Inkscape

This is the third of a series or articles featuring Free Open Source Software. This is business class software that is free. Grant High School gives copies of this software to all students when they enrol at the school so that students can continue with their learning at home without cost and without pirating.

Inkscape is the tool to use for diagrams and drawing.

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Inkscape is an Open Source vector graphics editor, with capabilities similar to Adobe Illustrator, Freehand and CorelDraw.

Inkscape is a powerful and convenient drawing tool. It was used to make the Grant High School improvement plan poster.

More information about Inkscape can be found at

http://www.inkscape.org

Audacity

This is the second of a series or articles featuring Free Open Source Software. This is business class software that is free. Grant High School gives copies of this software to all students when they enrol at the school so that students can continue with their learning at home without cost and without pirating.

Got an oral to do for one of your subjects? Need to create some special sound effects? Audacity is the tool to use.
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Audacity is free, open source software for recording and editing sounds. It is available for Mac, Windows and Linux. You can use Audacity to do things like:

• Record live audio.
• Convert tapes and records into digital recordings or CDs.
• Edit Ogg Vorbis, MP3, and WAV sound files.
• Cut, copy, splice, and mix sounds together.
• Change the speed or pitch of a recording.

There is good documentation and a strong online user community that can support you with using this software

More information about Audacity and to download it go to
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/