Posts Tagged ‘open source’

If you have ever said “I need more hours in a day” then check out these time-saver apps for what can be tedious tasks.  They may not give you back hours in your day but every minute counts.  The sign-up alone for most applications is time consuming requiring specifically formatted passwords and account verifications with [...]


Jessie Daniels (Distance MBA Productions Manager) recently presented at the MTSU IT Conference.  Her presentation, titled “Confessions of an IT Poser” focuses on tools, tricks and tips to help you achieve your distance education goals.  She looks at different open source, free and fee-based software options that are available.  This presentation covers some great tools [...]


Microsoft Office and OpenOffice have similar technical capabilities, and OpenOffice is a good substitute for students who are unable or unwilling to purchase MS Office. Although incompatibilities between the two products are already quite rare, the use of mutually supported file formats will minimize the remaining risk.