Tools and Resources
Miles College IT Services is responsible for ensuring that students have access to the computing and technology tools and resources needed to support their general academic efforts. Please use the links on this page to get more information about the tools and resources that are available.
If you have questions about these services or need technical assistance, please contact the Miles IT Service Desk.
Avast - is a free antivirus computer program available to Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X and Linux users, with a user interface available in 41 languages. <http://www.avast.com/en-us/index>
Adobe Flash - is the standard for delivering high-impact, rich Web content. Designs, animation, and application user interfaces are deployed immediately across all browsers and platforms, attracting and engaging users with a rich Web experience. <http://get2.adobe.com/flashplayer/>
Adobe Reader - is a program that is intended to give you the capability to read, edit, and print the popular Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) file type, as well as adding a whole host of functions on top of the basic reader. PDF files are a particularly professional looking file type that enables you to read texts in precisely the way that the original author intended. Both PDF files and Adobe Reader have become industry standards. <http://get.adobe.com/reader/>
Adobe Shockwave - Shockwave Player is the web standard for powerful multimedia playback. The Shockwave Player allows you to view interactive web content like games, business presentations, entertainment, and advertisements from your web browser. The Shockwave Player displays web content created with Adobe Director. <http://get.adobe.com/shockwave/>
Anti-Virus Guard (AVG) Technologies / Free Antivirus / Free Virus Protection - is a family of anti-virus and Internet security software for the Microsoft Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, and FreeBSD computing platforms, developed by AVG Technologies. <http://free.avg.com/us-en/homepage>
Dropbox - is a free service that lets you bring your photos, docs, and videos anywhere and share them easily. <https://www.dropbox.com/business?_tk=adwords&_kw=dropbox|e&_net=g&_ad=32037028902|1t1&_camp=Search%3A%20Brand%20%22Dropbox%22%20-%20US&gclid=CPfLn5n51LgCFWQV7AodKjQAqw>
Eset Online Scanner – is a free online virus scanning software. <http://www.eset.com/us/online-scanner/>
Evernote - is a suite of software and services designed for note taking and archiving. A "note" can be a piece of formatted text, a full webpage or webpage excerpt, a photograph, a voice memo, or a handwritten "ink" note. Notes can also have file attachments. Notes can be sorted into folders, then tagged, annotated, edited, given comments, searched and exported as part of a notebook. <https://evernote.com/>
Ipiccy - Photo editor allows you not only do basic edits: picture crop, rotate and resize but more advanced photo editing like facial touch-up, painting with custom brushes, overlay photos, stickers, add cool frames and apply stunning textures. <http://ipiccy.com/>
Java - The Java Plug-in software is a component of the Java Runtime Environment (JRE). The JRE allows applets written in the Java programming language to run inside various browsers. The Java Plug-in software is not a standalone program and cannot be installed separately. <www.java.com>
K-Lite Codec - is a collection of codecs and related tools. Codecs are required to encode and/or decode (play) audio and video. The K-Lite Codec Pack is designed as a user-friendly solution for playing all your movie files. <http://www.free-codecs.com/k_lite_codec_pack_download.htm>
Office 365 - is a free tool. It's not a trial! Students and teachers are eligible for Office 365 Education, which includes Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, and now Microsoft Teams, plus additional classroom tools. All you need to get started is to enter a valid school email address below. <https://products.office.com/en-us/student/office-in-education>
Open Office - is an open-source office productivity software suite. It descends from OpenOffice.org (OOo), which was an open-sourced version of the earlier StarOffice. OpenOffice contains a word processor (Writer), a spreadsheet (Calc), a presentation application (Impress), a drawing application (Draw), a formula editor (Math), and a database management application (Base). OpenOffice's default file format is the OpenDocument Format (ODF), an ISO/IEC standard, which originated with OpenOffice.org. It can also read a wide variety of other file formats, with particular attention to those from Microsoft Office. <http://www.openoffice.org/download/>
Microsoft Security Essentials - is a free product you can download to help defend computers running Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Windows 7 against viruses, spyware, and other malicious software. <http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/security-essentials-download>
Microsoft SkyDrive - is a file hosting service that allows users to upload and synchronize files to a cloud storage and then access them from a Web browser or their local device. It is part of the Windows Live range of online services and allows users to keep the files private, share them with contacts, or make the files public. Publicly shared files do not require a Microsoft account to access. <http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/skydrive/download>
Padlet - It is a virtual board with sticky notes that can be easily moved, shared, and embedded. There are several views, including something that looks more like a scrollable blog and it is easy to both personalize the experience and organize notes. The privacy and moderation settings make it easy for students to become members of a board where a teacher can post resources and encourage them to do the same. <http://padlet.com/>
Prezi - is a U.S. software company, producing a cloud-based presentation software and storytelling tool for presenting ideas on a virtual canvas. <http://prezi.com/>
Thinglink - is a web-based software, which allows users to add content to images. <http://www.thinglink.com/>
WeVideo - is a simple web-based video editing tool that turns video projects from a huge time sink to an easy and fun experience. <http://www.wevideo.com/>
WinZip - is a shareware file archiver and compressor for Windows, OS X, iOS and Android developed by WinZip Computing. By default, WinZip creates archives in Zip file format but also has various levels of support for other archive formats. <http://www.winzip.com/win/en/downwz.htm>
Wix - is a cloud-based web development platform that allows users to create professional HTML5 websites and mobile sites, through the use of online "Drag & Drop" tools. <http://www.wix.com>