Q: Do you know if any digitizing approach is available for group projects? In my class groups of students are assigned to build a repository of primary sources and then exhibit their collection.

A: The web publishing platform, Omeka, would work for creating narratives around digital collections. Read about the teaching with Omeka experiences here and here.

Q: In my class about student's success I'd like to use My Map tool in Google Maps. How do I create personalized, annotated, customized map?

A: Follow this tutorial : How to create a "My Map" in Google Maps   

Q: I want to learn Analytics to build my online courses in the most effective way. Where to start?

A: this Mindmap will help you to see a big picture and all resources available: http://www.mindomo.com/mindmap/learning-analytics-62e500f49d144638b444cc5f26275e0e

Q: I'd like to use some tools to engage students in analysis of data. What is out there?

A: Lucky you! - Hans Rosling helps to see a joy of statistics (literally) with Gapminder software. It is available for download for free: http://www.gapminder.org/world-offline/
Enjoy!

Q: How I can visualize data? I want to show US Crude Oil Imports By Source, 2011 as a map.

A: Google>>Fusion Maps is a good place to experiment. Here is what I found on

US Crude Oil Imports By Source, 2011:

https://www.google.com/fusiontables/DataSource?docid=16OLwvCqQoplrHkiUb1CmOz3S90mJszD2FQtEZHc

Choose Visualize>>Intensity Map. Pretty cool, ah?