Technology

eLearning Authoring Tools

Storyline 360 https://articulate.com/360/storyline Develop interactive training courses for any device with Storyline 360. This e-learning authoring software lets you easily build online and mobile training.
Lectora https://www.elearningbrothers.com/create-learning/lectora Create amazing eLearning courses with Lectora, the world's most powerful authoring tool. Mobile-friendly, WCAG-compliant, built-in templates, & more.
Captivate https://www.adobe.com/products/captivate.html Adobe Captivate is an authoring tool that is used for creating eLearning content such as software demonstrations, software simulations, branched scenarios, and randomized quizzes in HTML5.
Camtasia https://www.techsmith.com/video-editor Video editor and eLearning authoring tool
Cluelabs https://cluelabs.com/elearning-widgkrkets.html Advanced eLearning interactions for Articulate Storyline and Adobe Captivate.
Elucidat http://elucidat.com Responsive eLearning authoring tool
Adapt http://adaptlearning.org Open source responsive eLearning authoring tool
Evolve http://evolveauthoring.com Responsive eLearning authoring tool
Educreations https://www.educreations.com/ Authoring app for iPad
iSpring Suite https://www.ispringsolutions.com/ispring-suite eLearning authoring tool for PowerPoint
Soft Chalk https://softchalk.com/ eLearning authoring tool that combines Word, PowerPoint, pdf, video and web resources to create interactive modules
Smart Builder https://www.smartbuilder.com/ eLearning authoring. Positions itself as a competitor to Storyline. Similarly priced.uh
Udutu https://authoring.udutu.com Template based powerful tool with PPT conversion, branching, scenario templates, gaming, browser based all platforms supported FREE
ThingLink https://www.thinglink.com/ Create unique experiences with interactive images, videos & 360° media. Free teacher license and $35/year to add students (you can create content FOR students w/o this ).
ActivePresenter 7 https://atomisystems.com/activepresenter/ ActivePresenter includes all the tools needed to record screen, annotate, edit screencast videos and create interactive eLearning contents in HTML5
Materia https://materia.ucf.edu/ HTML5 Widgets for all types of learning interactions. Open source and developed by UCF?s Center for Distributed Learning. (They also have a program called Obojobo .)
Reviewlink https://www.trivantis.com/products/reviewlink-e-learning-collaboration/ Review tool for elearning and mobile learning
Tiled https://tiled.co/ Micro-app to create engaging learning objects
Curriki Studio https://www.currikistudio.org/ Great tool to create engaging and interactive content.

Presentation Tools

Show Me https://www.showme.com/ iPad app that allows annotating a presentation while giving it
Wifi Mouse http://wifimouse.necta.us/ Turn your phone into a wireless mouse and keyboard for use when presenting
Pear Deck https://www.peardeck.com/ Create interactive lessons from Google Slides or PowerPoint
Haiku Deck https://www.haikudeck.com/ Create presentation on web, iPad, iPhone
Animoto https://animoto.com Create video slideshows
Prezi https://prezi.com Presentation software
PowerPoint https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/powerpoint Microsoft PowerPoint empowers you to create clean slideshow presentations and intricate pitch decks and gives you a powerful presentation maker to tell your story.
KeyNote https://www.apple.com/keynote/ Presentation software for iOS
Microsoft Sway https://sway.office.com/my Automated publishing software for presentations, websites, blogs, etc.
Google Slides https://docs.google.com/presentation/ Presentation and eLearning authoring
http://beautiful.ai/ Web based presentation tool
Canva https://www.canva.com/ Web based PDF presentation tool. Thousands of fcancree images.
Adobe Spark https://spark.adobe.com/ Create slideshows, pages, or video presentations. Free.
Genially https://www.genial.ly/ Presentations and visual stories.

