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Supported Web Browsers Blackboard is committed to supporting the two most recent versions of client software for each major release of Blackboard Learn™ when possible. These levels of support may change depending on contractual obligations or lack of support from vendors. The following tables list the supported operating systems and browsers for use with Blackboard Learn Release 9.

" Argumentative Argumentative is software for manipulating Argument Maps - the structural and visual representation of arguments. Argument maps help to make decisions clearer or assist in formulating a position on an issue. There is a short movie for a quick introduction. Click here. To see an introduction to the new features in 0.5 click here. "

Create beautiful presentations, access them from anywhere, and share them with the world. With 280 Slides, there's no software to download and nothing to pay for - and when you're done building your presentation you can share it any way you like.

Record new video clips and voice-overs on the spot. Include existing photos, media clips,  special effects and text. No software or training required. Add videos to any YouTube channels, website or blog.

YouTube-mp3.org is the easiest online service for converting videos to mp3. You do not need an account, the only thing you need is a YouTube URL. We will start to convert the audiotrack of your videofile to mp3 as soon as you have submitted it and you will be able to download it. Different from other services the whole conversion process will be perfomed by our infrastructure and you only have to download the audio file from our servers. Because of this our software is platform-independent: You can use it with your Mac, a Linux PC or even an iPhone. All our conversions will be perfomed in high quality mode with a bitrate of at least 128 kBit/s. Do not worry, our service is completely free. We need approximately 3 to 4 minutes per video.

phpBB is free and open source forum software that is easy to use, powerful, and highly customisable

CuePrompter is a free teleprompter/autocue service. Your browser works like a teleprompter -no extra software needed.Check the system requirements and give it a try. Bookmark this site and come again when ever you need teleprompter services. Free for any use (both commercial and non-commercial). Write or cut and paste your script to the form below. Press the button to start the prompter. 

A short introduction to wikis that illustrates how they can be used to organize a group's information, in this case, for a camping trip. Generic, not a specific software. Might be useful for some students

1. Start a Blog 2. Buy an Audio Recorder and Learn to Use It 3. Start Editing Audio 4. Post an Interview (or Podcast) on Your Blog 5. Learn How to Shoot, Crop, Tone, and Optimize Photos (And Add Them to Your Blog) 6. Learn to Create Effective Voice-Over Presentations with Rapid Authoring Software

Have you ever encounter situations where you need to create a simple yet good-looking chart, graphs or diagrams and all you have is your browser? Charts are good and effective way to show relationship between entities but sometimes creating one can be pretty challenging especially when your favorite word processing software is not around.

Requires wireless mouse(s) Microsoft Mouse Mischief is a free software download for PCs that integrates into Microsoft PowerPoint 2007 and 2010 to allow educators to insert questions, polls, and drawing activity slides into lessons for participation for up to 25 students. Each student or pairs of students uses their own wireless mouse to do this. Additionally, the teacher gets statistics of who answered first and correctly in order. I priced some wireless mouses for the classroom and found used ones for $6 so this can be a relatively cheap

Whether it's Live Blogging, hosting a weekly Question & Answer session or simply reporting on Breaking News, all readers agree: Live is Better. CoveritLive is already being used by thousands of bloggers and large media companies to engage millions of readers each month. Reviewers and some of the largest sites of the web agree no other software delivers ease of use, scale and reliability like CoveritLive.

iMovie is a great piece of movie editing software for beginning to intermediate videographers, but did you know it can handle some advanced features like picture-in-picture? This simple trick can improve the professional look and feel of any iMovie project and we'll show you how you can put a custom logo as a lower third in any of your videos.

XP and 2000 NOT Vista 

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The criticisms came at a meeting this week of a trade group, the Software & Information Industry Association, where companies discussed in several sessions the implications of the grant program, which is designed to expand job training at community colleges.

Since I bought an iPad 2, I wanted to figure out how to grade papers on it. At first, I was hesitant until I found three apps that work for me.software reviewed: Attendace, Iannotate and EssayGrader

Feature of the software include: The ability to import PowerPoint slide shows; Interactive questions, which lets students answer inquiries by the teacher via laptop or mobile device; A variety of question types; Teacher previews of interactive activity results in real time; Bookmarking of slides to be reviewed later; Recording and archiving of student activity during class;

Bboogle is software that lets you embed Google Documents (including spreadsheets, and presentations) , Google Calendars and Google Sites in a Blackboard course site. Everyone with access to the course can get to linked Google content without logging in a second time. Students and instructors are automatically added as collaborators to the documents, even if they join after the link is made.   Bboogle is also an open source project that you can join. We are looking for skilled developers and educational institutions who want to contribute time to creating the best possible connection between Google Apps and Blackboard. Please see our list of Frequently Asked Questions at  FrequentlyAskedQuestions?