eLearning Authoring Tools |
Storyline 360
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https://articulate.com/360/storyline
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Develop interactive training courses for any device with Storyline 360. This e-learning authoring software lets you easily build online and mobile training.
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Lectora
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https://www.elearningbrothers.com/create-learning/lectora
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Create amazing eLearning courses with Lectora, the world's most powerful authoring tool. Mobile-friendly, WCAG-compliant, built-in templates, & more.
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Captivate
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https://www.adobe.com/products/captivate.html
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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.
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Camtasia
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https://www.techsmith.com/video-editor
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Video editor and eLearning authoring tool
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Cluelabs
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https://cluelabs.com/elearning-widgkrkets.html
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Advanced eLearning interactions for Articulate Storyline and Adobe Captivate.
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Elucidat
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http://elucidat.com
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Responsive eLearning authoring tool
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Adapt
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http://adaptlearning.org
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Open source responsive eLearning authoring tool
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Evolve
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http://evolveauthoring.com
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Responsive eLearning authoring tool
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Educreations
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https://www.educreations.com/
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Authoring app for iPad
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iSpring Suite
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https://www.ispringsolutions.com/ispring-suite
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eLearning authoring tool for PowerPoint
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Soft Chalk
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https://softchalk.com/
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eLearning authoring tool that combines Word, PowerPoint, pdf, video and web resources to create interactive modules
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Smart Builder
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https://www.smartbuilder.com/
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eLearning authoring. Positions itself as a competitor to Storyline. Similarly priced.uh
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Udutu
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https://authoring.udutu.com
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Template based powerful tool with PPT conversion, branching, scenario templates, gaming, browser based all platforms supported FREE
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ThingLink
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https://www.thinglink.com/
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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 ).
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ActivePresenter 7
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https://atomisystems.com/activepresenter/
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ActivePresenter includes all the tools needed to record screen, annotate, edit screencast videos and create interactive eLearning contents in HTML5
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Materia
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https://materia.ucf.edu/
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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 .)
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Reviewlink
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https://www.trivantis.com/products/reviewlink-e-learning-collaboration/
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Review tool for elearning and mobile learning
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Tiled
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https://tiled.co/
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Micro-app to create engaging learning objects
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Curriki Studio
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https://www.currikistudio.org/
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Great tool to create engaging and interactive content.
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Presentation Tools |
Show Me |
https://www.showme.com/
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iPad app that allows annotating a presentation while giving it
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Wifi Mouse
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http://wifimouse.necta.us/
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Turn your phone into a wireless mouse and keyboard for use when presenting
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Pear Deck
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https://www.peardeck.com/
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Create interactive lessons from Google Slides or PowerPoint
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Haiku Deck
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https://www.haikudeck.com/
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Create presentation on web, iPad, iPhone
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Animoto
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https://animoto.com
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Create video slideshows
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Prezi
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https://prezi.com
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Presentation software
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PowerPoint
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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.
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KeyNote
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https://www.apple.com/keynote/
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Presentation software for iOS
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Microsoft Sway
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https://sway.office.com/my
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Automated publishing software for presentations, websites, blogs, etc.
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Google Slides
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https://docs.google.com/presentation/
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Presentation and eLearning authoring
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http://beautiful.ai/
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Web based presentation tool
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Canva
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https://www.canva.com/
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Web based PDF presentation tool. Thousands of fcancree images.
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Adobe Spark
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https://spark.adobe.com/
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Create slideshows, pages, or video presentations. Free.
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Genially
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https://www.genial.ly/
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Presentations and visual stories.
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Assessment & Game Creation Tools |
Plickers
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http://https://get.plickers.com/
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Card-based formative assessment tool
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flippity
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https://www.flippity.net/
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Turn Google spreadsheets into online flashcards
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Jeopardy Labs
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https://jeopardylabs.com/
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Create your own digital jeopardy game
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Kahoot
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https://kahoot.com/
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Online quiz game
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Vocabulary.com
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https://www.vocabulary.com/account/classes
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Create vocabulary and spelling games from a passage or list
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Quizlet
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https://quizlet.com/
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Digital flash cards and interactive diagrams
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educaplay
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https://www.educaplay.com/
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Create educational games and export, SCORM compliant, free
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H5P
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https://h5p.org/
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Create open-source interactive games, quizzes, presentations, etc.
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Clue Labs
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https://cluelabs.com/leaderboard-high-scores-elearning-widget.html
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Allows to add leaderboards in the courses developed in Storyline/Captivate.
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Timer for games and quizzes
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https://cluelabs.com/timer-elearning-widget.html
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An easy timer you can add to slides and quizzes to gamify the courses.
