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1. An Overview of Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) that can be used in Online Learning Steve Sorden [email_address] e-Learning Institute May 22, 2007 http://sorden.org/forum (http://www.phpbb.com)
2. Disclaimer Most of the applications discussed today are not supported by ITS. Please do not contact the Solution Center requesting support for them. Open Source applications generally are well-supported through online forums devoted to a particular application. *Also, my focus was on applications for Windows, but most of these also work on Mac and/or Linux.
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4. Education can benefit greatly from FOSS, and education can often give back to society by supporting FOSS. Many OSS projects around the world are supported by groups in education.
36. It is a great tool for development and testing, as well as having a complete environment on your laptop, but don't leave it permanently running. It is not secure.
37. Moodle has a self-contained XAMPP version http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp.html http://sourceforge.net/projects/xampp
52. Microsoft also has a free virtualization product called VirtualPC. http://www.easyvmx.com http://www.vmware.com/products/free_virtualization.html http://www.virtualization.info/2005/10/how-to-create-new-virtual-machine-with.html
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54. It broadcasts live events and archives events for later viewing. http://epresence.tv
55. From their site ( http://docs.google.com ): “Google Docs & Spreadsheets is a free web-based word processing and spreadsheet program that keeps documents current and lets the people you choose update files from their own computers. You can, for example, coordinate your student group's homework assignments, access your family to-do list from work or home, or collaborate with remote colleagues on a new business plan.”
56. From the site ( http://www.gimp.org ): “GIMP is an acronym for GNU Image Manipulation Program. It is a freely distributed program for such tasks as photo retouching, image composition and image authoring.”
57. From the site ( http://www.scribus.net ): “ Scribus is an open-source program that brings award-winning professional page layout to desktops with a combination of "press-ready" output and new approaches to page layout. Scribus supports professional publishing features, such as CMYK color, separations, ICC color management and versatile PDF creation.”
62. Change the speed or pitch of a recording. http://audacity.sourceforge.net (LAME encoder library is needed to output in MP3 format.)
63. Wink is a screen recording application that is comparable to Captivate or Camtasia. It is not as powerful, but free. It creates output in Flash, executables (.exe), & PDF. Windows & Linux versions. http://www.debugmode.com/wink
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65. Add XAMPP and you have a self-contained, independent development environment.
84. However, if you feel that you will need to do this often for various streaming formats, you might want to investigate Replay A/V8 at $49. http://www.applian.com/replay-av
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86. ITS offers Microsoft Sharepoint, Confluence, and Sakai Wiki as wiki or collaboration solutions.
96. The Guide Nice application for outlining & note-taking http://theguide.sourceforge.net
97. Some FOSS Web Sites PC World’s 101 Fantastic Freebies http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,130045-page,12-c,freeware/article.html The 46 Best Ever Freeware Utilities http://www.techsupportalert.com/best_46_free_utilities.htm The Extended Best-ever Freebies http://www.techsupportalert.com/more/extended.htm#48 Mohawke’s Best of the Best Free and Open Source Software Collection http://www.digitaldarknet.net/thelist Seul/Edu Educational Application Index http://richtech.ca/seul Open Source Mac (Free, Open Source software for OS X) http://www.opensourcemac.org Office Applications Toolkit – ZDNet reviews of OS software http://reviews.zdnet.co.uk/software/contentcreation/0,1000001068,39286832,00.htm
98. An Overview of Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) that can be used in Online Learning Steve Sorden [email_address] e-Learning Institute May 22, 2007 A PDF version of this Impress slide show can be downloaded at: http://sorden.org/foss_education.pdf