Tropy: research photo management software that allows you to organize your digital images in collections and boxes, tag, annotate them, and export your research files. FREE.
Project Management
Slack
Slack: a robust communications platform designed to organize and centralize tasks and communications in collaborative projects or work teams. Integrates with dozens of commonly used applications, and is available for desktops, mobile devices, and on your web browser. Free/Paid.
Basecamp
Basecamp: desktop and mobile platforms to manage groups and projects. With the ability to integrate many third-party applications, Basecamp functions as a centralized communications platform for your team—or what the developers like to call “a central source of truth.” Paid.
Monday
Monday (formerly known as Dapulse): simple task- and project-management platform that helps you add, delegate, and visualize the status of specific tasks, collaborate on project documents, and more. Also available on mobile platforms (iOS and Android). Individual FREE/Paid.
TeamGantt
TeamGantt: a flexible project-management tool that includes a timeline feature to visualize deadlines, priorities, dependencies, and collaboration. iOS application also available. Free Trial/Paid.
Google Apps for Education
NYU has licensed a set of Google products to handle communication, calendars, file storage, and other teaching and learning apps, according to these Terms of Use. The full suite of Google Apps for Education include:
- Calendar
- Drive (file storage and sharing)
- Classroom (course sites; NYU LMS (Brightspace) is the university’s official LMS)
- Docs (word processor)
- Sheets (spreadsheet)
- Groups (group email)
- Meet (video conferencing)
- Chat (chat within NYU Gmail)
- Sites (website platform)
- Slides (presentation platform)
- Drawings
- Forms (surveys, quizzes, etc.)
Learn More:
- NYU ServiceLink Overview
- Tutorials at LinkedIn Learning
- Group Workshops available through Digital Services at Bobst (see the NYU IT Calendar)
- Group demos at Gallatin available (contact us to request a demo)
Pocket: a “read later” cloud service that can be integrated with over 1,000 mobile apps as well as with Google Chrome. Use the Chrome extension to “pocket” (that is, save with one click) clutter-free versions of a webpage (articles, videos, tweets, etc) that can be later retrieved on the browser itself or on Pocket mobile or desktop apps. Requires creating an account. FREE/Premium.
Padlet
Padlet: a blank canvas to you which you can add a variety of multimedia files. Creating a unique URL for each canvas, padlet is a great tool for collaborative projects and visual presentations. No signup necessary, though you can create an account to centralize all of your projects. Embed your padlet on WordPress using an iframe code. FREE.
Mural
Mural: platform for spatial visualization of ideas, aimed for collaborative projects. Free for teachers and students. Free/Paid.
Scrivener
Scrivener: content and generation platform that offers several organization tools for your library. Contextualize your documents, add annotations, and seamlessly navigate through research documents without leaving the application. 30-day free trial period available. PAID.