CIRT, University of North Florida

Plug-Ins:
Free Acrobat Reader		This is needed in order to read Portable Document Format or PDF files.
Free Quicktime Player		Quicktime is a popular digital video format developed by Apple.
Free Flash Player		Flash is a Web-based multimedia player.
Free Shockwave Player		With Macromedia Shockwave Player, you can enjoy multimedia games, learning applications, and product demonstrations on the Web. Macromedia Shockwave Player includes Macromedia Flash Player."
Free Powerpoint Viewer 2003		This Microsoft download enables a person to view Powerpoint slides without owning the full version of the program. With this release, the Microsoft PowerPoint® Viewer supports PowerPoint 97 and later versions.
Free RealPlayer		This player enables one to view Web movies and streaming files in the Real format which is very highly compressed and efficient.
Multimedia Tools:
Free PDF Creator Software		A free application that will convert any printable document to a PDF file.
Microsoft Downloads		This site includes the most popular free Microsoft downloads.
Timeline Creator Software		The Timeline Creator Software developed by the Center for Educational Resources at Johns Hopkins University provides faculty with a simple-to-use resource to create an interactive timeline for teaching or presentation purposes. The tool can display up to six timelines simultaneously and allows the designer to embed images and detail information for each separate event on the timeline.
Freezip software		Freezip enables one to "unpack" archives of zipped files.

Sources for Multimedia

Images & movies:

UNF Logos & Visual Identity Guidelines		Obtain UNF official logos for your course material.

UNF Picture Library		The UNF Picture library offers a collection of campus pictures.

American Memory Homepage of the Library of Congress		This site provides a searchable collection of images, movies, sound files, and documents dealing with American history and identity.

The Architect of the Capitol		The Architect of the Capitol site contains images may be used freely for educational purposes. If written permission for use is needed, a letter must be sent. Visit the Sculpture Gallery to obtain photographs of famous figures in American history.

CIRT's Virtual Tour List		Check out an underutilized educational technology for "showing rather than telling."

Florida State Archives Photographic Collections		This photographic collection is searchable and includes an abundance of historical photographs and videos for the state of Florida.

NASA Multimedia Gallery		The NASA Multimedia Gallery provides some of the most dramatic photographs and art on the Web. Most of the images are free of copyright when used for educational purposes. Topics include the range of NASA activities, including astronomy, earth science, and oceanography.

National Archives and Records Administration		NARA includes a searchable archive of public domain images and documents.

National Conservation Training Center's National Image Library		This is a searchable collection of public domain, low resolution photographs that includes images of a variety of species including birds, amphibians, reptiles, fish, mammals and plants as well as shots of habitats, refuges, hatcheries, environmental issues, and Service personnel performing work related tasks.

Public Domain Images		PDI is a commercial enterprise that offers some interesting and freely available jpeg images. They also provide a thoughtful and concise explanation of copyright considerations on the Web. The photographs offered for free downloading include a variety of scholarly topics, drawing from the sciences and the humanities. They ask that you include a credit link back to their site.

U.S. Fish & Wildlife Services Digital Media Library		A collection of images of American wildlife.

U.S. Geological Survey Aerial Photographs Online		An index of selected USGS Business and Cooperative Research and Development Agreement partner sites where maps can be accessed online.

USDA Forest Service Maps and Brochures		Links to visitor maps, topographic maps, and other specialty maps for national forests.

Webshots Community Pages		Webshots Community pages host thousands of pictures posted to the Web by amateur photographers. These collections are posted for the public and intended for sharing via e-mail and the Web.
MIT World		MIT World™ is a free and open site that provides on-demand video of significant public events at MIT.

Sound and Music:

The All Free Spot		"Free sounds, music & midi" - an index of sites that contain free music files.

The English Server		The E-Server at the University of Washington provides a collection of multimedia and sound effect clips.

Partners in Rhyme		Partners in Rhyme offers royalty free sounds and public domain sound effects.

PD Info, The Public Domain Music Project		This site was started in 1986 by Marji Hazen of Ashland, Ohio, and is now hosted by Haven Sound Inc. This site provides a list of 3,000 public domain songs in the United States.

Public Domain Music		This site contains MIDI files of public domain music and text files of their lyrics, created by Benjamin Robert Tubb based on original sheetmusic sources. The collection includes Blues, Ragtime, Civil-War Era music and other American classics.

Web Helper Public Domain Music		Web Helper includes MIDI files and free sheet music from two turn-of-the century music anthologies.

Animated GIF Files:

Animation Factory		Animation Factory provides an indexed collection of animation files available free for non-commercial use.

MediaBuilder.com		Media Builder is a great site for building animated text files and for editing GIF files online. They have a great selection of free resources

WebDeveloper.com		Web Developer has a large repository of animations and other useful Web development material. These animations are free for use on non-commericial Web sites.

Graphics & Clip Art:

Art Today Clip Art		Art Today includes a huge assortment of royalty-free, copyright-safe clipart and photos.

Graphic Maps		Graphic Maps is a commercial site that specializes in custom maps for Internet or Intranet applications. They also offer a wide selection of freely available maps. The categories include maps of the world, continents, countries, and states. Users may select several size and color options. In addition to maps, there are graphics of compasses and flags.

Icon Bazaar		Icon Bazaar is a fun site. The site owners have placed a collection of icons in the public domain for use by Web developers. They do ask that users download no more than 20 icons. A credit to the site is appreciated.

Music Related Graphic Images		This site is authored by Shirley E. Kaiser, and it offers an excellent collection of musical images. Buttons, backgrounds, and horizontal rules all have a musical theme. There is also very well designed clip art of instruments, clefs, and single notes.

Realm Graphics		Realm Graphics is a for-profit enterprise that generously offers Web art as a public service. They clearly define which sections of their Web site may be accessed for public domain graphics. Functional Web elements, such as buttons, backgrounds, and horizontal rules, are available here.

The Social Science Data Lab		This lab at the University of Colorado at Boulder offers an excellent resource kit for Web development. There are design tutorials, brief explanations about the use of graphics in Web pages, and HTML guides. As this is an academic site, the graphics available are especially useful for educational purposes.

The Social Sciences and Humanities Library Web Server		This site at UCSD is designed to assist students and faculty with Web-page construction. There are many useful small directional graphics, as well as cartoons, and images of people, office workers, and signs. This site is also host to "Flags of the World," a source of information and images for those seeking flag graphics.

The Web Developers Virtual Library Images and Icons Index		WDVL llinks to many sites containing public domain graphics for use in constructing Web pages.