Utilities and Tools

Adobe Reader (formerly known as Acrobat Reader) enables you to open, view and print Portable Document Format (PDF) files. PDF files are often used for user guides and other instructions because the layout, fonts and graphics appear exactly as they were intended, regardless of what sort of computer you're using.

Note: Staff may install Adobe Acrobat Standard on their university workstation instead. Acrobat Standard includes all the functionality of Adobe Reader, and adds PDF authoring capabilities. To avoid potential conflicts, you should not install both Acrobat Standard and Adobe Reader.

Note: You cannot create or modify PDF files with Adobe Reader.

Nvu is the stand-alone version of Mozilla's Composer module, and was created due to the discontinuation of the Mozilla suite in favour of the stand-alone Firefox browser.

CaptureCAM PRO is a professional desktop recording application that offers the user the ability to capture full motion, sound and screen recordings small enough to email and online content.

The CaptureCAM player is essential to play these recorded files. The specific file types are .cpp and .ccs web streaming and downloadable files.

Cisco VT Advantage adds video to your communications experience by providing video telephony functionality to Cisco Unified IP phones.

Note: This software is for Deakin Staff Only, and should only be installed on computers that have a Cisco camera installed. The software will not work with non Cisco hardware.

These utilities are designed to make simple PDF documents, readable by anyone with the Adobe Reader. They are not intended as a substitute for a fully featured authoring application such as the full Acrobat package, but they enable you to present your document to users on many different computing platforms, and have it appear just as you intended it.

Mac users: Create a PDF file from the Print dialog of any application.

Note: These applications are NOT supported by the IT Service Desk.

Even if you don't have Microsoft Word installed on your computer, you may still need to open documents sent to you by people who do have Word. The Word Viewer opens documents created by any version of Word, including 97 and 2000 for Windows, and 98 and 2001 for Mac.

Mac users: Microsoft has not released a Word Viewer for Macintosh, however the TextEdit application supplied with Mac OS X can open many Word documents in a basic form. You can also use the NeoOffice free productivity suite, or iWork, supplied with many Mac computers, which both more accurately preserve the content and layout.

Note: You do not need this utility if you have a full version of Word installed on your computer.

Note: This application is NOT supported by the IT Service Desk.

The PowerPoint Viewer allows you to open and view documents created with Microsoft PowerPoint even if you don't have the full PowerPoint installation on your computer. It can open PowerPoint presentations created with PowerPoint 2000 for Windows or PowerPoint 98 for Macintosh, or any previous version of PowerPoint on either platform.

Mac users: iWork, supplied with many Mac computers, and NeoOffice are able to open, edit and play PowerPoint presentations.

Note: You do not need this utility if you have a full version of PowerPoint installed on your computer.

Note: This application is NOT supported by the IT Service Desk.

Respondus is a Windows application that enhances the functionality and usability of WebCT's quiz, survey, and self-test tools.

If you have questions or problems using the Respondus software, you should first consult the online help or Respondus User Guide. If you are still unable to resolve your problem, direct your questions to the following person(s) here at Deakin University:

Roly Parfenovics, Institute of Teaching and Learning, e-mail: roly.parfenovics@deakin.edu.au
Teaching Support Service, Institute of Teaching and Learning, e-mail: itl-tss@deakin.edu.au

Our license with Respondus, Inc. does NOT permit instructors to obtain support directly from Respondus, Inc. If the above staff are unable to solve a particular question or problem, they will contact Respondus, Inc. on your behalf.

Note: This application is NOT supported by the IT Service Desk.

You have Word documents but you can't easily put them online. Now you can. Quickly and easily convert your Microsoft Word documents into content for your Blackboard and WebCT courses. From one Word document you can generate a set of webpages that include navigation and interactive features which can quickly be uploaded to your course.

New version is now called Wimba Create and adds support for Office 2007 as well as earlier Office versions.

Note: For Deakin Students and Staff only

Note: This application is NOT supported by the IT Service Desk.

The WDG references and guides are a set of help files which provide background and technical information on HTML authoring.They are delivered as help books for the built-in Help system on Windows (WinHelp) and Macintosh (Help Viewer), and provide information on the structure, syntax and available tags and parameters for an HTML 4.0 standard compliant page, and Cascading Style Sheet properties and values.

Note: HTML Reference and CSS Guide are NOT supported by the IT Service Desk.

Xenu's Link Sleuth checks Web sites for broken links. Link verification is done on "normal" links, images, frames, plug-ins, backgrounds, local image maps, style sheets, scripts and java applets. It displays a continously updated list of URLs which you can sort by different criteria. A report can be produced at any time.

Note: This application is NOT supported by the IT Service Desk.

The ClickTracks Viewer is used to do ad hoc analysis directly on a users desktop. The ClickTracks Viewer works in conjunction with the ClickTracks Reporting Engine, a component of the ClickTracks Pro Processor Server.

Note: For Deakin Staff only

Note: This application is NOT supported by the IT Service Desk.