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Technologies for teaching, learning and research

GarageBand

Availability: Labs  |  Download Comparable: Audacity, Audition GarageBand is a Mac application that allows a user to record, edit, and write music. Users can plug a USB MIDI Keyboard into their computers and record with over 100 different types of instruments.  GarageBand offers a multi-track environment where you can align several tracks of audio from different clips, … Read more

GIMP

Availability: Free Download Comparable: Photoshop GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program) is a raster graphics editor used for image retouching and editing, free-form drawing, re-sizing, cropping, photo-montages, converting between different image formats, and more specialized tasks.  GIMP is commonly seen as a free competitor to Adobe Photoshop, part of the Adobe Creative Suite.  It carries much of the same functionality, … Read more

Google Drawing

Availability: Faculty/Staff Part of: Google Apps Comparable: GIMP, OpenOffice Google Drawing is a basic cloud-based paint/drawing application that can be accessed directly through any web browser.  Drawing is useful for making basic sketches, diagrams, and performing basic image editing.  Drawings are automatically saved to Google’s servers (Google Drive), and a revision history is automatically kept so past edits may be … Read more