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Blackboard

  • 08-09-2009 11:19PM
    #1
    Buttons_sb
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 390 ✭✭


    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
    bnt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,231 ✭✭✭✭bnt


    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
    Jev/N
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,456 ✭✭✭Jev/N


    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


  • #4
    conchubhar1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,653 ✭✭✭conchubhar1


    Openoffice is substantially faster.

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


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