FUN ONLINE TOOLS/SOFTWARE

 

 

QUICK, DRAW!  (MAKE AI GUESS YOUR DRAWING)

https://quickdraw.withgoogle.com/

 

 

RANDOM CHOICE SITES

 

Random Wheel Spinner

https://pickerwheel.com/

https://wheelofnames.com/

 

Random Group Pickers

https://www.classtools.net/random-group-generator/

https://www.randomlists.com/team-generator

 

Random Number Generator

Google’s Generator


Picker Wheel
https://pickerwheel.com/

 

 

ONLINE DIAGRAM MAKING SOFTWARE


Site: https://app.diagrams.net/

 

This free site allows you to very easily create diagrams.  Pretty cool!

 

 

Possible uses:

This can be used for visual communication of different types of ideas and organizational structures.

 

 

LIGHTBOT

 

Site: https://www.lightbot.lu/


This site / game introduces you to basic coding ideas by playing a puzzle game. 

 

Possible Tasks

Click here.

 

 

 

FUNKO POP DESIGNER

 

Site: https://www.funko.com/pop-yourself/designer

 

This site allows you to create a Funko Pop with a fair bit of options.

 

Possible Tasks

 

1-Create yourself.  Perhaps many versions of yourself.

2-Create you and your family.  Display all side by side

3-Create yourself and a few friends.

4-Create someone famous.

 

 

 

TRUE SIZE

 

Site: https://thetruesize.com/

 

Did you know that in order to display the surface of the world as a rectangular map, cartographers often enlarge the polar areas of the world making some countries seem larger than they are when comparing them to other countries?  This site allows you to compare the actual size of different countries.

 

Possible Tasks

 

1-Class discussion about the ethical role of technology in the world.

 

 

 

LOGO TURTLE GRAPHICS

 

There are several sites providing you with an interpreter for Logo.  Most are open source.

 

Sites
UC Berkeley – A software that can be installed on Windows/MacOS/Linux.  Limited features.
https://www.calormen.com/jslogo/# - Online logo interpreter.

http://www.logointerpreter.com/ - Online logo interpreter.

 

Resources

UT Dallas CS Outreach Page – One stop page with code, examples and problems.

Possible Tasks

 

1-Create a few simple shapes using manual commands.

2-Students are to do a selection of the UT Dallas problems.

 


Above: The interface at logointerpreter.com.

 

 

NVIDIA INPAINTING (AI IMAGE MANIPULATOR)

Site: https://www.nvidia.com/research/inpainting/


Start with an image.  Highlight a section of it to remove it from the image.  Then Nvidia’s AI program will regenerate the photo as well as it can.  And it works so well!

 

 

Possible Tasks

1-Try this out with your own image.
2-What happens start with Voldemort and erase his nose?
3-What happens if you try to remove a person from a crowd?

4-What happens if you start with a photo of someone wearing a mask and remove the mask? 

 

Credit: Thank you to Jonah Labelle for showing us this software tool.

 

 

IMAGE GENERATOR (AI IMAGE GENERATOR)

 

Site: https://experiments.runwayml.com/generative_engine/

 

This site generates a synthetic image as you type words.  It is interesting how the image does resemble your words at times.  Try it out!

 

 

 

Possible Tasks

1-Try it out.

2-Test it out to find if some words are more effective than others with this AI program?

 

Credit: Thank you to Jessyka Poulin for showing us this software tool.

 

THIS PERSON DOESN’T EXIST (AI FACE GENERATOR)

 

Site: https://thispersondoesnotexist.com/

 

This site simply generates the face of a person using AI.  Very interesting.

 

Possible Tasks

1-Class discussion on AI. 
   a) Does the software work perfectly?  Can you find any issues?
   b) Are there ethical concerns about this technology? 

2-Use generated photos for a project.

 

 

  

 

Credit: Thank you to Ryan Delamorandiere for showing us this site.

 

PLACE IT (IMAGE PLACER)

 

Site: https://placeit.net/

 

This site places an image such as a logo onto a product.  The products are already masked so that your logo is warped and trimmed to fit the shape of the product.

Note: The site does require you to create an account after you have tried a few designs.

Note 2: The site does create a watermark in the image.

 

Possible Tasks:

1-Design a logo and place that design on a few items.

2-Analyze the quality of a logo on different items.

 

  

 

Credit: Thank you to Ryan Delamorandiere for showing us this site.

 

Other similar sites:

https://www.customink.com/ (choose Design Lab)

 

 

 

PIXILIART

 

Site: https://www.pixilart.com/

 

This site allows you to create simple pixel art.  It has a fair bit of features and is easy to use.

 

Possible Tasks:

1-Create a simple pixel art design.

2-Create a pixel art design of an object.

3-Create sprites for a video game.

4-Create a favicon for a website.

5-Create a Lockerby logo in pixel art.

 

 

Credit: Thank you to Tyler Lavoie for showing us this site.

 

THUNKABLE

 

Site: https://thunkable.com/

 

This site is a drag and drop app builder for both Androis and IOS devices.  It’s quite impressive.

 

Possible Tasks:

1-Create an app.

2-Design and create the user interface for an app.

 

 

DESMOS (ONLINE GRAPHING CALCULATOR)

 

Site: https://www.desmos.com/

 

This site provides you with a free online graphing calculator.  Use the ^ symbol for exponentiation.

 

 

 

ASSEMBLY COMPILERS ONLINE

 

Sites:

https://www.tutorialspoint.com/compile_assembly_online.php

https://www.jdoodle.com/compile-assembler-nasm-online/

https://www.mycompiler.io/online-assembly-asm-compiler

https://defuse.ca/online-x86-assembler.htm

https://godbolt.org/

 

Possible tasks:

1-Find an assembly tutorial and try coding a few programs in an online compiler.

 

ONLINE COMPILERS AND INTERPRETERS

 

Site:

https://www.tutorialspoint.com/codingground.htm

 

Possible task:

Quickly explore different technologies and compare them.

 

 

 

HEROFORGE

 

Site:

https://www.heroforge.com/

 

A neat website that allows you to create your own characters with a lot of choice on how to customize them. 

 

Possible tasks:

1-Create a character to explore the software.

2-Create characters and take screen shots of them to use in your story, video game, slideshow, …

3-Create a D&D character.

 

 

Credit: Thank you to Rebecca L. for showing us this site.

 

 

CIPHER GAME

 

Click here.  Unfortunately, this is only available at certain times so you cannot check it out now.

 

 

 

TEXT ART & FONT GENERATOR

 

Site:

Main - https://fsymbols.com/

Text art - https://fsymbols.com/text-art/

Draw your own map (art) - https://fsymbols.com/draw/

 

You can generate some neat text art using this site including making your own text maps.  Awesome for any application where you have a lot of text (such as a text based game).

 

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Thanks to Elliot M. for sharing this site.

 

 

COLOUR PALETTE GENERATOR

 

Site:

https://coolors.co/

 

The site allows you to generate colour palettes.  It’s cool and fun  Simply press space to get a new one!