Assessment & Game Creation Tools

Plickers http://https://get.plickers.com/ Card-based formative assessment tool
flippity https://www.flippity.net/ Turn Google spreadsheets into online flashcards
Jeopardy Labs https://jeopardylabs.com/ Create your own digital jeopardy game
Kahoot https://kahoot.com/ Online quiz game
Vocabulary.com https://www.vocabulary.com/account/classes Create vocabulary and spelling games from a passage or list
Quizlet https://quizlet.com/ Digital flash cards and interactive diagrams
educaplay https://www.educaplay.com/ Create educational games and export, SCORM compliant, free
H5P https://h5p.org/ Create open-source interactive games, quizzes, presentations, etc.
Clue Labs https://cluelabs.com/leaderboard-high-scores-elearning-widget.html Allows to add leaderboards in the courses developed in Storyline/Captivate.
Timer for games and quizzes https://cluelabs.com/timer-elearning-widget.html An easy timer you can add to slides and quizzes to gamify the courses.
Socrative https://socrative.com Create quizzes and exit tickets
Goose Chase https://www.goosechase.com/ Scavenger Hunt
Quizzizz https://quizizz.com/ Online quiz game- similar to Kahoot, but with ability for playing at different times, pull questions from other quizzes, and meme feedback

Screen Recording Tools

ScreenCast-O-Matic https://screencast-o-matic.com/home Screen recording Tool
Free Cam https://www.freescreenrecording.com/ Screen recording tool
snag-it https://www.techsmith.com/screen-capture.html Screen capture, both still and video, basic editing tools
QuickTime Player
ActivePresenter https://atomisystems.com/activepresenter/ Screen capture and editing
Win10 Game Bar Preinstalled - Winkey+G Screen capture with mic
Loom www.loom.com HTML5 Chrome extension that captures screen/face/audio easy link to end
Panopto www.panopto.com Can capture multiple sources, screen, plus camera, etc. LTI for LMS. Hosting Services
Articulate Peek 360 https://articulate.com/360/peek Screen recording Tool with cloud storage and review facility
Icecream Screen Recorder https://icecreamapps.com/Screen-Recorder/ Screen recording tool
Zoom Can record meeting with screen share.

Video Creation

iMovie https://www.apple.com/imovie/ Video production app for iPad, iPhone
Adobe Premiere Pro https://www.adobe.com/products/premiere.html Video editing software for professionals (Monthly/Annual Subscription)
Adobe Rush https://www.adobe.com/products/premiere-rush.html Video editing software - Adobe?s simplified video editor. Available for Windows, MacOS, iOS, & Android. (Monthly/annual subscription)
Adobe Premiere Element https://www.adobe.com/products/premiere-elements.html Video editing software for general users (One-time purchase)
Final Cut Pro https://www.apple.com/final-cut-pro/ Video editing software
Blender https://www.blender.org/ Video editing Open Source software for professionals (Free but not as free beer)
Invideo https://invideo.io/ Online video editor. Very simple to use, with available templates and assets built in. monthly subscription but it?s low cost.
DaVinci Resolve https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/products/davinciresolve/ Free video editing and production software for PC.

Video Hosting, Recording, Streaming

Vimeo https://vimeo.com Host and stream video to all devices. Offers settings for viewing permission, download and embedding. (Annual Subscription)
OBS Studio https://obsproject.com Free and open source software for video recording and live streaming.
YouTube https://www.youtube.com Upload content as unlisted then share link with who you need to see it.
Internet Archive https://archive.org If your videos are in the public domain or licensed for reuse you can host for free on the Internet Archive.

eLearning Templates

eLearning Brothers https://elearningbrothers.com/ Templates, Images, icons, graphics
eLearning Templates http://rapidelearningtemplates.com/ Articulate Storyline templates
eLearning.net https://elearning.net/free-elearning-templates/ Free eLearning templates and graphics
fastercourse https://fastercourse.com Templates for Articulate Storyline, Trivantis Lectora and Adobe Captivate. Great designs, easy to customize and they offer how-to guides. They also have illustrated characters.
Elearningdom.com https://elearningdom.com/ Find the top assets for eLearning Professionals & Instructional Designers! eLearning templates, vector icons, interactions & fun characters
Slidesgo https://slidesgo.com Google slides or downloadable PPT slides, with fantastic design,, for free
IndieWeb Course Template https://glitch.com/~indiewebcoursetemplate An HTML only course builder with microformats and webmention badges
Slides Mania https://slidesmania.com/ Hands-down the best interactive slide templates out there--copies as Google slides

Animation Tools

Toontastic https://toontastic.withgoogle.com/ Draw, animate, narrate, and record cartoons
Vyond https://www.vyond.com/ Online animation
Powtoon https://www.powtoon.com/home/ Videos, presentations, animation
Open Toonz https://opentoonz.github.io/e/ Free and Open Source 2D animation tool
Pencil 2D https://www.pencil2d.org/ Free and open source hand-drawn animations
Plotagon Animation software, can work offline

