Top tools to support your success at NYIT. Sorted and organized.

Citation Management

• Zotero – Gather and organize sources and share the results of your research.
• Mendeley – Reference manager and academic social network.

Presentation

• Jing – Record on-screen activity, edit and enhance your content, and share to viewers anywhere.
• GoogleDocs Presentation – Create presentations and open existing ones. Share with others to edit together.
• Prezi – A cloud-based presentation software and storytelling tool with a zoomable canvas.
• SlideShare – Upload files privately or publicly in the following file formats: PowerPoint, PDF, Keynote or OpenOffice presentations.

Writing

• Blogger – A simple and quick way to get a blog up and running with your NYIT MyMail address.
• Google Docs – A suite of collaboration applications.

Storage

• Dropbox – File syncing service that lets you bring your docs, images and videos anywhere and share them.
• Google Drive – Home to NYIT's Google productivity tools.
• SpiderOak – Store, sync and share privately.
• Evernote – Sync all of your documents, images, and more across all of your devices.

Email

• Outlook – Recommended iOS App for Outlook users.
• Spark – Recommended iOS App for Gmail users.

In-Class

• Miro – Online collaborative whiteboard platform.
• PiratePad – Use Piratepad in class for real-time collaborative note-taking

Audio/Video

• Audacity – Multilingual audio editor and recorder for Windows, Mac OS X, GNU/Linux and other operating systems.
• Google Voice – Voice, text messaging, call forwarding and voicemail services.
• Google Hangouts – Video chat including instant messaging, SMS and VOIP features.
• Skype – Communicate and collaborate using instant messaging and VoIP.
• VoiceThread – Post media artifacts including images, videos, documents, and presentations, for community feedback.
• YouTube – Create, upload and share video with your students using your NYIT username and password. Videos can be public, unlisted, or private.
• Zoom – Video meeting service. It supports HD video, audio, chat, and screen-sharing for up to 25 participants at a time. Select "Login with Google" and enter your NYIT ID.

Social Bookmarking

• Diigo – Collection and annotation of screenshots and pictures, and personal memos.

Faculty

• PollEverywhere – Create multiple-choice, or open-ended polls. You can also use Poll Everywhere in distance learning classrooms, or fully online courses. Request a Pro account.
• Turnitin – Internet based plagiarism detection service.