Here are some really cool tools to help you with your computing
experience.
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Audacity
is a cool audio editing tool. Free. |
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Do you need to tackle a geospatial
project? Try using AGIS.
This GIS program is free. |
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If you've wanted to create PDF files but lacked the budget to buy Adobe Acrobat Professional, try using doPDF - a free PDF converter. |
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Jim Martindale's Download
Calculator lets you estimate the amount of
time it will take to download files based on the
speed of your Internet connection. Free. |
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EditPlus
is a great text editing tool. Even though most
of this web site was developed using Dreamweaver,
when it came to the the hard-core coding, EditPlus
was the tool of choice. |
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ExamDiff
lets you compare the contents of two different
files. It will point out the differences between
them. Free. |
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Fair Use Guidelines |
How much, if any, of a copyrighted
work are educators allowed to use under the fair
use principle? Well, no one seems to know for sure.
This free Fair
Use Web Page, however, provides some basic
guidelines. (Down here in ITS, we're not attorneys
- nor do we play them on television. When in doubt,
it is best to get written permission from the copyright
holder.) |
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Do you need character names for a book you're writing? Need a table of dummy names and addresses for a project? Would you like to create a fictitious identity for online purposes? The Fake Name Generator creates randomly-generated plausible non-existent identities. |
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Filezilla
is a free open-source FTP program.
Great for accessing your home folder from home. |
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The
Font Thing is a free tool
for managing large libraries of fonts.
Font Thing... you make my heart sing... You make
everything groovy... |
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Gimp
is a free graphics manipulation
tool. It's got a good learning curve (but nowhere
near as steep as Photoshop). |
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Can't afford Adobe's Acrobat Writer
- even with the academic
discounts? Go2PDF
is a free alternative. It lacks
most of the features of the Adobe product, but
it provides basic PDF creation ability. |
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Google
Desktop is a free program
puts the power of Google to work on your computer. |
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The Google
Earth is a free program lets
you view the Earth from satellite photos. Really
cool. Click
here to see a view of part of the Otterbein
campus. |
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Google
News is a free web site that
aggregates news from thousands of sources worldwide. |
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Google
Scholar lets you search scholarly journals
for articles, citations and more - for free. |
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The Google
Toolbar is a great browser add-on. Lets you
search the web without actually being at the Google
web site. Also blocks those annoying pop-ups. Free. |
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The Google
Maps web site combines Google searching with
maps. In addition to doing traditional things such
as locating an address and getting directions,
you can also search a map for services and even
people! Free. |
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Language Translation Services:
Google
| AltaVista
(Babel Fish) |
Yahoo!
(Babel Fish) |
Free
Translation |
These services translate words,
sentences and entire web pages to and from various
languages. |
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This Lorem
Ipsum web site generates temporary placeholder
text that you can use in your document mockups. |
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The ITS web site includes a page
containing links to free
online learning resources. |
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OpenOffice
is a free open source alternative
to Microsoft Office. |
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PDFCreator
is a tool to create PDF files. Not as powerful
as the Adobe product, though. |
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Picasa
is a free graphics management
program from Google. Really nice. If you've got
a lot of pictures and need a way to manage them,
Picasa is the tool for you. |
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Random Password Generator |
Use
this page to generate a complex random password.
Generating a complex random password is as easy
as y9a2hIupRi5v! |
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assailabial
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cushioner such score swing
cruncate evided scoffel
Random Text Generator |
Need some nonsense text for a mock
up that is not in Latin (see Lorem Ipsum above)?
This Random
Text Generator should do the trick. |
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Random Number Generator |
So you need some random numbers?
This Random
Number Generator is a true random generator.
Free. |
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388483
Random Prime Number Generator |
I can't think of an practical use
for this, but here you go! |
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SmartFTP
is a great tool for accessing your Home folder
from off campus. |
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Do you need to crunch some numbers for a research project - and can't afford to use SPSS or SASS? The Institute of Phonetic Sciences (Amsterdam) has a free, basic online statistics tool. |
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OK, you've probably
noticed I like maps. Topozone
offers topographic maps of the entire US online.
Free. |
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Are you looking for tools for creating web pages? Here is an entire page of free web development tools! |
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Wikipedia
is a collaborative online encyclopedia. With over
one million articles in English (it is also published
in French, Italian, Spanish, German, Dutch and
other languages), Wikipedia is a pretty good source
of information. |
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WinZip
lets you make and open compressed files. This is
a must-have for Windows users. The evaluation version
is free. |
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Otterbein College
does not in any way endorse these companies, products
or services. These listings are provided as a resource
only.
If you would like to suggest a tool or web site for this page, contact the
ITS Webmaster. |
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