Technologies for teaching, learning and research
Software that facilitates conferencing, video conferencing, telephony, textual chat, transfer of files, or remote access and software that allows participants to chat via a combination of VoIP, webcam video, and textual modes. Virtual Meeting software often includes capabilities to share screens or applications, file transfer, and record sessions.
Availability: Free Download Comparable: Skype, Saba Meeting, WebEx Google Hangouts is an application that allows real-time chat, voice, and video communications between users of Google accounts. While Hangouts is not yet part of the UNCC google apps package (coming in July 2015), you may run across it due to its popularity. Hangouts is free, a part … Read more
Availability: Free Web Application Comparable: Piazza is a Q&A web service. It can be described as “mixture between a wiki and a forum” that can be used with learning management systems. Instructors can create a free virtual class and send out access codes to students. Students and the instructor can then create posts with questions. Everyone can … Read more
Availability: Labs | Download Comparable: (functions are built in to the terminals of MacOS and Linux operating systems) PuTTY is a free and open-source SSH telnet client and emulator network file transfer application. It allows users to remotely connect to Unix and other terminal systems via a secure channel. It’s developed for Windows devices.