Lesson 10: Online Creation Tools,

Platforms, and
Applications for ICT Content
Development
 Directions: Below are online platforms available on the internet. Let us see
how familiar you are with these platforms by answering the questions that
follow.
 ONLINE CREATION TOOLS AND
APPLICATIONS

Online creation tools and applications have

a blurry distinction in the definition.
An application is usually understood to be a
larger, more complex piece of software,
whereas a tool typically is designed for a
specific use case.
ONLINE CREATION TOOLS AND
APPLICATIONS

But one thing is for sure, both online creation tools

and applications are computer programs that utilize
web browsers and web technology to perform tasks
over the internet.
 EXISTING ONLINE CREATION TOOLS
AND APPLICATIONS FOR SPECIFIC
PURPOSES

Audio and Visual Content Creation Tools and Applications

 A. Audio: These tools and applications allow users to create, edit, trim, remix,
and publish kinds of music and sounds.
B. Infographics: These tools and applications give users the chance
to create a creative and stunning infographic.
Video: These tools and applications allow users to
edit and create videos online.
D. Presentations: These tools and applications let the users utilize
images, videos, and graphics on their presentations to get into the minds
of their target audience.
E. Memes: The Internet is full of colorful images and videos because love them
and sharing them. Memes get copied and spread rapidly. These applications and
tools make meme creation easier.

Rage Comic Generator

Online Offices

 These applications and tools are word processors, spreadsheets, slides,

and survey forms that work in cyberspace.
Content Management System (CMS)

CMS is an application that allows the user to publish,

edit, manipulate, organize, and delete web content.
Most webpage creation platforms are using CMS to
develop ICT content for a specific purpose.
ONLINE PLATFORMS

 There are some online applications and

tools that are integrated within one place.
 For example, Facebook messenger is a
communication tool provided by Facebook
that makes calling and texting services
possible for its users.
ONLINE PLATFORMS

 Facebook is an example of an online

platform. Therefore, we can say that
online platforms combine all tools into
one place and system for efficient
processes and faster accomplishment of
different tasks.
 Online applications and tools are different
from online platforms in the sense that
they only get one part of the job.
ONLINE PLATFORMS

Online platforms can also be defined as digital

services that enable collaboration between two or
more different but interdependent groups of users who
interact through the internet.
EXISTING ONLINE PLATFORMS

Online platforms are categorized according to the services

they provide.
Currently, the categories of online platforms are listed below
but not limited to, the following:
A. Presentation/ Visualization:

These are online platforms that let you showcase and share
presentations, infographics, and videos with other people.
 B. Cloud Computing

 This type of platform allows you to upload, download, organize, and store files
on the online storage, which is called cloud instead of using offline storage like a
computer desktop.
 Here, users can share and even collaborate files with other users.
 C. Social Media

 These are interactive online technologies that enable the creation or sharing of
information, ideas, career interests, and other forms of expression through
virtual communities and networks.
D. Mapping

This online platform provides detailed information about

geographical regions and sites around the world. It allows
the embedding of maps into proprietary sites.
E. File Management

 This online platform allows you to convert and manage files like
images, videos, documents, audio, and more to other formats without
downloading a software tool.
F. Web Page Creation

It is an online platform that lets you build a web page that
includes colors, texts, images, and often contains links to
media such as video and audio.
WHICH ONLINE PLATFORMS AND
APPLICATIONS WILL YOU CHOOSE?

Always remember that there is no existing superior online

platforms and applications. Its productivity and efficiency
are dependent on the purpose as well as the knowledge and
skills of the users.
To help you decide which online platforms and applications are
suited for you, you should consider the following:
a. Address Specific Purpose: In choosing online platforms
and applications, make sure that they have features that are
fitted to your needs. They should help you create content that
you wanted to develop.
b. Easy to Use: Good platforms and applications must have a
friendly interface. It means that you can easily understand,
manipulate and use its different features.
 c. Collaborative Features: As much as possible, choose platforms and
applications that promote collaboration. Aside from the fact that collaboration
makes tasks easier and faster to accomplish, better content will be developed
if it is thought and worked on by more than one brain.
 d. Browser Support: You need to ensure that a variety of browsers supports
your chosen online platforms and applications.
e. Content Security: Any platforms or applications must guarantee
the security of users’ data—for instance, features of content privacy
or the ability to delete content.
Directions: Identify the type of online platform that should
be used in each situation below. Choose your answer
from the box. (Note: Some items may have multiple
answers)
1. Larry wants to sell ➢ Presentation/
Visualization
his product to a greater
➢ Cloud Computing
number of customers. ➢ Web Page Creation
2. Heidi wants to ➢ Social Media
organize a grand ➢ File Management
➢ Mapping
reunion for her former
classmates.
Directions: Identify the type of online platform that should
be used in each situation below. Choose your answer
from the box. (Note: Some items may have multiple
answers)
3. Lui has a PDF file,
and he wants to ➢ Presentation/
Visualization
convert it into word ➢ Cloud Computing
document ➢ Web Page Creation
format. ➢ Social Media
4. April will be ➢ File Management
➢ Mapping
discussing her slide
presentation about
Directions: Identify the type of online platform that should
be used in each situation below. Choose your answer
from the box. (Note: Some items may have multiple
answers)
5. Teacher Jane is
instructed to create a ➢ Presentation/
Visualization
school locator map that ➢ Cloud Computing
will be ➢ Web Page Creation
posted online. ➢ Social Media
6. Terry wants to ➢ File Management
➢ Mapping
campaign her advocacy
about gender equality
Directions: Identify the type of online platform that should
be used in each situation below. Choose your answer
from the box. (Note: Some items may have multiple
answers)
7. Corazon wants to share her
memorable Boracay travel ➢ Presentation/
experience to her followers. Visualization
8. John wants to inform people ➢ Cloud Computing
➢ Web Page Creation
about the location of his newly
➢ Social Media
built restaurant. ➢ File Management
➢ Mapping
Directions: Identify the type of online platform that should
be used in each situation below. Choose your answer
from the box. (Note: Some items may have multiple
answers)
9. Cristy wants to create an
infographic that discusses safety ➢ Presentation/
measures Visualization
during an earthquake. ➢ Cloud Computing
10. Andrei has a load of files on his ➢ Web Page Creation
desktop and wants to organize them ➢ Social Media
in folders and save them online. ➢ File Management
➢ Mapping
1. Social Media/Web Page Creation
2. Social Media
3. File management
4. Presentation/Visualization
5. Mapping
6. Web Page Creation
7. Social Media
8. Mapping
9. Presentation/Visualization
10. Cloud computing
TRACK YOUR FIELD
A. Directions: Copy and answer the diagram on a separate sheet of paper.
B. Directions: Read and answer the questions below
in a separate sheet of paper.

1. Why did you choose those platforms, tools, and applications?

2. How would these platforms, tools, and applications help you in
your future career?