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Design software focuses on the digital creation or re-creation of a thing or idea. Types of design range from print media, web site, computational, 3-dimensional, structural, simulation, and more. Simulation and modeling software is closely related and sometimes integrated with design software.

Visualization software includes applications that help visualize concepts, ideas, or scenarios. This includes diagramming, geographical visualization, molecular and structure visualization, graphical data representations, and some animation.

Also included in this category are applications used in presentations. This includes not only Powerpoint and powerpoint style presentations, but live polling software, presentation capture software, and web presentations as well. As well, applications used to create, edit, convert, or touch up digital images. Software ranges from photo editing, photo cataloging, graphic design, and diagramming. Finally there are applications used to edit web pages including code editors, What-You-See-Is-What-You-Get (WYSIWYG) editors, and Content Management (CMS) systems that organize and manage web pages on a server.

Prezi

August 19, 2014 by Andy Voelker
Categories: Design & Visualization

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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 traditional slide based presentation software.  When building a presentation users lay out content on a seemingly infinitely scalable plane.  Rather than moving between slides, the presentation “zooms” between pieces of content.  Content can be twisted and turned so the “camera” (viewer’s perspective) twists and turns while animating between content.  Check out this video for a quick demonstration.

Prezi can be a powerful an effective tool for a variety of reasons.

  1. First, Prezi displays your information in a monumentally different way than traditional slide based software.  Depending on your audience the divergence from traditional slides may make your presentation more interesting and engaging.
  2. Second, while slide based mediums display a sequential and linear sequence, Prezi provides more flexibility to display logical groups and relationships.  By strategically positioning content and frames you can visually promote stronger connections to the links between the content.
  3. Third, all presentations are hosted and stored in your account which means they can be retrieved anywhere with an internet connection.  That means your presentation will never be lost on a flash drive, deleted on a dying computer, or subject to other forms of catastrophic failure.  You also don’t have to bring your own computer to a presentation, just log on to your Prezi account on the computer hooked to the projector (be sure to log off when you are done).
  4. Fourth, you can collaborate with others to build your presentation online, simultaneously making edits and filling in content.  This feature makes building a joint presentation easy and prevents mix-ups on versions.
  5. Finally, Prezi presentations can be shared across the web by setting the presentation to be public and sharing the url.  Because the actual file isn’t sent, you can update and modify the presentation even after sending it to others without having to resend it.

To register a free account, go to www.prezi.com.  Be sure to use your .edu email address to access a broader feature set.  For an 8 minute tour of how to use the interface and start building, watch this video.

Tags: cloud

Rsoft Optical Design

December 19, 2013 by clas-web
Categories: Design & VisualizationMath & Programming

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Availability: Labs
Comparable: 

Rsoft Optical Design allows users to design and simulate current and next generation optical communication systems at the signal propagation, network architecture, and packet level.

Tags: trm

Screencast-O-Matic

November 20, 2014 by Andy Voelker
Categories: Design & VisualizationMultimedia

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Availability: Free web application
Comparable: Camtasia Studio, Expression Encoder, ScreenFlow, BB FlashBack Pro

Screencast-O-Matic is a web application that allows a user to make simple, quick recordings of their computer’s screen without installing software.  Users can narrate the video using a microphone or use a webcam to narrate while showing a video of the host.  The software allows highlighting a particular portion of the screen or capturing the entire screen.  The software then allows you to either download the resulting video or upload it to YouTube.

Screencast-O-Matic is available for free for Mac (10.6 or higher) and Windows, and a Pro license introduces additional features.  Free users can take up to a 15 minute video.

Screencast-O-Matic’s power is in its simplicity and portability.  It can be really useful when using an unfamiliar computer such as one in a podium of a classroom or lecture hall.

You can access Screencast-O-Matic at www.screencast-o-matic.com.

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