Equatio: A free digital math tool for UWindsor
Equatio is free for everyone at UWindsor and is an ideal tool for anyone looking for digital math tools. You can take a picture of written math and convert it to digital, editable equations, or if you prefer, just handwrite in the app itself and it will convert it to digital. The screenshot function will take any math on the web and make it accessible and editable. You can even speak your equations aloud and have them created. Of course, there is also a more traditional equation editor (LaTeX is supported, too) with a prediction feature to finish your equations, chemical symbols, and more. Some additional free features include a scientific calculator, an interactive periodic table, an interactive molecular viewer, a graph creator/editor, and an online space to work with interactive shapes.
More information on this tool, including how to install it, is available in this article.
We have free workshops open to anyone at UWindsor (students, staff, faculty, etc.) wanting to learn how to use Equatio.
There are numerous helpful videos for Equatio in this playlist, a set of quick reference guides, and a help forum.
If you need additional support using Equatio you can open a Team Dynamix ticket.
Read&Write - Free Literacy and Writing Support at UWindsor
Did you know that all UWindsor students, faculty, and staff now have free access to a powerful literacy support application?
Read&Write is a suite of software tools designed to assist in the areas of research, studying, and of course, reading and writing. It can also function as a screen reader.
Whether used in conjunction with Google Chrome or as a standalone application, Read&Write can convert your spoken notes or assignments into text, as well as read your text and PDFs out loud. With its word prediction, grammar and spelling checkers, as well as the text/picture dictionaries for unfamiliar words it can help develop writing skills.
This application is also helpful with Brightspace exams, online journal articles, as well as e-mails and typed assignments.
More information on this tool, including how to install it, is available in this article.
We have free workshops open to anyone at UWindsor (students, staff, faculty, etc.) wanting to learn how to use Read&Write.
There are numerous helpful videos for Read&Write for Windows, Mac, or Google Chrome. There is also a set of quick reference guides, and a help forum.
If you need additional support using Read&Write you can open a Team Dynamix ticket.