Online Free Tools for Teachers and Students to Hold Virtual Classes During COVID

Abstract

This paper presented the effectiveness of using several online software in virtual classes during a single semester instead of using one software or traditional learning. The main purpose of applying several online software is to enhance the quality of engaging the online class and make students more interested in attending the class regularly. Moreover, assist the quality of the used learning and reaching software such as Nearpod, Mentimeter, H5P, and Wooclap for enhancing the learnability environment and greatly improve in understanding. The information used was obtained through the actual online software application during the semester, whether in the pre-class, during the class, or in the post-class. Moreover, the teacher interviews with students at the end of each class helped in developing and identifying the tool style that students prefer and would increase students' enthusiasm for learning. The results indicated that the use of the different online software tools had a greater impact on student's performance and participation than using a single software program or using traditional methods.  This method contributed to increasing students' effectiveness and enthusiasm for learning in the pre-class, in-class, and post-class. The rate of student participation using modern methods was 96%, while it reached 70% using one software tool. However, one of the main disadvantages of using online teaching and learning tools is that the free accounts have limited storage that can only be expanded through an upgrade.