Part three of our Special Summer Series on free hosting services.
Next up, a k-12 exclusive hosting service, SqoolTools. According to the site, “Sqool” is actually an acronym (not just a homophone) for “Supporting Quality Online Opportunities for Learning”.
The business offers additional edtech consulting services [http://sqooltechs.com/] and sites and several tiers of paid Moodle hosting above their free, basic plan. Check out their Youtube channel [http://www.youtube.com/user/sqooltechs] or even their hosted video site, http://sqooltube.com/. All in all they’ve created a resource-rich collection of educational tools and resources.
More information is available at http://www.sqooltools.com/
URL: http://www.sqooltools.com/
Description: 1 course at the basic level. Supported by edtech consultants with a resource-rich tool kit.
Ads?: yes (but minimal)
3rd party plug-ins: yes (audio recording only, other 3rd party modules with paid contract)
Mobile-enabled: no
Support: self serve is free, $10 per ticket for help desk
Business plan: Freemium model
Limits: yes, must be k12
Basic Plan: 1 course, 30 students, 250MB