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A faculty member I am working with would like to create course content incorporating slides (with images) with an audio narration that could be viewed from within ANGEL. Something like what Adobe Presenter produces would be perfect, but that software is PC only, and he works on a Mac and doesn't want to run Windows on his machine. Does anyone have any suggestions for other types of software/freeware that could create something similar on OS X?

I am working with a faculty member on an online, graduate-level course in Earth Sciences. The course is for secondary science teachers. She wants them to plot data, but isn't happy with the quality of Excel's plots and would also love to NOT have to teach them how to use Excel (which would take time away from the course focus). She's looking for a solution that would be cross-platform and not complicated to use. She found http://www.softintegration.com/webservices/plot/ which could be okay, but she wonders if there' is anything slightly more sophisticated out there.

Any suggestions?

This is part of other posts, but I thought I'd make a separate entry, just so it is clear. Our license for Studiocode covers all university-owned Macintosh computers (this is a Mac-only product). It is currently installed in the ITS-operated Macintosh labs. If you are a faculty member, student, or member of the staff and use a university-owned Macintosh, then you can install it there as well.

To get a license:

• Go to the Computer Store web site (http://computerstore.psu.edu)

• Search for "Studiocode"
  

In the Fall of 2006, I was asked to investigate a tool called Studiocode. It's tool that lets you play a video and tag the video with keywords. Later, you can go back and quickly call up instances where those keywords applied or intersected. For example, if you're doing research on body language within classroom lectures, you could video record several class sessions and then create keywords like "nodding", "crossed arms", "leaning forward", "doodling", "writing on whiteboard", "student presentations", etc...