Overview of software tools incoming students should be familiar with, including email management.

1. The MCDM Digital Toolkit

2. This is Powerpoint as notes … so you don’t have to take any. 

3. 1. Content Creation

4. Documents Shrinkwrap Word – download Office free from UW Pages (Mac only) Open Office (open source, Mac/PC) Webware Acrobat.com GoogleDocs Microsoft OfficeLive TypeWithMe.com

5. Documents : Warnings Formatting inconsistencies (especially typeface) Mac folks -> remember file extensions! To be safe, also make a PDF. Mac: Print -> Save As PDF Windows: Adobe.com converts Zamzar (later!) Of course, Adobe AcrobatPro

6. E-mail UWNetID: http://uwnetid.washington.edu/ Deskmail: now only for faculty and staff UW Google Mail (UW GoogleApps) UW Outlook Live (UW Windows Live) Forwarding: Important messages from the University are sent to your UW email address (uwnetid@uw.edu). If you do not plan to use UW email services, you must set up e-mail forwarding. If you need help in setting up another account inside your gmail account, bring it up this afternoon.

8. Upper and Lower Case Letters Plus Numbers Plus Special Characters Ex: Atlanta, Georgia -> @t1@nt@G30rg!@ or A21@n2@G30rg!A

11. Presentations Shrinkwrap Keynote Open Office Powerpoint Webware GoogleDocs OfficeLive Prezi

15. Presentations : Warnings Embed images and fonts Slideshare does not support “builds” or transitions but you can embed YouTube clips Version inconsistencies Tip if your images aren’t showing on someone else’s machine (not platform dependent)

16. Screen Capture Aviary (FF extension) Skitch (Mac) Jing(Mac/PC) Screenr

17. Aviary vSkitch/Jing

18. Skitch

19. Jing

20. Screenr

21. Spreadsheets Shrinkwrap Excel Numbers Open Office Webware GoogleDocs Microsoft Live

22. Survey Tools Catalyst QuickPoll Catalyst WebQ GoogleForm SurveyMonkey WordPress Poll

25. Wikis WetPaint PBWiki Other forms of document collaboration Acrobat.com GoogleWave (retired) Public Google Doc TypeWithMe.com (integrated into Wave)

27. 2. Content Distribution

28. Document Sharing MediaSpace Scribd Slideshare

33. File Sharing Catalyst CollectIt DropBox YouSendIt

37. Promoting Content Facebook Twitter Wordpress

38. 3. Utilities and Such

39. Anti-Virus Software: Sophos(UWICK) Free Fax Service: FaxZero.com File Conversion : Zamzar.com

41. Streamed Conferencing Adobe ConnectNow (need AdobeID) GoToMeeting Prezi Meeting Skype uStream et al (from computer or phone)

42. SFTPSecure File Transfer Protocol For connecting to UW web servers Settings Software available at UWICK/UWARE Fugo(Mac) WinSCP Recommended: Filezilla(Mac/PC)

45. Credits Kathy E. Gill, @kegill, kegill@uw.edu Presentation at WiredPen.com, Slideshare.net, MediaSpace Presentation Licensing: CC LicenseNon-commercial, Attribution, Share-and-share alike Flickr photos, CC: Title Slide, http://www.flickr.com/photos/26891884@N03/2549364714/ Journal paper, http://www.flickr.com/photos/calsidyrose/4129103991/ Keyboard, http://www.flickr.com/photos/lapideo/198046070/ Sharing, CC http://www.flickr.com/photos/jek-a-go-go/3948329368/ Utility tools, http://www.flickr.com/photos/wmode/2105168082/ Balloons, http://www.flickr.com/photos/ficken/1813744832/