Graphics & Image Creation Tools

Paint https://www.getpaint.net/index.html Image and photo editing for Windows
Background Burner https://burner.bonanza.com/ Remove the background from an image -- free
Infogram https://infogram.com/ Create infographics and reports
imgflip https://imgflip.com/ Create meme, gif, chart
Canva https://www.canva.com/q/pro-signup/ Graphics templates
Piktochart https://piktochart.com/ Create infographics and presentations
Da Button Factory https://dabuttonfactory.com/ Create web page buttons
Lucidpress https://www.lucidpress.com/pages/ Templates, graphics for brochures, social media, etc
Comic Life https://plasq.com/ Create comics from your photos
Krita https://krita.org/en/ Free and open source painting tool
Fire Alpaca https://firealpaca.com/ Free Painting tool
Draw.io http://draw.io Create diagrams, flow charts, maps, layouts, and tables.
Adobe Photoshop https://www.photoshop.com Image editing and graphics creation (Monthly/Annual Subscription)
Adobe Photoshop Element https://www.adobe.com/products/photoshop-elements.html Image editing (One-time purchase)
GIMP https://www.gimp.org/ Good, free substitute for Adobe Photoshop. GIMP: acronym for GNU Image Manipulation Program. Freely distributed program for photo retouching, image composition and image authoring. Downloads for Windows, Mac, and Linux.
Adobe Illustrator https://www.adobe.com/products/illustrator.html Graphics creation (Monthly/Annual Subscription)
Inkscape https://inkscape.org/ Good, free substitute for Adobe Illustrator. Professional quality vector graphics software which runs on Windows, Mac OS X and GNU/Linux. Uses W3C open standard Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) as its native format and it?s free and open-source.
Lunapic https://www4.lunapic.com/editor/ Free image editor
Procreate https://procreate.art/ Draw simple to complex visuals on your iPadPro, great illustration tool

Color

w3schools https://www.w3schools.com/colors/colors_converter.asp Color converter
color-hex https://www.color-hex.com/color-palettes/ Color Palettes and color schemes
coolors https://coolors.co/ Generate color palettes
RGB Color Codes https://www.rapidtables.com/web/color/RGB_Color.html Color Picker
Photocopa https://www.colourlovers.com/photocopa Create a color palette from your photos
Adobe Color https://color.adobe.com Color wheel, color palette generator or sourcer
Pixabay https://pixabay.com/ Free photos, videos, illustrations, and vectors
Unsplash https://unsplash.com/ Free stock photos
Microsoft Clipart Library http://clipart-library.com/ Free clip art
Flaticon https://www.flaticon.com/ Free icons
Pexels https://www.pexels.com/ Free photos and videos
Font Awesome https://fontawesome.com/ Icons and Social Logos
IconPharm https://iconpharm.com/web-app/new-icons/all Open source icons with download or html code
Google Fonts https://fonts.google.com/ Library of open source fonts
All the Free Stock https://allthefreestock.com/ Free photos, videos, sounds
MorgueFile https://morguefile.com/ free photos
coverr https://coverr.co/ NA
YouTube https://www.youtube.com/ (1) Enter desired topic in the search box and hit Enter key . (2) Select the ?FILTER? link at top left of results. (3) Select ?Creative Commons? filter under the ?Features? heading.
Vimeo https://vimeo.com/ (1) Enter desired topic in the search box and hit Enter key. (2) Enter search filter restrictions in left-hand menu, using the ?More filters? link to display the Licensing filters. (3) Try selecting one of these license filters: ?CC BY?, ?CC BY-NC?, or ?CC BY-NC-SA.?
Death to Stock https://deathtothestockphoto.com Subscription based authentic stock photos and videos; with unlimited downloads and new work added every month.
Gratisography https://gratisography.com As stated on their website, The world's quirkiest collection of free high-resolution pictures, comprised of the world's best, most creative images - photos you just won't find anywhere else. All completely free to download without copyright restrictions.
AI Generated Photos https://generated.photos Enhance your creative works with photos generated completely by AI. Find model images through our sorted and tagged app, or integrate images via API.

