Technologies for teaching, learning and research
Andy Voelker Availability: Labs | Built in to Windows Comparable: Grab Snipping Tool is a screenshooting utility included in Windows Vista, 7 and 8. It can take screenshots of an open window, rectangular areas, a free-form area, or the entire screen. Snips can then be annotated using a mouse or a tablet, stored as an image file (PNG, GIF, or JPEG file) or an MHTML file, or e-mailed. Snipping Tool allows for … Read more
Socrative is a live polling service that allows the administrator to build surveys, quizzes, and questionnaires that can be responded to by anyone with a computing device and the administrator’s ID. The poll can be displayed with live results for all the participants to digest. At the conclusion of the poll, the administrator is given a variety of methods to gather and evaluate the data. The software is web-based, and a free account is available.
Availability: Download Comparable: Google Slides, Prezi, Powerpoint, Sway Keynote is slide based presentation software designed by Apple, Inc for MacOS computers and iOS devices. Keynote offers a similar feature set as Microsoft PowerPoint, but it differs stylistically by using a different set of transitions, themes, fonts, animations, and backgrounds. Keynote is available for free with any computer running … Read more