Free Software List for Drexel SCIS Students

Main Software List

Some of this software (and websites and web services) are free for everyone, but all of it is available to all at Drexel.

• Check if Websites are Dangerous or Have Viruses or Malware or Not Safe URLs
• Azure Dev Tools for Teaching or Education - Visio, Project, and Other Microsoft Downloads
  Azure Dev Tools offers free to Drexel copies of Windows 10, MS Project, Viso, VisualStudio Code, Access (Databases) and various other pieces of free Windows software
  
• AutoDesk Fusion - https://autodesk.com/education/free-software/all
  A student AutoDesk Fusion account should be available to you as a Drexel Student. Lots of software and services there.
  Apps include TinkerCad, AutoCAD, Fusion 360, InfraWorks, Maya, Revit, and more.
• Blackboard Learn (Bb Learn or Drexel Learn)
  Learning Management System (LMS) where most course materials for most courses at Drexel are provided to students.
  Instructors: Bb Learn Basics
  Students: Technical Support in Bb Learn or Drexel Learn at SCIS
  
• Creating/Converting/Editing Word, Excel, PowerPoint, or PDF Files
  See "Apps For Editing PDF Files" section at bottom of above link for PDF editing/conversion options.
• Diagrams, Wireframing, Prototyping Tools -- Adobe XD, Balsamic, Miro, More
  Also whiteboard collaborative and presentation tools.
  
• Discord - https://discord.com/download
  ALSO see how to join SCIS Discord at Discord Basics
• DrexelOne -- https://one.drexel.edu/
  Portal for all of Drexel academic and employment information, and other information.
  
• Drexel University Library
  https://www.library.drexel.edu/
• Drexel Library Subject Guides
  https://libguides.library.drexel.edu/libraryguides
  
• DUIT's Drexel Software List
  Central Drexel U IT's software list.
  https://drexel.edu/it/computers-software/software/software-drexel/
• DU IT Technology Sandbox -- LOTS OF FREE SELF-PACED COURSE SUGGESTIONS!
  https://drexel.edu/it/help/a-z/technology-sandbox/
• DUNX1... is dead. See Tux public_html Folder and Public Webpage Troubleshooting
• Kaltura Drexel Streams (video repository, light video editing)
  https://drexel.edu/it/streams
  And click "My Media" after login with Drexel username/password.
  and...
  Kaltura Drexel Streams -- Share Audio or Video with Non-Drexel Users or Sharing with Anyone
  and...
  Kaltura Drexel Streams -- Adding Media to Bb Learn -- Student Instructions
• Merlot - https://www.merlot.org/merlot/
  Helps find resources that don't come up necessarily in Google or other web searches.
• Office365 (Word, Excel, Powerpoint, OneNote, OneDrive, Teams)
  https://portal.drexel.edu
  Login with your Drexel credentials and you'll have access to 5 TB of online storage.
  You may need to google separately for the downloads for Teams and OneDrive.
• OneDrive --. EVERYONE at Drexel gets 5 TB of online storage with Drexel username and password.
  That storage expires within 30 days of you leaving.
  https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/onedrive/download
• Oracle SQL -- linux.cci.drexel.edu (f.k.a. linux.ischool.drexel.edu)
  
• Patch My PC Downloader (Windows 10/11)
  https://patchmypc.com/home-updater
  This software is free for everyone, but it's a great program to silently install and update some of the best and well-known free sotware out there.
  Check out: 7-zip compresser/unzip, WinRAR compresser/unzip, VLC Media Player, Handbrake video converter, Audacity sound editor, Notepad++ plain text editor and IDE, xnResize bulk image resizer and converter, GIMP image editor, Inkscape drawing and vector graphics editor.
• repl.it -- In-Browser IDE for Programming Code
  Web-browser-based free environment for coding in most any programming language that was ever popular.
  Great for alternative error codes when your own programming environment is not giving you helpful errors.
  Still may not help, but worth a shot when stumped.
  
• SCP or SSH or SFTP via GUI or CLI
  SCP/SFTP = Secure Copy of Files or File Transfer to remote host/server/computer
  SSH = Secure Shell, secure access via Terminal or CLI window/console.
  Using a GUI (Graphical User Interface similar to File Explorer, Finder, or window with folders or files in it).
  Or Command Line Interface (CLI) or Terminal or cmd.exe or Powershell or similar interface.
  Includes:
  SCP commands in CLI Terminal or cmd.exe or Powershell
  Cyberduck SFTP/SSH
  FileZilla SFTP/SSH
  Terminal in Mac
  Terminal in Windows
  WinSCP
  
• Tux
  Linux CLI environment for programming used with classroom instruction and research supporting various languages and databases, including C, C++, Python, Java, MySQL, Nodejs, MariaDB, MongoDB, GitLab, Jupyterhub, and more.
  
• Tux public_html Folder and Public Webpage Troubleshooting
  Use Tux if you need to learn how to code/create HTML, CSS, and Javascript.
  
• Teams
  https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-teams/download-app
• Video Recording, Editing, and/or Adding to Bb Learn -- aka Screen Record
  Video Editing options for anyone at SCIS to know about and use (except Camtasia).
• VMware/vCenter/vsphere
  VM's or Virtual Machines used for learning Ethical Hacking, pentesting, pfSense, and more.
  Have to take specific courses, usually CT/CST courses, for access to the above.
  
• Virtual Computing Lab (VCL)
  VM's or Virtual Machines used for learning Windows server, Ubuntu, and more.
  Have to take specific courses, usually CT/CST courses, for access to the above.
• VPN -- Drexel Cisco AnyConnect VPN
  Always recommended if you have any issues reaching Drexel on-campus internet or wifi resources off-campus, though not necessary for many.
  
• VS Code -- Visual Studio Code from Microsoft
  Popular programming or coding environment. Able to interface with Tux.
  
• Webpages at SCIS using Tux-- See Tux public_html Folder and Public Webpage Troubleshooting
• Zoom Pro Drexel accounts
  IMPORTANT!! ---> (a) Use SSO or Single-Sign On option & (b) sign on with your Drexel account & (c) nspecify or use drexel.zoom.us for host or website.
  See...
  Zoom -- SSO Single Sign-On and Host Sign-In
  and...
  https://drexel.zoom.us
  Drexel Zoom *cloud* recordings are automatically backed up to the Kalura Drexel Streams repository.

Mac Users

The above software is free for everyone to check out. A lot of the above software will work for you as well. But software below will definitely work on Mac.

• Audacity sound editor: https://www.audacityteam.org/
  
• BbEdit (plain text editor and IDE): https://www.barebones.com/products/bbedit/
• Handbrake video converter/transcoder: https://handbrake.fr/
• GIMP image editor: https://www.gimp.org/downloads/
  
• Inkscape drawing and vector graphics editor: https://inkscape.org/
• VLC Media Player: https://www.videolan.org/
• WinRAR compresser/unzip: https://www.win-rar.com/download.html?&L=0

Software Not Listed Here

Email ihelp@drexel.edu but you might also want to see DU IT's pages on the following topics

• Third Party Risk Management | Information Technology | Drexel University
  
• Common Third-Party Services | Information Technology | Drexel University
  
• Minimum Viable Secure Product | Information Technology | Drexel University