Free stock photos for websites and commercial use

Freepik www.freepik.com Has free and paid option, lots of vectors, templates, mockups, icons and other visual elements
humaaans https://www.humaaans.com/ Mix-&-match illustrations of people with a design library. Creative Commons LicenseFree for commercial or personal use by Pablo Stanley.

Sounds

BBC Sound Effects http://bbcsfx.acropolis.org.uk/ Audio samples that are free for personal & educational use
Synthtopia http://www.synthtopia.com/content/2010/02/05/10000-free-audio-samples/ Free audio samples
Sample Focus https://samplefocus.com/ Audio Samples
Free Sound https://freesound.org/ Creative Commons Licensed sounds
YouTube Audio Library
CCMixter http://dig.ccmixter.org/ Great variety of music - instrumental and voice, and some FX
Audionautix https://audionautix.com/ Royalty free music in various genres (mostly instrumental)

Sound Tools

Audacity https://www.audacityteam.org/ Audio editing software
Adobe Audition https://www.adobe.com/products/audition.html Audio recording & editing software. (Monthly/Annual subscription)
Garage Band https://www.apple.com/mac/garageband/ Audio creation for Mac and iOS
Watson Text to Speech https://www.ibm.com/watson/services/text-to-speech/ Convert written text into audio (like a voiceover)

Team Collaboration and Project Management

Basecamp https://basecamp.com/ Collaboration tool: Store files, make to-do lists, have conversations, assign deadlines
Figma https://www.figma.com/ Online design, prototyping, and collaboration, including templates
Trello https://trello.com/ Project management tool
Slack https://slack.com/ Collaboration tool for teams with file sharing, messaging, and video calls
Airtable https://airtable.com
Asana www.asana.com Project management tool, has free and paid version
Miro https://miro.com/app/ Online whiteboard that can be used for planning, mind mapping/brainstorming and prototyping. Great for groups/teams to work synchronously.

Surveys and Polling

Survey Monkey https://www.surveymonkey.com/ Create online surveys
Google Surveys https://surveys.withgoogle.com/ Survey tool
Zoho Survey https://www.zoho.com/survey/ Survey tool
Survey Planet https://surveyplanet.com/ Survey tool
Poll Everywhere https://www.polleverywhere.com/ Embed poll questions into presentations. Poll Everywhere: Host interactive online meetings
Qualtrics
QuestionPro https://www.questionpro.com/ Free, individual, and institutional licenses .
AnswerGarden answergarden.ch Wordcloud survey tool
Sli.do https://www.sli.do/ Live Pools

Brainstorming & Mind Mapping Tools

Padlet https://padlet.com/ Collaborative virtual bulletin board
Mind Meister https://www.mindmeister.com/ Mind mapping
Spider Scribe https://www.spiderscribe.net/ Mind mapping with files, images, calendar items, brainstorming
Webspiration http://www.webspirationpro.com/ Brainstorm and plan projects
Bubbl.us http://bubbl.us Mind mapping
Stormboard https://stormboard.com/ Collaborative whiteboard and meeting notes
MURAL https://mural.co/ Graphic collaboration and brainstorming

Collaborative Annotation Tools

Now Comment https://nowcomment.com/ Annotate and have group conversation on a document, video, or image
Hypothes.is https://hypothes.is Collaborative web annotation tool

Writing

Grammarly https://www.grammarly.com/ Grammar check
Hemmingway http://www.hemingwayapp.com/ Checks writing for readability
Webfx Readability https://www.webfx.com/tools/read-able/ Test the reading level of your text or webpage
WordRake

Video Conference

Zoom https://zoom.us/ Video
Skype https://www.skype.com/en/ Video calls
Big Blue Button https://bigbluebutton.org/ Web Conferencing for online learning
BlueJeans https://www.bluejeans.com Video conferencing
GoToMeeting/GoToTraining https://www.gotomeeting.com Web Conferencing - Webinar tool
Adobe Connect https://www.adobe.com/products/adobeconnect.html Web Conferencing - Webinar tool
Whereby https://whereby.com/ Browser based web conferencing tool, small free version (1 room, up to 4 participants) available. No downloads needed

Content Resouces

MERLOT https://www.merlot.org/ OER resources
Smithsonian Learning Lab https://learninglab.si.edu/ Digital resources from museums
phET https://phet.colorado.edu/ STEM simulations