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==Courses==
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This page includes information about both libre and non-libre software, rather than having it fragmented in a ton of separate pages across the wiki.
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== Libre Applications ==
! Course
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See [[Annotation]] for a more in depth explanation about annotation software.
! Software
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! Semesters
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==== [http://freshmeat.net/projects/jarnal Jarnal] - Java based PDF annotator ====
! Professors
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==== [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Okular Okular] - KDE Document viewer ====
! Notes
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==== [http://xournal.sourceforge.net/ Xournal] - GTK+ inking application ====
|-
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==== [https://gnuradio.org GNURadio] - "Provides signal processing blocks to implement software-defined radios and signal-processing systems." ====
| [[gp:BIT 2406|BIT 2406 - Quantitative Methods]]
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==== Used by the Hume Center for research ====
| Microsoft Excel 2007 (Solver, Analysis Toolpack)
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==== [[LaTeX]] - Markup & typesetting system for producing high-quality documents ====
| ?
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* The [https://github.com/josephwright/beamer Beamer] is used to create slides/posters
| ?
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* See [[LaTeX#Example_LaTeX_documents]] for example documents
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==== [http://www.mono-project.com/ Mono] - Cross platform .NET compiler and runtime ====
| [[gp:COMM 2004|COMM 2004 - Public Speaking]]
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* [http://www.monodevelop.com/ MonoDevelop] GUI for Mono
| Microsoft Powerpoint
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==== [http://pygments.org/ Pygments] - Source code pretty-printer that outpus to many formats ====
| ??
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==== [https://www.r-project.org/ R] - The programming language for statistics ====
| ??
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==== [http://pages.cs.wisc.edu/~larus/spim.html SPIM] - MIPS R2000 & R3000 simulator for educational purposes ====
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==== [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VirtualBox VirtualBox] - Virtualization software ====
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==== [https://libvirt.org/ LibVirt] - API for manaing virtual machines under QEMU, KVM, or XEN ====
| [[gp:CS 4984|CS 4984 - Intro to Cyber Security]]
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* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_Machine_Manager virt-manager] is a GUI for libvirt
| VMware
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==== [http://xmonad.org Xmonad] - Haskell based windows manager ====
| ??
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* [https://linx.li/ackthetxmonad.txt Ackthet's] configuration
| ??
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==== [http://bluej.org/ BlueJ] - Simple Java IDE ====
| VMware images provided with assignments but can be converted.
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==== [https://github.com/Rip-Rip/clang_complete Clang Complete] - Popular Clang addon for vim ====
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==== [https://www.gnu.org/software/screen/ Screen] - Popular terminal multiplexer ====
| [[gp:CEE 4024|CEE 4024]]
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==== [[w:tmux|tmux]] - Popular terminal multiplexer ====
| Microsoft Project
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* [[.tmux.conf|User .tmux.conf configs]]
| ??
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| ??
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==== [http://xoscope.sourceforge.net/ Xoscope] - Oscilloscope program ====
| Planner lacks resource levelling or constraints
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==== [http://xournal.sourceforge.net/ Xournal] - Notetaking/Sketching/Journal App ====
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==== [[Qucs]] - "Quite Universal Circuit Simulator" ====
| CEE (multiple)
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| Autodesk family
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==== [https://sourceforge.net/projects/qtoctave.berlios/ QtOctave] - GUI for Octave ====
| Many
 
| Many
 
|
 
|-
 
| [[gp:ECE 1574|ECE 1574]]
 
| Microsoft Visual C++, OR: Visual Studio Community Edition
 
| Spring 2016
 
| All
 
| Some Professors just use it as compiler; allow (encourage) open-source editors, allow g++
 
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| [[gp:ECE 2074|ECE 2074 - Circuit Analysis]]
 
| Zeitnitz Soundcard Oscilloscope
 
| Prior to Fall 2012
 
| All
 
|
 
|-
 
| [[gp:ECE 2074 | ECE 2074 - Circuit Analysis]]
 
| Velleman PCSGU250 / PCLab
 
| Fall 2012 - present
 
| All
 
|
 
|-
 
| [[gp:ECE 2504|ECE 2504 - Intro to CpE]]
 
| LogicWorks
 
| Spring 2012
 
| KL Cooper
 
| Substitutes not accepted.
 
|-
 
| [[gp:ECE 2534|ECE 2534 - Microcontroller Programming and Interfacing]]
 
| MPLAB X
 
| All
 
| All
 
|
 
|-
 
| [[gp:ECE 2534|ECE 2534 - Microcontroller Programming and Interfacing]]
 
| Xilinx tools
 
| Ending in Spring 2012 (??)
 
