Download this FREE Microsoft-compatible Office Suite, includes word processor, spreadsheet, presentation manager, and drawing program (ca. 100 Mb).

Why learn Another Language? ANSWER

Plug-Ins

This page has links to web resources of languages in general. For language specific resources, please visit the language (on the left navigation bar) you are interested in.

Tutorials, click here:

Local and Regional Links:

Libraries:

Health Sciences Library
Klutznick Law Library
Reinert Alumni Library
CLIC
UNO library CU has a reciprocal program, check out books with your CU ID. Other libraries in the area, UNO link.
UNL library CU has a reciprocal program, check out books with your CU ID.

AMI - Directory Search for Emails; Reset BLUE password, etc.
DoIT - CU's IT department. Download software, anti-virus, VPN, ...
College of Arts and Sciences
Registrar - look up class schedules

Misc. Links:

WordChamp, click on WebReader to read target language webpages with annotated vocabulary. Supports all the languages we teach.

¡Conjuguemos! now for French, German, Latin & Spanish. Conjugation verb practice online! (Registration required )

HLRC Intranet Server: More native speaker dialogues with transcript and translation (OLA Oral Language Archive) available "On Campus" only.

Find native speakers to talk and chat with. Wikibooks. NEW!

Dictionaries: =====================================

http://www.wordreference.com/ For English, French, Italian, Spanisch.

http://www.yourdictionary.com/ Mega Site for many dictionaries.

Language Resources: ==============================

Extensive collection of language links, by Dr. Jim Becker, Iowa (UNI)

http://polyglot.lss.wisc.edu/lss/lang/langlink.html University of Wisconsin

http://www.fredriley.org.uk/call/langsite/ Internet resources for Teachers and Learners.

Resources FL Teach Foreign Language Teach

UCLA Less Commonly Taught Languages Database of Resources

Study Abroad: ===================================

Creighton University International Programs

Opportunities via the Carl Duisberg Society for US students to study & work abroad: Germany, Ecuador, Argentina, Turkey. Summer, Semester, 1-yr. programs and internships.

Free Software: ===================================

The Stingy Scholar: Software for teaching.

Finding e-Pals: ===================================

eTandem: Find a partner to communicate with in a foreign language!

Plug-ins & Multimedia

With the help of ActiveX and Plug-ins, your browser (Internet Explorer, Mozilla, Firefox, Opera, etc.) can do many more things. Some of the most popular add-ons are Flash, Shockwave, Quicktime, and RealPlayer. Please download and install these if you plan to use the interactive exercises and multi-media activities offered on the HLRC web pages.

Flash and Shockwave Players
(was Macromedia, now Adobe)

Quicktime (Apple)
is most often used for streaming or downloading video. The download progresses at the speed of your connection, i.e. if you want to watch a high-quality 4 Mb big movie, you may have to wait a few moments, or longer if you use a modem, but you can always watch the portion that is already downloaded into the cache of your browser, and once the movie is completly 'cached', you can watch it without any network congestion.

RealPlayer (Real Networks)
A real challenge to find the link to their FREE player. Follow this link to the free player, or try to find it yourself from their homepage. Unfortunately, you will have to register your player with them by opening an account. But it's for free if you reject all of their offers and their PLUS player. Here is a list of older versions. By using a dedicated streaming server, Creighton can stream RealPlayer audio and video at the highest speed possible, depending on the current network speed between your machine and Creighton. If you have a modem, the quality will be acceptable, but not as good as on campus or with a cable modem. The contents does not get 'cached'(unlike in Quicktime), so waiting for the download to complete does not improve the quality. On the other hand, you can listen or watch instantaneously.

Octoshape plug-in

Try the new octoshape plug-in (Win & Mac & Linus) to enjoy high quality TV & Radio "multiple-streaming". New in 2007

Adware / Spyware / Firewall

Before you try the free programs listed below, make sure you, as a student of Creighton University, have installed and updated the Antivirus Software, free for Creighton students!!!

Adware Personal is free and the 'real' Spybot Search and Destroy (free, but donation suggested) should be installed on your computer to remove spy programs, tracking programs, and much more. Next try CCleaner (free) and Bitdefender (free) to remove Malware, Spyware, Adware, and Viruses.

Still worried about speeding up your computer? Try this 'msconfig' tutorial. You can limit the number of Start-Up programs, thus speeding up the boot process and your computer.

A Firewall like ZoneAlarm (free for personal use) protects your computers from unwanted in- and outgoing Internet traffic. It warns you if a program, a worm, etc. wants to gain access to the Internet from your machine, or wants to attack your machine. It also 'hides' many of your open ports.

Page updated on August 21, 2007