“ToonDoo is enjoying the kind of rapid growth that Zoho was experiencing
last year as it soared to one million users,” said Rajendran Dandapani,
director of engineering at ZOHO Corp. “Teachers have been using ToonDoo
cartoons to make their point in the classroom, and now with ToonDooSpaces,
they can use the creative features of ToonDoo with the added benefits of
security, privacy, and content moderation.”
A free 15-day, risk-free trial of ToonDooSpaces is available at
http://www.toondoospaces.com/#trynow .
Introducing ToonDooSpaces
ToonDooSpaces lets users create a private, virtual ToonDoo space for
their educational institutions, business organizations, communities or
groups. Members of a ToonDooSpace visit their unique address—e.g., http://yourname.toondoospaces.com—where
they can publish, share and discuss their comic strips with other group
members in a secure and safe environment.
Key features of ToonDooSpaces include:
- Privacy and security. No outsiders or outside content is allowed.
Students can only view toons created by other students or educators. All
content and activity can be monitored by administrators.
- Easy to manage
and administer. With just a few clicks, designated administrators can
monitor and manage all aspects of their ToonDooSpace, including creating
multiple users simultaneously (no email addresses required), blocking
inappropriate content, hiding inappropriate clipart, featuring selected
toons and monitoring user activity.
- Customizable homepage. The easy-to-use
administrative interface lets users customize how their homepage will look
to visitors.
- Educational clipart. Characters, props and backgrounds
specially created from an educational point of view are already available.
Students and educators can also upload their own clipart to a special
gallery, subject to administrator review and approval.
“I love the ease of use of ToonDooSpaces,” said Kevin Hodgson, an
educator and ToonDooSpaces beta tester from Leeds, Massachusetts. “It really
is quite simple to use, both as a user and as an administrator. I had my
site up and running in no time at all, added 75 student users in the time it
took me to type their names and we were ready to go. Simplicity is
beautiful.”
Building on ToonDoo
ToonDooSpaces builds on ToonDoo, the online comic strip creator that lets
users create and share their own comic strips with just a few clicks, drags
and drops. ToonDoo also lets users publish, share, discuss, recommend,
bookmark and embed their cartoons anywhere on the Internet, and in any
language thanks to ToonDoo’s multi-language support.
ToonDoo features over 8,000 customizable, in-built props, characters and
backgrounds as well as seven different layout options for cartoons. The
ToonBook feature lets users create longer comic stories, and the ReDoo
feature lets users collaborate with other users. Additional ToonDoo features
include:
- ImagineR – A toolkit that lets users upload their own images or import
images from anywhere on the web. Imported images can be edited for fun.
- DoodleR – An artist’s palette that lets users draw on their toons, enabling
them to combine drawing with other in-built clipart.
- TraitR – A people
modeler that lets users create their own characters from scratch, e.g.,
comic avatars, friends or family members.
- SocialR – A social wrapper that
lets users express their views about others toons by cheering, adding to
their favorites or commenting on them. Users can also flag inappropriate
content for editor review.
Availability and Pricing
ToonDooSpaces is available now. Subscription pricing ranges from $0.10 to
$0.27 per user per month, depending on the number of months and number of
users covered by the subscription. More details are available at
http://www.toondoospaces.com/pricing .
For more information on ZOHO Corp., please visit
www.zohocorp.com .
About ZOHO Corp.
ZOHO Corp. is a privately-held and profitable company. With headquarters
in Pleasanton, CA and offices in Austin, New Jersey, London, Tokyo and
Beijing, ZOHO Corp. serves the technology needs of more than 40,000
customers worldwide. For more information about ZOHO Corp., please visit
http://www.zohocorp.com/