| All
 
|
 
|-
 
| [[gp:ECE 2574|ECE 2574]]
 
| Microsoft Visual C++
 
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|
 
|
 
|-
 
| [[gp:ECE 3504|ECE 3504 - Digital Design 1]]
 
| WinCupl
 
| Spring 2013 (?)
 
| Thweatt
 
| Class has been superceded by ECE 3544, which does not require WinCupl
 
|-
 
| [[gp:ECE 4560|ECE 4560 - Computer and Network Security Fundamentals]]
 
| Virtualbox
 
| Spring 2014
 
| Marchany
 
| Other hypervisors work too.
 
|-
 
| [[gp:ECE 4564|ECE 4564 - Network Applications]]
 
| MS Visual C# + .NET
 
| Unknown
 
| Unknown
 
| No longer used.
 
|-
 
| [[gp:ECE 4564|ECE 4564 - Network Applications]]
 
| Python
 
| Fall 2014
 
| Plymale
 
| Raspberry Pis running Raspbian are used as the platform.
 
|-
 
| [[gp:ENGE 1024 Engineering Exploration|ENGE 1024 Engineering Exploration]]
 
| [[DyKnow]], [[LabView]]
 
| Fall 2011
 
| All
 
| DyKnow required for attendance -- Superseded by ENGE 1215
 
|-
 
| [[gp:ENGE 1104 Exploration of Digital Future|ENGE 1104 Exploration of Digital Future]]
 
| [[LabView]], [[MATLAB]]
 
| Spring 2012
 
| All
 
| MATLAB functions not found in Octave required
 
|-
 
|[[gp:MUS 1104|MUS 1104 - Music Appreciation]] (online)
 
| Adobe Flash Player, Sibelius Scorch
 
| All
 
| All
 
|
 
|-
 
| [[gp:ENGE 1215|ENGE 1215 Intro to Engineering]]
 
| [[DyKnow]], [[MATLAB]], [[PDF Annotator]]
 
| Fall 2015
 
| Most, All, All
 
| Octave could be used; Xournal substitutes well for PDF Annotator
 
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| [[gp:ENGE 1216|ENGE 1216 - Intro to Engineering Design]]
 
| [[DyKnow]], [[MATLAB]], Autodesk Inventor, [[Respondus LockDown Browser]]
 
| Spring 2016
 
| Many, All, All, All
 
| Most of project involves MATLAB and Inventor; LockDown Browser is required for quizzes
 
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==Software==
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== Non-libre Applications ==
 
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! Notes
 
! Notes
 
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| [[MATLAB]]
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| [https://www.mathworks.com/products/matlab.html MATLAB]
 
| style="background: LightCoral" | Proprietary
 
| style="background: LightCoral" | Proprietary
 
| style="background: gold" | [http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=application&iId=49 Gold]
 
| style="background: gold" | [http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=application&iId=49 Gold]
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| [http://computing.ece.vt.edu/wiki/Matlab#Using_the_MPI_parallel_toolbox Parallelize number crunching] using the [http://computing.ece.vt.edu/wiki/Main_Page CVL]
 
| [http://computing.ece.vt.edu/wiki/Matlab#Using_the_MPI_parallel_toolbox Parallelize number crunching] using the [http://computing.ece.vt.edu/wiki/Main_Page CVL]
 
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| [[DyKnow]]
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| [https://www.dyknow.com/ DyKnow]
 
| style="background: LightCoral" | Proprietary
 
| style="background: LightCoral" | Proprietary
 
| style="background: LightCoral" | Garbage
 
| style="background: LightCoral" | Garbage
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| Contains malware.
 
| Contains malware.
 
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| [[LabView]]
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| [http://www.ni.com/en-us/shop/labview.html LabView]
 
| style="background: LightCoral" | Proprietary
 
| style="background: LightCoral" | Proprietary
 
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| [[Velleman PCSGU250]] / [http://www.vellemanusa.com/products/view/?country=us&lang=enu&id=524708 PCLab]
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| [http://www.vellemanusa.com/products/view/?country=us&lang=enu&id=524708 PCLab]
 
| style="background: LightCoral" | Proprietary
 
| style="background: LightCoral" | Proprietary
 
| style="background: rgb(225, 172, 110)" | [http://appdb.winehq.org/screenshots.php?iAppId=2456&iVersionId= Bronze?]
 
| style="background: rgb(225, 172, 110)" | [http://appdb.winehq.org/screenshots.php?iAppId=2456&iVersionId= Bronze?]
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| Integrates with Scholar, Canvas for testing; prevents access to other tabs, perhaps other apps (by blacklist), resists running in virtualized environments and some releases of Wine, <em>must be run as administrator</em>
 
| Integrates with Scholar, Canvas for testing; prevents access to other tabs, perhaps other apps (by blacklist), resists running in virtualized environments and some releases of Wine, <em>must be run as administrator</em>
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==Required Free/Open Source Software==
 
This is a list of [[Free Software]] required for classes. '''TODO: Migrate this to the other two sections.'''
 
