Software

These software applications have supporting documents and other resources available in this wiki.

**ARTstor Image Library** || **ARTstor** is an image library, with pieces from major museums and private collections from around the world. It contains millions of images, with data that can be translated into over 80 languages. Collections include maps, costumes, photos, illustrations, paintings, sculpture, and are also sorted for quickly viewing by nation. Each user is allowed to download up to 2,000 images in a 120 day period, for noncommercial and scholarly use, with restricted access. || **Google Drive** || **@Google Drive** offers us Google Docs. Google Docs has many features of a traditional word processor to create, share, and collaborate with others on documents. All HCC students, faculty, and staff have 30GB of free file storage space on Google Drive, in the cloud, because the college is participating in Google Apps for Education. You can create, edit, upload, store and share documents, pictures, presentations, PDF’s, drawings, audio recordings, videos, spreadsheets, and more, and access it from anywhere, on any type of web-enabled device. Google Drive has many free, built-in tools to create different types of documents.
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 * Adobe** **Connect** || **Adobe Connect** is a web conferencing platform that can handle up to 100 participants. Adobe Connect can be used to host virtual meetings, and contains features like webcams, audio, screen sharing and chat. Use Adobe Connect to host online office hours, virtual classes, or to invite guest speakers to lecture during your face-to-face classes! ||
 * [[image:artstor_logo.jpg width="76" height="86" link="Artstor"]]
 * = [[image:hccfacultysupport/audacity_logo1.png width="92" height="90" link="hccfacultysupport/Audacity"]]
 * Audacity** || **Audacity** is a free audio editor and voice recorder application. This free tool can be used to record or edit your own tracks for narrations, music, recorded lectures, podcasts, etc. Click the link to view our resources on Audacity. ||
 * = [[image:citethisforme_logo.png width="94" height="94" link="Cite This For Me"]]
 * Cite This For Me** || **Cite This For Me** is an online tool designed to **create your bibliography or reference list in APA or MLA styles**. ||
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 * Clickers (Turning Point)** || **Clickers (Turning Point v5.2.1)** Know what your students know... Create and run polling slides with PowerPoint and student response devices. Click on the link to go to the page that contains all documentation and resources related to the use of Clickers in the classroom. ||
 * = [[image:diigo_logo.png width="131" height="100" link="hccfacultysupport/Diigo"]]
 * Diigo** || **Diigo** is a free bookmarking website that allows users to **bookmark and tag web-pages** (assign your own key words to resources online), and then **access your bookmarks from any device that has Internet access**. Your tags will help you sort, organize, and locate resources that you have found. You can also highlight any part of a webpage as you bookmark it and later see the portion you have highlighted, or attach a sticky note, with your own notes, to a resource. ||
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See the **Store, Organize, and Locate Your Files**  Document, or the **Create and Share Document**  to get started! || **Jamendo- Creative Commons Licensed Music** || **Jamendo** provides a vast assortment of music that is free, and legal, to download and share, as long as their music is not altered or used for commercial purposes. Music can be listened to, or downloaded, without creating an account. || **Microsoft Office 2013** || **Microsoft Office 2013 ** ** Howard Community College will be transitioning all instructional computers to Microsoft Office 2013 during the spring Semester 2015. Faculty offices will also be transitioned along with their corresponding classrooms. This page provides links to a variety of resources to help students, staff and faculty become familiar with this new version of Microsoft Office. ** || with their students as individuals, small groups or the entire class via the classroom computers. ||
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 * Google Hangouts** || **Google Hangouts** is a free tool that allows users to create web conferences with up to ten participants. Google Hangouts allows users to share video and audio with each other, and even allows a "share your screen" option. Hangouts may be useful for virtual office hours, tutoring students at a distance, allowing an invited guest speaker at a distance to interact with your students, or for groups of students to study and collaborate on a project. ||
 * [[image:Jamendo-logo.jpg width="124" height="46" link="Jamendo"]]
 * = [[image:Jing-Logo.png width="97" height="99" link="hccfacultysupport/Jing - Screen Capture"]]
 * Jing** || **Jing** is a free screencasting service that lets you record anything happening on your computer screen, including the audio. Jing allows you to record for up to five minutes and then upload the recording to the Web. ||
 * = [[image:MediaSite_Logo.jpg width="92" height="89" link="hccfacultysupport/MediaSite"]]
