Resources for Students
Software Resources for Students
Technology Resources:
- Personal Software Resources (email saptechsupport@morgan.edu for further assistance or questions)
General Resources:
- Get Office 365: Get Microsoft Office in the cloud, visit Portal.Office.com and enter your MSU email to get it today. Office 365 may be installed on personal devices only.
- Autodesk Student Community - offers free 13-month trial downloads of most popular Autodesk software, including: AutoCAD, 3D Max and Revit Architecture. [Register Here]
- Google Drive - A free alternative to Microsoft Office with the same suite of features and programs (Google Drive is part of your google account at Morgan)
- OSALT - a website listing free, open source alternatives to many popular software packages
- OpenOffice - A free alternative to Microsoft Office with the same suite of features and programs
Geographic Information Systems:
- Google Earth [F]
- Google Maps [F]
- Baltimore City CityView [F]
- Flash Earth [F]
- Maps.Live.Com [F]
- US Government National Map Data Delivery [F]
3D CAD:
- 3Ds Max - part of the AutoDesk Design Institute. This software is licensed by the department and currently installed on lab computers.
- Rhino - A suite of 3D rendering and animation tools
- Blender [F] free open source 3D content creation suite, available for all major operating systems
- Lumion - 3D visualization tool
2D CAD:
- AutoCAD - part of the AutoDesk Design Institute. This software is licensed by the department and currently installed on lab computers.
- Vectorworks - another 2D modeling tool
2D/3D Editing:
- Adobe Suite - Photoshop
- Adobe Suite - Illustrator
- GIMP [F] - similar to adobe photoshop [download here]. NOTE: Users familiar with the commands and menus from Adobe Photoshop may find Gimpshop useful - it installs on top of GIMP and gives it menus and naming conventions closer to Adobe Photoshop [download GIMPshop here]
- Inkscape [F] - similar to Adobe Illustrator (Vector graphics drawing) [download here]
Desktop Publishing:
PDF Creation (Print-To-PDF Drivers)
- PrimoPDF [F]
- CutePDF Writer [F]
PDF Editing
- Adobe Acrobat Professional
- PDF Fill [F] - alternative to Acrobat Pro
- Nitro PDF - less expensive alternative to Acrobat Pro
- CutePDF Professional - less expensive alternative to Acrobat Pro
- OpenOffice [F] - offers importing of PDFs as text. You will also need to download the Sun PDF Import Extension [here]
F= Free Software