Student Software

PC Software
Macintosh Software
Additional Software from UIUC

PC Software

 

Required

Browsers(Choose one)
Internet Explorer
Firefox
Mozilla
Opera
Netscape

Document Viewers
Acrobat Reader
PowerPoint Viewer 2007
Word Viewer 2003

E-mail
UIUCmail

 

Instant Messaging & Conferencing
AOL Instant Messenger

Players & Plug-Ins
QuickTime
Flash Player

Networking
VPN Client

Helpful tools but not required

E-mail
Gmail
Eudora
Mozilla Thunderbird

Group Projects
Google Docs
WetPaints (free wiki)
CITES Wordpress(blogger)
Del.icio.us (social bookmark)
RubiStar (rubric editor)

Compressor Utilities
WinZip
WinRar

Office Suite and Applications
OpenOffice
Abiword
SeaMonley(HTML Editor)

Highlighter
Wired-Marker
Diigo

Remote Control
VNC Software

Instant Messaging & Conferencing
Trillian
ICQ
Yahoo Messenger
NetMeeting
ooVoo

Audio/ Video Recording & Capture
Audacity
SnagIt (Screen Capturing Tool)
Jing

Players & Plug-Ins
VLC Media Player
KMPlayer

Security
McAfee VirusScan (Free Anti-Virus Software for UI students)
Ad-Aware
SpyBot

 

 

Macintosh Software

User Authentication Module
Safari
Netscape Communicator
Internet Explorer
Firefox
Fetch FTP
Acrobat Reader
QuickTime
PowerPoint Viewer
AOL Instant Messenger

 

More Software...

Additional FREE software also available through the University at CITES; or you are encouraged to know Top 100 Tools for Learning 2008.
If you need to PURCHASE software, you can receive a student discount at the
UIUC Central Stores