Panopto

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Panopto – UA’s lecture capture system.

Panopto allows instructors to record lectures and automatically upload them to the Course Videos area of a Blackboard course. These recordings most commonly consist of voice capture through the classroom microphone, and screen capture of the lecturer’s computer screen.

Once uploaded, recordings are available to students via streaming online, or through the Panopto mobile app. Students are also able to capture their own recordings and upload to Panopto. Panopto is available in most UA classrooms and available to download to personal computers.

To learn more about Panopto, visit the CIT website. 

Origin

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Origin is a scientific graphing and data analysis application that can be used to create visual representations for statistics and data. Learn more on the OriginLab website.

Oracle Database Management

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Oracle is a relational database with a database management system that provides a full lifecycle solution encompassing change and configuration management, patching, provisioning, testing, masking/subsetting, performance management and automatic tuning. Oracle Database Management is used to test and manage data in a faster, more efficient way. For more information, visit the Oracle Database Management site.

NVivo

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NVivo is designed for analyzing all forms of unstructured data using search, query, and visualization tools. NVivo serves as a place to organize, store and analyze data. Users can import data from virtually any source, then analyze data with advanced management, query and visualization tools. Achieve more robust research results in less time with NVivo.

Learn more about NVivo and its capabilities on the NVivo website.

Join the NVivo Community

The NVivo Community facilitates a program of activities to support greater connections amongst the NVivo user community, empowering users to:

• Share and learn from global leaders in qualitative research methods
• Network with qualitative and mixed methods researchers across disciplines and organizations
• Uncover new funding sources for grants
• Explore NVivo specific resources

Mnova NMR Lite

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Mnova NMR Lite is a multivendor, multiplatform software for visualization, processing, analysis and reporting of 1D NMR data, designed to support the specific needs of analytical or organic chemists. The Lite version incorporates significant automation and many basic processing and analysis features.

Microsoft Power BI

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Microsoft Power BI is a suite of business analytics tools used to analyze data and share insights. Power BI dashboards provide a 360-degree view for business users with their most important metrics in one place, updated in real time. Microsoft Power BI allows users to model and visualize data to better understand business processes.

Microsoft 365 Education

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Microsoft 365 is the email + collaboration tool provider for UA students, faculty and staff.

Microsoft 365 includes many applications that can be used online through a web browser or as installed software on laptops, desktops and mobile devices. Learn about each tool below, and visit the 365 portal to download Microsoft 365 Education applications.

Faculty, staff and currently enrolled students can download and sign into Microsoft 365 on up to 5 devices!

Must Have Tools

Word
Create and edit documents, assignments and papers. 

Excel
Develop and edit robust spreadsheets.

PowerPoint
Design and edit captivating presentations.

Communication + Collaboration Apps

Outlook
Receive and send email, store contacts and organize calendars.

OneNote
Take notes on the go and sync them to OneDrive cloud storage.

OneDrive
Store files in the cloud, share files and collaborate with others.

Teams
Chat with classmates and teammates, collaborate on shared files, schedule virtual meetings and host video chats.

Kaizala
Send secure messages with peers and colleagues. 

Sway
Create dynamic presentations and pages.

Stream

Upload and share videos.

Apps for Organization + Productivity

Forms
Make a survey and share it with others in minutes.

Planner
Track progress and stay on top of tasks within projects. 

To-Do
Create and share lists, plan your day, and add to-do items to your calendar.

Bookings
Allow others to schedule appointments with you. Ideal for office hours.

Apps for Fun

Minecraft

Collaborate with others and have fun in Minecraft

Tutorials, Trainings and Webinars

View videos, attend online trainings and learn more about each Microsoft 365 app in the 365 Training Center.

Email Service

Looking for information on UA email?  Visit our email and collaboration services page to learn more about email at UA.

MATLAB

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MATLAB combines a desktop environment tuned for interactive analysis and design processes with a programming language that expresses matrix and array mathematics directly.

MATLAB includes analysis, design, modeling, simulation, code generation and testing products. The UA System-wide license provides the full suite of MATLAB and Simulink products, including a variety of companion products and current toolboxes. A few of the latest toolboxes are listed below. The UA System-wide license also includes free access to all online training courses as well as customer support.

• Bioinformatics Toolbox
• Control System Toolbox
• Curve Fitting Toolbox
• Data Acquisition Toolbox
• DSP System Toolbox
• Image Processing Toolbox
• Instrument Control Toolbox
• Optimization Toolbox
• Parallel Computing Toolbox
• Signal Processing Toolbox
• Simscape
• Simscape Multibody
• Sateflow
• Statistics and Machine Learning Toolbox
• Symbolic Math Toolbox

MATLAB Academy Online Training

Learn MATLAB at your own pace through MathWorks self-paced courses. Visit the MATLAB Academy website to get started.

Mathematica

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Mathematica is a computational software program used in scientific, engineering, and mathematical fields within academic and commercial institutions. One of the key components of Mathematica is that it contains numerical computational abilities, as well as symbolic visual capabilities.

Academic uses for Mathematica include teaching simple concepts in the classroom to doing high-level research using some of the world’s largest clusters.  Mathematica can be used by faculty as an interactive teaching tool – classroom lectures, assignments and exams can all be created within Mathematica. Additionally, High Performance Computing and data analysis can be performed in Mathematica.

Learn more about Mathematica on the Wolfram website. Users with questions about Mathematica may reach out to Mathematica’s Senior Academic Account Manager Troy Schaudt.

Jabber

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Jabber is an Instant Messaging and Presence (IM&P) application from Cisco. Faculty and staff can improve productivity and easily communicate with coworkers and colleagues with Jabber’s real-time presence information and instant messaging. Jabber improves productivity and allows for easy communication with coworkers and colleagues.  Jabber can be used on Mac and PC machines as well as Android and iOS devices.