Grade Keeper: Diagram.ly easy diagrams’ creation tool in education

Sunday, March 13, 2011

Diagram.ly easy diagrams’ creation tool in education

Diagram.ly is a free product of Jgraph , a company devoted to developing graph visualization software and web services. Diagram.ly is a very handy and useful tool for creating diagrams using clip arts and pre drawn shapes .

Some features of Diagram.ly

There are many features that make out of Diagram.ly a very good tool to be used in the classroom with our students .

It is completely free
it is simple to use
it has a user- friendly interface
It does not need any registration
Diagrams can be saved to your local computer in your choice of four formats (xml, png, jpg, or svg).

How can i get started using Diagram.ly in education?

I have collected some screen shots from Diagram.ly main page and i will walk you through a step by step tutorial on how to use the different functionalities of this web2.0 tool
First Log on to Diagram.ly main page and follow these 5 steps :
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Applications of Diagram.ly in education

Diagram.ly is one of the important tools that educators should be using with their students . Introduce it to them and cue them with clear instructions on how to use its different features then can use it to :