 * MediaSite** || **Mediasite** is a free screencasting tool available to HCC faculty and staff that allows users to make digital recordings of lectures or presentations. Once finished, the recordings can be uploaded immediately to Mediasite and then shared through a unique weblink. Another advantage of the Desktop Recorder is that it can be installed on multiple devices! ||
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 * NetSupport Class Management** || **NetSupport School** allows instructors to monitor, control and share information
 * = [[image:pinterest-logo.jpg width="112" height="63" link="Pinterest"]]
 * Pinterest ** || **Pinterest** is a free online visual bookmarking tool that allows you to create, share, use threaded discussions, and collaborate while collecting resources that you find online. Send your students a "pin" via email, or simply paste a link to an entire "board" of "pins" inside an assignment, discussion, or course page in Canvas. Your students will not need a Pinterest account to look at what you've sent. ||
 * = [[image:Poll-Everywhere.png width="88" height="95" link="hccfacultysupport/Poll Everywhere"]]
 * Poll Everywhere** || **Poll Everywhere** is a free, online audience response system. Use Poll Everywhere to elicit student feedback to promote rich classroom discussions, or to assess student understanding during lectures. Participate in a poll by using a smartphone or computer. Click the link to view videos that show users how to open an account, set up a poll, vote in a poll, and view the results. ||
 * = [[image:PowerPoint.png width="92" height="92" link="hccfacultysupport/powerpoint"]]
 * PowerPoint** || **PowerPoint** is a slide show presentation program developed by Microsoft. This link has a list of documents and resources to help you learn to use PowerPoint. ||
 * = [[image:Prezi_logo.png width="115" height="115" link="hccfacultysupport/Prezi"]]
 * Prezi** || **Prezi** is a free, non-linear, online presentation too. You can use Prezi to create robust, exciting presentations without the need to download software. Your Prezi presentations may include images, text, YouTube videos, audio clips, and the use of a zoom and pan feature to create a sense of movement. Click the link to find out more about Prezi. ||
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**Windows Explorer** || ** ** is part of Windows 7. Use it to display a listing of files and folders, on any drive, including network drives and USB portable drives. Using Windows Explorer we can organize our files and save time. This document will show you **how to make a folder, rename it, copy and paste a file into a folder, search to locate a file, and offer some tips to help you organize materials for your course**. || **Windows Movie Maker** || **Windows Movie Maker** is free video editing software available from Microsoft. Users have the ability to add and edit videos, images, text, and audio to create highly engaging movies. The movies can then be easily shared with others. Windows Movie Maker can be used to demonstrate knowledge by creating a digital story. || **Wordle** || **Wordle** is a free tool for generating "word clouds" from text that you provide. ||
 * Socrative** || **Socrative** is a free, web-based application that allows users to collect audience feedback instantly using any device with a web browser (e.g. tablets, smartphones, computers, etc.). Create custom quizzes to assess student understanding during your lectures, and then view the data reports afterwards. Click the link to find out more about Socrative! ||
 * = [[image:Screencast_Logo.png width="107" height="107" link="hccfacultysupport/Screencast-O-Matic"]]
 * Screencast-O-Matic** || **Screencast-O-Matic** is a free screencasting service that allows you to instantly make digital recordings of your computer screen, including audio narration. Screencast-O-Matic allows you to publish the recordings to the Web, YouTube, or save them to your computer. ||
 * = [[image:Twitter-logo.jpg width="155" height="92" link="Twitter"]]
 * Twitter** || **Twitter** is a free, online, social networking and microblogging service that enables users to send and read short 140-character text messages, called "tweets." ||
 * = [[image:webex-logo.jpg width="159" height="67" link="hccfacultysupport/WebEx"]]
 * WebEx** || **WebEx** is a free, self-service web conferencing platform that allows you to connect with people at a distance. WebEx allows up to three people to connect at once, using a free account. Use WebEx for virtual meetings, or to invite guest speakers to guest lecture during your face-to-face classes. ||
 * = [[image:Weebly_logo_and_tagline_2013.png width="160" height="93" link="Weebly"]]
 * Weebly** || **Weebly** is a free, easy-to-use website builder. Use Weebly's drag-and-drop feature to add text, images, YouTube videos, and documents to create your website. Weebly can be used to create student ePortfolios, classroom blogs, or to host classroom materials for your students. Click the link to find out more about this great tool! ||
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 * Windows 7** || **Windows 7** is one of Microsoft's most recent operating systems, and the one used throughout the college. ||
 * [[image:Windows-Explorer-Logo.png width="68" height="68" align="center"]]
 * [[image:Windows_Movie_Maker_Logo.png width="93" height="93" link="hccfacultysupport/Windows Movie Maker"]]
 * [[image:Wordle_Icon width="115" height="117" link="hccfacultysupport/Wordle"]]
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