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Tools and Resources provides links that will
expand your Blackboard capabilities. Here
are the categories and items found within
them.
Online Blackboard Manuals
CMC Virtual Library
Plug-Ins
Software Sites
HTML Cheat Sheets
| The
CMC Virtual Library collection provides
Students with an easy acces to supplementary
and required readings and provides Faculty
with extensive journal articles and books
that can be used for your class. Visit
the CMC
Virtual Library for more information. |
| www.adobe.com/downloads |
| The free Adobe Reader 8 enables you to
securely view, print, search, sign and
verify the authenticity of PDF files. With
Reader 8, you can easily collaborate on
a document with the new "Start Meeting" conferencing
button. |
http://audacity.sourceforge.net
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Audacity is free, open source software
for recording and editing sounds. It
is available for Mac OS X, Microsoft
Windows, GNU/Linux, and other operating
systems. You can use Audacity to:
- Record live audio.
- Convert tapes and records into digital
recordings or CDs.
- Edit Ogg Vorbis, MP3, and WAV sound
files.
- Cut, copy, splice, and mix sounds
together.
- Change the speed or pitch of a recording.
- And more! See the complete
list of features.
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free.grisoft.com
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| AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition and AVG Anti-Spyware
Free are free anti-virus and anti-spyware
protection tools developed by GRISOFT for
home use. |
| www.adobe.com/shockwave/download/triggerpages_mmcom/flash.htm |
| This capability is typically already
installed in newer Internet browsers such
as Internet Explorer. Installed on over
700 million Internet-connected desktops
and mobile devices, Flash® Player enables
organizations and individuals to build
and deliver great digital experiences to
their end users. |
www.impatica.com/evaluation/request-imp4ppt.html
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We have a CMC License for Impatica.
Contact the HelpDesk at 970-947-8438
to request information on how to access
a licensed copy of the software.
Impatica for PowerPoint makes it easy
to add narrated business presentations
to your web site or e-mail marketing
programs. Now you can deliver fully narrated
and animated PowerPoint presentations
to essentially any Internet device without
plug-ins and even at normal modem speeds.
Impatica for PowerPoint simply converts
the PowerPoint file into a compressed
format that is optimized for streaming
over the Internet. The Impatica file
is typically 95% smaller than the PowerPoint
HTML files.
Impatica for PowerPoint supports most
of the features of PowerPoint, including
text, graphics, transitions, animation
effects and, of course, narration. See
our User's Guide for additional details.
It compresses and packages its own player
so that a person can view a PowerPoint
prsentation with minimal download time
and they don't have to own PowerPoint
or have it installed on their computer
to view the files. |
| www.java.com/en/download |
| Java software allows you to run applications
called "applets" that are written
in the Java programming language. These
applets allow you to play online games,
chat with people around the world, calculate
your mortgage interest, and view images
in 3D. Corporations also use applets for
intranet applications and e-business solutions. |
www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=95E24C87-8732-48D5-8689-AB826E7B8FDF&displaylang=en
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Word Viewer 2003 lets you open Word
2003 documents and documents created
with all previous versions of Microsoft
Word for Windows® and Microsoft Word
for Macintosh. In addition to Word document
files (.doc), you can also open files
saved in the following formats:
- Rich Text Format (.rtf)
- Text (.txt)
- Web Page formats (.htm, .html, .mht,
.mhtml)
- WordPerfect 5.x (.wpd)
- WordPerfect 6.x (.doc, .wpd)
- Works 6.0 (.wps)
- Works 7.0 (.wps)
- XML (.xml)
With Word Viewer 2003, you can view,
print, and copy document contents to
another program. However, you cannot
edit an open document, save a document,
or create a new document. This download
is a replacement for Word 97 Viewer and
all previous Word Viewer versions.
To install this download:
| 1. |
Download the file and
follow the instructions in the dialog
boxes, paying attention to the directory
in which you save the file. |
| 2. |
Double click the wd97vwr32.exe
program file on your hard drive to
start the setup program. Word Viewer
97 Setup will prompt you for a folder
in which to install Word Viewer.
