Portable Apps Tutorials: Open source software that will run from a USB flash drive

Brian H. Giza, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Science and Technology Education

The University of Texas at El Paso

915-747-6655

bhgiza AT utep.edu

http://www.educationtechnologies.com

This presentation was originally developed for the February 2007 Association of Teacher Educators convention in San Diego California.

Dr. Giza's opinions and information about open source tools in education are available online at: http://www.educationtechnologies.com/html/opinion.htm.

These pages contain content in Flash video format. Each video is a 5 to 10 MB download, so you will need a fast Internet conection to view them. They include:

• Video tutorial 1: Accessing "Portable Apps" at http://portableapps.com. You may CLICK THIS LINK FOR VIDEO TUTORIAL 1 that illustrates the process.

• Video tutorial 2: Downloading "Portable Audacity" (Windows version); saving the downloaded "ZIP" (compressed folder) version to a previously prepared, empty folder location on the computer. You may CLICK THIS LINK FOR VIDEO TUTORIAL 2 that illustrates the process.

• Video tutorial 3: Copying "Portable Apps" (Windows version) onto a USB drive You may CLICK THIS LINK FOR VIDEO TUTORIAL 3 that illustrates the process.

• Support links for portable apps at Dr. Giza's http://www.educationtechnologies.com website: http://www.educationtechnologies.com/html/modules.htm

• Support links for Macintosh OS X portable apps at the http://www.freesmug.org/portableapps website. Some reasons why portable apps are often difficult to use on, or develop for, Mac OS computers is discussed at http://theocacao.com/document.page/319/ and http://www.tuaw.com/2006/10/12/where-are-the-mac-os-x-portable-applications/

• Portable software information and links at the Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Portable_Software.

• Portable software information and links for Linux at http://www.linuxfortravelers.com/general/portable-apps.