Software & Tools
- Jordan Galczynski
Having a hard time deciding which tool is right for your project? Filter through our suggested methods and tools for any project.
Looking for tools to support instruction? See the available applications and integrated tools for BruinLearn and beyond.
Software available via UCLA IT Software Central
Adobe Creative Suite
Professional creative software in Adobe Creative Cloud including Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere Pro & more
Available to students, faculty, and staff; request a license
Canva
Tools for visual document creation, photo and video creation and editing, and more. The tool recently added an AI feature, Canva Magic Studio, which is an AI design generator that uses AI to create custom, on-brand, and attention-grabbing designs in seconds. No coding and advanced design skills required
Pro Account available for all current students; discounted rate for faculty and staff; request a licen
EndNote
Reference management software for scholars and authors to use for recording and utilizing bibliographic citations (references)
Available for all faculty and staff, students only on UCLA-owned equipment; for purchase
ESRI ArcGIS
Geographic Information System (GIS) software is designed to capture, store, manipulate, analyze, manage and present all types of geographical data
Available for use by all UCLA Faculty, Staff, and Students on UCLA-owned or leased personal equipment for teaching, research, and or administrative use; request a free license
JMP
Statistical program for simple and complex analyses - dynamically links statistics with graphics to interactively explore, understand, and visualize data. JMP provides a comprehensive set of statistical tools as well as the Design of Experiments and Statistical Quality Control in a single package.
Available for use by all UCLA Faculty, Staff, and Students on UCLA-owned or leased and personal equipment for teaching and/or research only. Administrative use not allowed; for purchase
Microsoft Office 365
Office 365 Education is a collection of services that allows you to collaborate and share your schoolwork. It includes free access to Office Online, OneDrive storage, and the ability to install full versions of Office Suite applications on up to 5 PCs or Macs, 5 tablets, and 5 mobile devices.
Available to registered UCLA students; Alumni, staff, faculty, and retirees are not eligible for this service. If you are UCLA staff/faculty trying to get Office 365 access please contact your department's local IT support for availability.
SUDAAN
a statistical software package for the analysis of correlated data - is specifically designed for the analysis of cluster-correlated data from studies involving recurrent events, longitudinal data, repeated measures, multivariate outcomes, multi-stage sample designs, stratified designs, unequally weighted data, and without-replacement samples. SUDAAN fits marginal or population-averaged models using generalized estimating equations (GEE). Robust variance estimates are computed that fully account for intracluster correlation, unequal weighting, stratification, and without-replacement sampling. You can use SPSS or SAS to manage your database and easily use SUDAAN to analyze your SPSS or SAS data sets.
Available for use by all UCLA Faculty, Staff, and Students on UCLA-owned or leased and personal equipment for teaching, research, and/or administrative use; for purchase
Survey Monkey
Online survey software – helps create and run professional online surveys. As a leading survey and feedback management solution, SurveyMonkey enables users to collect, interpret, and analyze data to drive growth and innovation
Available for use by all UCLA Faculty, Staff, and Students on UCLA-owned or leased and personal equipment for teaching, research, and/or administrative use; for purchase
Systat
Powerful statistical analysis and graphics software – includes licensing for SigmaPlot (Graphing software that enables: the quick creation of exact and customized graphs; easy data visualization with more than 80 2-D and 3-D technical graph types; and publishing charts and graphs anywhere including the web) and Systat (Statistical software with every statistical procedure needed to carry out efficient statistical analysis of your data from the most elementary descriptive statistics to very advanced statistical methodology based on sophisticated algorithms)
Available for use by all UCLA Faculty, Staff, and Students on UCLA-owned or leased and personal equipment for teaching, research, and or administrative use; for purchase
Tableau
Allows anyone to perform sophisticated education analytics and share their findings with online dashboards. Tableau can also be a powerful research tool within the classroom, empowering students and teachers alike to see and understand their data through education dashboards. Whether you’re a student creating scatter plots for a biology lab, an educator teaching business and economics, or an administrator making decisions about budgets and enrollment, Tableau Software provides a visual analysis experience to help anyone find real answers in their data.