 
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! Course
 
! Software
 
! License
 
! Package Name
 
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| [[gp:ECE 2500 Computer Organization|ECE 2500 Computer Organization]]
 
| [[SPIM]]
 
| BSD
 
| '''Gentoo''': [http://packages.gentoo.org/package/app-emulation/spim spim]
 
 
'''Ubuntu''': [http://packages.ubuntu.com/karmic/spim spim]
 
 
'''Arch Linux''': [https://www.archlinux.org/packages/?q=qtspim qtspim]
 
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| [[gp:CS 1054 Introduction to Programming in Java|CS 1054 Introduction to Programming in Java]]
 
| rowspan="2" | <s>[[BlueJ]]</s> [http://www.greenfoot.org/download Greenfoot (for Sophia)]
 
| rowspan="2" | [[GPL]] 2
 
| rowspan="2" | '''Arch Linux''': [https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=13853 bluej]
 
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| [[gp:CS 1114 Introduction to Software Design|CS 1114 Introduction to Software Design]]
 
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| [[gp:CS 2114 Software Design & Data Structures|CS 2114 Software Design & Data Structures]]
 
| [[Eclipse]]
 
| [[EPL]]
 
| '''Arch Linux''': [https://www.archlinux.org/packages/?q=eclipse eclipse]
 
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| [[gp:CS 2505 Intro to Computer Organization I|CS 2505 Intro to Computer Organization I]]
 
| rowspan="2" | [[MARS]]
 
| rowspan="2" | MIT
 
| rowspan="2" | '''Arch Linux''': [https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=34565 mars-mips]
 
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| [[gp:CS 2506 Intro to Computer Organization II|CS 2506 Intro to Computer Organization II]]
 
|-
 
 
 
| [[gp:CS 2505 Intro to Computer Organization I|CS 2505 Intro to Computer Organization I]]
 
| rowspan="3" | [[w:GNU Compiler Collection|gcc]]
 
| rowspan="3" | GPL
 
| rowspan="3" | '''Arch Linux''': [https://www.archlinux.org/packages/?q=gcc gcc]
 
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| [[gp:CS 2506 Intro to Computer Organization II|CS 2506 Intro to Computer Organization II]]
 
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| [[gp:CS 3214 Computer Systems|CS 3214 Computer Systems]]
 
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| [[gp:CS 3214 Computer Systems|CS 3214 Computer Systems]]
 
| [[w:GNU Debugger|gdb]]
 
| GPL
 
| '''Arch Linux''': [https://www.archlinux.org/packages/?q=gdb gdb]
 
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| [[gp:CS 3214 Computer Systems|CS 3214 Computer Systems]]
 
| [[w:Valgrind|valgrind]]
 
| GPL
 
| '''Arch Linux''': [https://www.archlinux.org/packages/?q=valgrind valgrind]
 
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| [[gp:CS 3304 Comparative Languages|CS 3304 Comparative Languages]]
 
| [[w:ANTLR|ANTLR]]
 
| BSD
 
| '''Arch Linux''': [https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=18304 antlr3]
 
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| [[gp:CS 4984 Introduction to Cyber Security|CS 4984 Introduction to Cyber Security]]
 
| [[w:OpenSSL|OpenSSL]]
 
| Apache
 
| '''Arch Linux''': [https://www.archlinux.org/packages/?q=openssl openssl]
 
 
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| [http://www.tech-tools.com/index.htm DigiView]
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| style="background: LightCoral" | Proprietary
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| ??
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| style="background: LightGreen" | Yes
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| style="background: LightCoral" | No
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| Integrates with Scholar, Canvas for testing; prevents access to other tabs, perhaps other apps (by blacklist), resists running in virtualized environments and some releases of Wine, <em>must be run as administrator</em>
 
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[[Example LaTeX Chem Lab Report]] - An example lab report for CHEM 1045 written in LaTeX.
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== Course management software ==
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==== [http://www.blackboard.com/index.html Blackboard] - ??? - 2010 ====
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==== [https://scholar.vt.edu/portal Scholar] - 2010 - 2017 ====
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==== [https://canvas.vt.edu Canvas] - 2017 - Current ====
  
==See Also==
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== See Also ==
 
* [[Computer requirement]]
 
* [[Computer requirement]]
* [[:Category:Libre course software|Libre course software]]
 
* [[:Category:Proprietary course software|Proprietary course software]]
 
  
 
[[Category:Software]]
 
[[Category:Software]]
[[Category:Campus bugs]]
 
 
[[Category:Featured content]]
 
[[Category:Featured content]]
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[[Category:Needs restoration]]

Latest revision as of 03:13, 4 January 2019

This page includes information about both libre and non-libre software, rather than having it fragmented in a ton of separate pages across the wiki.

