http://layers.com/
http://gallery.me.com/cathy_palmer/100023
I found this great online communications tool thanks to Van Manson II who posted about it in his blog here. Layers.com allows you to add another set of information overlaid on top of any web page. This allows additional instructions/directions and navigation assistance to be included in the setting of the original page. Similar to Diigo to be reviewed later, this process allows your markup to be persistent any time you revisit the page without interfering with the original content. of the source site.
As Van describes:
This gives your audience the ability to see what it is you what them to view of the website and they do not have to go back and forth between an email and the link that you have sent them to view. (Manson)
What a great way to provide integrated instructions in context!
Because this system provides overlays to existing content, it can be almost universally relevant and applicable for any topic in any setting that would benefit from additional guidance or comments. There are no permissions needed from the source site and the intellectual property of the original site is protected, within the limitations of the layers.com usage agreement. In a teaching setting, this can be used to provide a detailed step-by-step process with sequential steps outlined in a overlaid layer. In my own training I can use layers.com to guide students through any onscreen login and eval process more easily.
Because this system provides overlays to existing content, it can be almost universally relevant and applicable for any topic in any setting that would benefit from additional guidance or comments. There are no permissions needed from the source site and the intellectual property of the original site is protected, within the limitations of the layers.com usage agreement. In a teaching setting, this can be used to provide a detailed step-by-step process with sequential steps outlined in a overlaid layer. In my own training I can use layers.com to guide students through any onscreen login and eval process more easily.
References:
Manson, V. (2009, November 5). BP12_2009112_CommentOnLayers. vmansontechblog. Retrieved from http://vmansontechblog.blogspot.com/2009/11/bp122009112commentonlayers.html
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