows users to virtually see a
place in a first person view.
 NATURE & PURPOSES
OF ONLINE PLATFORMS
& APPLICATIONS

PPT BY: JEAN CYRUS P. NAPILA

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