Technologies for teaching, learning and research
Andy Voelker Availability: Labs | Download (only needed for Windows) Comparable: Quicktime Player is an extensible multimedia framework developed by Apple Inc., capable of handling various formats of digital video, picture, sound, panoramic images, and interactivity. The basic player is built in to all versions of MacOS and is available for download for Windows. The player can be used to play a wide variety of audio, … Read more
Availability: Mac Labs | Built in to Mac OS Comparable: Snipping Tool Grab is an application created by Apple Inc. for Mac OS X that is used to take screenshots. It supports capturing a marquee selection, whole window, whole screen, and timed screen. This application is pre-installed on all recent Macintosh systems. It can be found using the Spotlight function (keyboard shortcut: CMD SPACE) … Read more
Availability: Free web application Comparable: Sway Prezi is a cloud-based presentation software and storytelling tool for presenting ideas on a virtual canvas. The product employs a zooming user interface (ZUI), which allows users to zoom in and out of their presentation media, and allows users to display and navigate through information within a 2.5D or parallax 3D space on the Z-axis. The idea behind Prezi is a paradigm shift from … Read more