Libre Applications

See Annotation for a more in depth explanation about annotation software.

Jarnal - Java based PDF annotator

Okular - KDE Document viewer

Xournal - GTK+ inking application

GNURadio - "Provides signal processing blocks to implement software-defined radios and signal-processing systems."

Used by the Hume Center for research

LaTeX - Markup & typesetting system for producing high-quality documents

Mono - Cross platform .NET compiler and runtime

Pygments - Source code pretty-printer that outpus to many formats

R - The programming language for statistics

SPIM - MIPS R2000 & R3000 simulator for educational purposes

VirtualBox - Virtualization software

LibVirt - API for manaing virtual machines under QEMU, KVM, or XEN

Xmonad - Haskell based windows manager

BlueJ - Simple Java IDE

Clang Complete - Popular Clang addon for vim

Screen - Popular terminal multiplexer

tmux - Popular terminal multiplexer

Xoscope - Oscilloscope program

Xournal - Notetaking/Sketching/Journal App

Qucs - "Quite Universal Circuit Simulator"

QtOctave - GUI for Octave

Non-libre Applications

Software License WINE? VM? Native Linux? Equivalent FOSS Notes
MATLAB Proprietary Gold Yes Yes QtOctave, FreeMat (stale?), Octave (console), Scilab (not syntax-compatible), Sage Parallelize number crunching using the CVL
DyKnow Proprietary Garbage Yes No Ubiquitous Presenter (Free for academic use), completely free version a work in progress Contains malware.
LabView Proprietary Yes Yes
Microsoft Visual C++ Proprietary Garbage Yes No GCC + GDB + Valgrind, KDevelop, eclipse-cdt
Microsoft Excel 2007 Proprietary Gold Yes No Gnumeric Absolute values ( such as "1" or "0") can not be used for constraints. Multiple cell ranges can not be manipulated at once, making Gnumeric unusable for transshipment problems and goal programming. Cell ranges can only be compared to ranges of equal length and width in constraints. Nonlinear programming is not yet possible.

Reports are dated in UTC.

PSpice Proprietary Silver Yes No Qucs You can probably replace the Tront PSpice book with the Qucs workbook.
Zeitnitz Soundcard Oscilloscope ? Gold ? No xoscope
PCLab Proprietary Bronze? Kind of No none, if you want to use this hardware bwr is supposedly working on a linux driver so that this 'scope might also work with xoscope
LogicWorks Proprietary Gold Yes No Qucs
MPLAB ?? Gold Yes Yes Piklab
Xilinx tools (parts GPL'd) ?? Sometimes quirky Yes Use 9.x natively with libusb-driver.
WinCupl Proprietary Gold Yes No Needs MFC40.dll:
wget http://activex.microsoft.com/controls/vc/mfc40.cab
cabextract mfc40.cab
wine mfc40.exe
MS Visual C# + .NET Proprietary ?? Yes No MonoDevelop + Mono
VMware products Proprietary No ... Some Virtualbox, QEMU VMware's tools can generally be used to convert images between VMware and VirtualBox/QEMU formats.
Microsoft Project Proprietary Bronze Yes No GNOME Planner Planner lacks resource levelling or constraints
Autodesk Products Proprietary Garbage Buggy No Success in Wine depends on the Autodesk product used and revisions of all software involved.
Microsoft Visio Proprietary Gold Yes No Dia Lots of add-ons for circuit shapes and logic for flowcharts
Microsoft Visual Studio Proprietary Garbage Yes No gcc, eclipse-cdt Compiling C++ in g++ is okay, but testing in a Visual Studio environment is recommended to make sure that the project will work correctly before turning it in.
Microsoft PowerPoint Proprietary ? Yes No LibreOffice Impress, Beamer Some instructors may require PPTX files, but some may also accept PDF; your mileage will very depending upon your instructor.
Sibelius Scorch Proprietary ? Yes No
Adobe Flash Player Proprietary ? Yes Yes
Respondus LockDown Browser Proprietary No? No No Integrates with Scholar, Canvas for testing; prevents access to other tabs, perhaps other apps (by blacklist), resists running in virtualized environments and some releases of Wine, must be run as administrator
DigiView Proprietary ?? Yes No Integrates with Scholar, Canvas for testing; prevents access to other tabs, perhaps other apps (by blacklist), resists running in virtualized environments and some releases of Wine, must be run as administrator

Course management software

Blackboard - ??? - 2010

Scholar - 2010 - 2017

Canvas - 2017 - Current

See Also