Welcome to the free download site for UPresent® and UGather®
at the University of Minnesota

These multimedia applications are made available free to all faculty, staff, and students at the University of Minnesota, including its coordinate campuses, by CodeBlazer Technologies, LLC.

UGather is a an application for managing large or small libraries of diverse multimedia content. UPresent is a presentation tool for presenting a wide variety of multimedia content to groups large or small. For complete descriptions of these products, visit CodeBlazer's web site: codeblazer.com.

UGather and UPresent were developed by the General Biology Program at the University of Minnesota.They have been used in the classroom for more than a decade. The applications were designed so faculty, staff, and students could quickly learn how to incorporate a broad range of digital content into presentations while adhering to good principles of presentations and pedagogy. CodeBlazer Technologies acquired the rights to UGather and UPresent in February 2001.

To obtain a free copy of these applications click on the appropriate link below to download the approprate software for your operating system. You will need your University of Minnesota X.500 username and password. Please check back often for updates and bug fixes.

Last Updates Posted: 4/24/03

Macintosh OS:

UPresent Classic (MacOS 8.1-9.x)

UPresent Viewer Classic (MacOS 8.1-9.x)

UPresent Carbon (Mac OS X)
New version 3.0 posted 4-24-03 allows tele-illustrating over graphics and photos using multiple colors. This version only works under Mac OS X.
Press the caps lock key to activate the floating color palette, press again to hide the palette. This version also fixes issues related to URLs and launching software applications.

UPresent Viewer Carbon (Mac OS X)

UGather (MacOS 8.1-9.x) Mac OS only

Windows OS:

UPresent requires QuickTime and it is available free from Apple Computer.

UPresent for Windows- RC2 (Windows 95, 98, 2000, NT 4, and ME)

UPresent Viewer for Windows (Windows 95, 98, 2000, NT 4, and ME)

UPresent and UGather are registered trademarks of CodeBlazer Technologies, LLC.
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