We’re thrilled to announce the launch of ToonDooSpaces, an exclusive ToonDoo product which enables the use of ToonDoo in private environments where security and content moderation may be prime concerns.

ToonDooSpaces combines the creative and social features from ToonDoo with enhanced safety, security and monitoring features.

Ever since its launch in March 2007, ToonDoo has been creatively used in the classrooms of educators from all over the world.

ToonDooSpaces is an effort to further facilitate the safe, creative and fun use of ToonDoo in classroom environments.

A ToonDooSpace is actually an independent ownership-based domain space at ToonDoo and has a unique address such as www.yourname.toondoospaces.com

Members of a ToonDooSpace can enjoy all the creative and social features available at ToonDoo while administrators can enjoy the following additional features:

• Safety! Security! Privacy! No outsiders or outside content is allowed.Users can only view toons created by other users or administrators. All content and activity can be monitored by administrators.

• Ease of management and administration! Designated administrators can monitor and manage all aspects of their ToonDooSpace with just a few clicks. This includes creating multiple users in one go (no email addresses required), blocking inappropriate content, hiding inappropriate clipart, featuring selected toons, snd monitoring user activity.
• Customizable Homepage! An easy-to-use administrative interface lets administrators customize how their homepage will look to visitors.
• Special 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.)

We believe that ToonDooSpaces for schools will be…

• A true translation of ‘Who says learning can’t be fun?’
• A unique out-of-the-box approach to learning
• An engaging and fun-filled way for students to learn new concepts, skills or languages
• A powerful storytelling tool for students to express their creativity and flow of thought
• A productive deviation from the traditional approach to learning and teaching
• An effective medium to encourage collaboration between students
• An interesting method for educators to evaluate student learning
• An instrument to identify and encourage career oriented talent within individual students
• A powerful social network within school

And you don’t have to take our word for it!

Read what beta-test educator Kevin Dogtrax had to say about his ToonDooSpaces experience:

“All spring, my sixth graders (11 and 12 year olds) were fully engaged in the use of our ToonDooSpaces site. They would walk in the door and immediately ask: Are we going to makecomics today, Mr. H? And they give a little shout of “Yeah!” with a fist pump when I say “yes”I think ToonDooSpaces and others are on the right track. Comics seem to be a natural platform for all levels of writers. My advanced students move into complicated stories and poems while my struggling writers are interested in the art-writing element of comics. It really reaches across different levels.”

Read Kevin’s full review of ToonDooSpaces.

ToonDooSpaces are currently available to all for a FREE 15 day trial period. Grab your free trial ToonDooSpace at www.toondoospaces.com/trybeforeyoubuy.

You can also purchase the license for your own ToonDooSpace at affordable prices starting at $ 0.10 per user per month. For more information on pricing plans and license fee, see our pricing page at http://www.toondoospaces.com/pricing.

To learn more about ToonDooSpaces visit www.toondoospaces.com or view our downloadable brochure.

See you at ToonDooSpaces!

Meera

ToonDudette from www.toondoo.com

It’s truly here at ToonDoo!

Because now you can do much more than you could with speech bubbles!

You can define and customize the shape, size, curvature and color of your speech bubbles.

And that’s not all, you can also add a shadowy touch to your bubbles!

Watch these two cool dudes as they have fun with the new found freedom…

To start using the new freedom of speech, simply select the first text bubble ‘Pro’ category from the Texts gallery.

Have fun speaking freely with ToonDoo!

Meera

ToonDudette from www.jambav.com

Hi Dudes and Dudettes,

Remember the watch feature? The one that lets you ‘watch’ your favorite dooers toons as and when they publish them?

We’ve now launched FellowFollow, a new complementary feature that makes watching even easier.

While the watch feature allows you to watch these toons by adding the watch feed to your feedreader, (learn how) the FellowFollow space enables viewing of watched dooer toons directly within ToonDoo.

The toon below explains how FellowFollow can be accessed…

Have fun following with FellowFollow!
Meera
ToonDudette from www.jambav.com

Hi Dudes and Dudettes,

On ToonDoo’s second anniversary, we had launched the bubble bauble, a space where you can read about activity related to your toons.

Now, we’ve made it easier for you to check new activity through a blinking numeric link on the top right. This link will tell you the number of new messages / activity alerts in your bauble space and clicking it will take you there so that you can read the details.

This is ideal especially for those of you who don’t have access to email. Now you won’t miss out on what’s happening to your toons!

Have fun reading the alerts!
Meera
ToonDudette from www.jambav.com

Hi Dudes and Dudettes,

Our latest addition to the ToonDoo creator is not a new feature but an added functionality to an older feature.

You can now use the color button in the bottom toolbar to create a silhouette version of any character or prop at ToonDoo!

This opens up a whole new dimension and many interesting possibilities that you can explore while you create.

Have fun exploring and creating!
Meera
ToonDudette from www.jambav.com