Faculty Summer Institute on Learning Technologies
May 13 - 17, 2002Freeware/Shareware Showcase
For the Mac...
- Snapz Pro -- a shareware screen capture utility for OS9 or OSX that captures windows, selections or processes (QuickTime movies)(example)
- iPhoto -- a new freeware OSX tool from Apple in the tradition of iTunes 2 and iMovie 2 for organizing, editing and publishing your digital pictures (example of automatic webpage)
For Macs and Windows...
- QuickTime Pro -- the registered version of the free QuickTime player -- unlocks all kinds of possibilities such as adding various kinds of tracks and converting between the many supported formats (examples)
- Netscape 6.2 Composer -- the free HTML WYSIWYG editor that comes as part of the Netscape Suite
For Windows...
- XnView -- a free graphic format converter, image sorter, editor, icon maker, and screen capture utility available in 36 languages
- MS Producer -- a free add-on for PowerPoint 2002 that allows anyone to capture audio/video; combine and synchronize streaming audio/video, PowerPoint slides, images, and HTML; and view the completed presentation in a web browser (examples: 800 kbs 300 kbs 33.6 kbs )
- ViewletBuilder -- a freeware tool to make animated tutorials (example note: will not run in Netscape on Macintosh)
URL of this Presentation: http://www.cet.uiuc.edu/fsi/sharewareshowcase.html
...for other freeware/shareware programs for Mac or Windows try Download.com or Tucows.com