The default folder location for Word
Viewer is :\Program Files\WordView
on a Windows 95/98 system (:\WordView
on Windows NT 3.51). |
| 3. |
Click "Install" to install
Word Viewer 97/2000. |
| 4. |
Choosing "Open with Viewer" means
that Word Viewer will be used by
default to open Word files. |
For more information see "Installation and Maintenance" in the
Word Viewer 97 Readme.doc installed with the viewer. |
To use MS Word Reader:
| 1. |
Go to the folder where
you installed the WordViewer and
double-click on WordView.exe. |
| 2. |
The program will prompt you for
a Word document to load. Or, double
click on the .doc file(Word file)
and ask your system to associate
this type of file with the WordView.exe
viewer. |
To uninstall MS Word Reader:
| 1. |
On the Start menu,
select Settings/Control Panel. |
| 2. |
Double click Add/Remove Programs. |
| 3. |
In the list of currently installed
programs, select Microsoft Word Viewer
97. |
| 4. |
Click "Remove" or "Add/Remove." |
| 5. |
If a dialog box appears, follow
the instructions to remove the program. |
| 6. |
When it asks you if you are sure
you want to remove the application,
click Yes. |
| 7. |
When it finishes removing the program,
click OK on the confirmation dialog
box. |
The Microsoft Product Support web site
should be used to answer any questions
you might have if you are experiencing
problems with this download. |
www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=048DC840-14E1-467D-8DCA-19D2A8FD7485&displaylang=en
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Microsoft Office PowerPoint Viewer
2007 lets you view full-featured presentations
created in PowerPoint 97 and later versions. This
viewer also supports opening password-protected
Microsoft PowerPoint presentations. You
can view and print presentations, but
you cannot edit them in the PowerPoint
Viewer 2007.
To install this download:
| 1. |
Download the file and
follow the instructions in the dialog
boxes, paying attention to the directory
in which you save the file. |
| 2. |
Double click the PowerPointViewer.exe
program file on your hard drive to
start
the setup program. |
| 3. |
Follow the instructions on the
screen to complete the installation. |
To use PowerPoint Viewer:
| 1. |
To open a PowerPoint
presentation, double click the presentation
file. The presentation will start. |
| 2. |
To remove the downloaded file itself,
delete the file PPView97.exe from
the directory where you originally
saved it. |
To uninstall PowerPoint Viewer:
| 1. |
On the Start menu,
select Settings/Control Panel. |
| 2. |
Double click Add/Remove Programs. |
| 3. |
In the list of currently installed
programs, select Microsoft PowerPoint
Viewer 2007. |
| 4. |
Click "Remove" or "Add/Remove." |
| 5. |
If a dialog box appears, follow
the instructions to remove the program. |
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When it asks you if you are sure
you want to remove the application,
click Yes. |
| 7. |
When it finishes removing the program,
click OK on the confirmation dialog
box. |
The Microsoft Product Support web site
should be used to answer any questions
you might have if you are experiencing
problems with this download. |
| http://www.openoffice.org |
| OpenOffice.org is both a fully-featured
office suite compatible with leading
office products. It is multiplatform
and multilingual. It is a free alternative
to Microsoft Office suite and seems to
work better than MS Works. |
| http://www.primopdf.com/primopdf_free_idx.aspx |
| PrimoPDF is a free tool for high-quality
PDF creation, comprising a user-friendly
interface that enables printing to PDF
from virtually any Windows application.
Remember, when creating a PDF file, it
is referred to as "printing" but creates
a "PDF" file. |
| www.apple.com/quicktime/download |
| QuickTime Player requires no set up
for content that streams over the network.
Instead, QuickTime Player automatically
determines your system’s connection
speed and chooses the highest quality
stream for the amount of bandwidth you
have available. And if you ever lose
a connection while watching streaming
video, QuickTime Player automatically
reconnects. You also have the option
of using the Player’s new audio
playback controls. With them, you can
easily adjust volume, balance, bass
or treble response till your heart’s
content. |
www.real.com/realplayer.html
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RealPlayer lets you to:
- Play every major media format
- Control video streams using LivePause
and Perfect Play
- Transfer music to over 100 portable
devices
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www.respondus.com
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Respondus is a powerful tool for
creating and managing exams that can
be printed to paper or published directly
to Blackboard. Exams can be created
offline using a familiar Windows environment,
or moved from one eLearning system
to another. This software is not currently
functional with MACs.
We do not have a site license for
this software. However, if you would
like to see how Respondus works, we
offer the following:
- We will convert the first 2 or
3 tests for you. Contact Daryl Yarrow
at 970-947-8336 for more information.
- If you like the results, we suggest
you try the trial version by downloading
it at www.respondus.com/download/respondus.shtml.
- If you like its capabilities,
request your department to authorize
you to purchase your own version.
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| timeline.cer.jhu.edu |
| This tool allows individuals without
multimedia development skills to create
an interactive timeline for teaching
or presentation purposes that can be
published on the World Wide Web or displayed
directly from a computer. The interface
can display up to six simultaneous timelines
to compare and contrast various "events" with
descriptive text and digital images. |
| http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/Search.aspx?displaylang=en |
| Think of the Download Center as a
portal to the many Microsoft sites that
offer you free downloads. We make it
easy for you to find a download, then
send you to the site where more download
information is stored. Office Update
offers downloads for the Office family
of products; Windows Update for the
Windows family. |
| http://www.tucows.com/ |
| Plug-ins are software programs that
extend the capabilities of Web Browsers
in a specific way - giving you, for
example, the ability to play audio samples
or view video movies from within the
Browser. Tucows provides access to software
that is fast, easy, and "virus
free" since 1993. |
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