Tips & Software Links For Students

How get your PC to respond and perform faster

-Remove all but essential apps from auto-start at login/reboot time. (on Macs -see System Preferences/ User&Groups / yourUserID /Login Items)(
-Only keep open docs and apps needed for task at hand (the more apps open, the slower your PC runs)
-Get in the habit of closing down apps/docs whenever you're done with them
-Reboot PC once a month or more often

Connecting to RVS wifi

• follow this guide

Various Office Type Suites For PC And Mac:

• LibreOffice: http://www.libreoffice.org/
• MS Office 365: https://portal.office.com/

Any Mac/Windows laptop can install a licensed subscription of Office 365 for free for the duration of their attendance in the Rvschools District.

Login with your student ID (LoginID@rvschools.ab.ca) and password and click the Install Office Apps button (right hand corner)

Anti-Virus software:

• AVG: http://www.avg.com/ca-en/free-antivirus-download

• Avast: http://www.avast.com/free-antivirus-download

• Kaspersky: http://www.kaspersky.ca (pay site)

Free Malware/Spyware Software:

• Malwarebytes Anti-Malware: https://www.malwarebytes.org/

• Spybot S & D:  https://www.safer-networking.org/

One Stop Shop for all Freeware Tools:

• http://www.filehippo.com/

• WINDOWS PCS ONLY - https://ninite.com/

FREEMIND

• http://freemind.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/Main_Page

PDF Converters

• http://www.cutepdf.com/products/cutepdf/writer.asp

• http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=4d951911-3e7e-4ae6-b059-a2e79ed87041&displayLang=en

• http://www.primopdf.com/index.aspx

Audio - Video Tools:

• Handbrake: https://handbrake.fr/
• Audacity: http://www.audacityteam.org/