When taking a course online, the last thing you want to do is worry about the quality of graphics, and navigate all the online information about graphic creation, file type, and size. So here, I have put together a short list of graphics programs with pros and cons that you’ll be able to use to make graphics for your Canvas course.
A quick word about file types. For online purposes, we use JPEGs or PNGs. PNGs are preferable in quality but their file sizes are a bit larger. We always our images online to be the best quality and the smallest file size possible.
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| Pixlr.com
Online photo editor |
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| GIMP
Downloadable image editor for OS and Windows |
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| PowerPoint
Presentation tool, part of Office Suiteuite |
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| Snagit
Software from Techsmith.com |
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| Preview
Free software that comes with Mac computers |
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