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Blackboard

Buttons_sb · 2009-09-08 22:19:29

Few questions about it, 1) Can it be used with a mac to download the course materials...etc? 2) What programs do you need to be able to use it? Like word, powerpoint and what else? Cheers for any info! :)

08-09-2009 10:19pm

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Buttons_sb

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Few questions about it,

1) Can it be used with a mac to download the course materials...etc?

2) What programs do you need to be able to use it? Like word, powerpoint and what else?

Cheers for any info!

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#2 08-09-2009 10:52pm

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It's a website, so it's platform-agnostic. I regularly use it on a Linux netbook. The document types you see on there are up to the lecturers, not a function of Blackboard, but these days it's almost always PDF.

All UCD PCs have PDF Creator software on them that hooks in to Office; so in the event that your lecturer puts up something you can't read on a machine without Office, you can load it up on a UCD PC and save it to a memory stick as a PDF. Or install OpenOffice.

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#3 08-09-2009 11:09pm

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NeoOffice is much better than OpenOffice IMO, I've used it since I got my mac and had no issues in comparison to lots of problems with OpenOffice

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#4 09-09-2009 12:18am

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Openoffice is substantially faster.

But i have not used it yet for writing and saving essays.

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