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Socrative
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https://socrative.com
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Create quizzes and exit tickets
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Goose Chase
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https://www.goosechase.com/
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Scavenger Hunt
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Quizzizz
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https://quizizz.com/
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Online quiz game- similar to Kahoot, but with ability for playing at different times, pull questions from other quizzes, and meme feedback
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Screen Recording Tools |
ScreenCast-O-Matic
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https://screencast-o-matic.com/home
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Screen recording Tool
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Free Cam
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https://www.freescreenrecording.com/
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Screen recording tool
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snag-it
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https://www.techsmith.com/screen-capture.html
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Screen capture, both still and video, basic editing tools
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QuickTime Player
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ActivePresenter
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https://atomisystems.com/activepresenter/
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Screen capture and editing
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Win10 Game Bar
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Preinstalled - Winkey+G
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Screen capture with mic
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Loom
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www.loom.com
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HTML5 Chrome extension that captures screen/face/audio easy link to end
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Panopto
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www.panopto.com
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Can capture multiple sources, screen, plus camera, etc. LTI for LMS. Hosting Services
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Articulate Peek 360
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https://articulate.com/360/peek
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Screen recording Tool with cloud storage and review facility
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Icecream Screen Recorder
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https://icecreamapps.com/Screen-Recorder/
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Screen recording tool
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Zoom
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Can record meeting with screen share.
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Video Creation |
iMovie
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https://www.apple.com/imovie/
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Video production app for iPad, iPhone
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Adobe Premiere Pro
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https://www.adobe.com/products/premiere.html
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Video editing software for professionals
(Monthly/Annual Subscription)
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Adobe Rush
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https://www.adobe.com/products/premiere-rush.html
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Video editing software - Adobe?s simplified video editor. Available for Windows, MacOS, iOS, & Android. (Monthly/annual subscription)
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Adobe Premiere Element
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https://www.adobe.com/products/premiere-elements.html
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Video editing software for general users
(One-time purchase)
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Final Cut Pro
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https://www.apple.com/final-cut-pro/ |
Video editing software
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Blender
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https://www.blender.org/
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Video editing Open Source software for professionals
(Free but not as free beer)
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Invideo
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https://invideo.io/
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Online video editor. Very simple to use, with available templates and assets built in. monthly subscription but it?s low cost.
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DaVinci Resolve
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https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/products/davinciresolve/
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Free video editing and production software for PC.
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Video Hosting, Recording, Streaming |
Vimeo
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https://vimeo.com
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Host and stream video to all devices. Offers settings for viewing permission, download and embedding.
(Annual Subscription)
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OBS Studio
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https://obsproject.com
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Free and open source software for video recording and live streaming.
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YouTube
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https://www.youtube.com
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Upload content as unlisted then share link with who you need to see it.
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Internet Archive
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https://archive.org
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If your videos are in the public domain or licensed for reuse you can host for free on the Internet Archive.
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eLearning Templates |
eLearning Brothers
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https://elearningbrothers.com/
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Templates, Images, icons, graphics
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eLearning Templates
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http://rapidelearningtemplates.com/
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Articulate Storyline templates
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eLearning.net
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https://elearning.net/free-elearning-templates/
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Free eLearning templates and graphics
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fastercourse
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https://fastercourse.com
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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.
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Elearningdom.com
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https://elearningdom.com/
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Find the top assets for eLearning Professionals & Instructional Designers!
eLearning templates, vector icons, interactions & fun characters
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Slidesgo
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https://slidesgo.com
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Google slides or downloadable PPT slides, with fantastic design,, for free
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IndieWeb Course Template
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https://glitch.com/~indiewebcoursetemplate
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An HTML only course builder with microformats and webmention badges
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Slides Mania
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https://slidesmania.com/
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Hands-down the best interactive slide templates out there--copies as Google slides
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Animation Tools
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Toontastic
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https://toontastic.withgoogle.com/
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Draw, animate, narrate, and record cartoons
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Vyond
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https://www.vyond.com/
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Online animation
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Powtoon
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https://www.powtoon.com/home/
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Videos, presentations, animation
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Open Toonz
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https://opentoonz.github.io/e/
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Free and Open Source 2D animation tool
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Pencil 2D
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https://www.pencil2d.org/
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Free and open source hand-drawn animations
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Plotagon
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Animation software, can work offline
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Graphics & Image Creation Tools |
Paint
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https://www.getpaint.net/index.html
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Image and photo editing for Windows
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Background Burner
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https://burner.bonanza.com/
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Remove the background from an image -- free
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Infogram
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https://infogram.com/
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Create infographics and reports
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imgflip
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https://imgflip.com/
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Create meme, gif, chart
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Canva
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https://www.canva.com/q/pro-signup/
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Graphics templates
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Piktochart
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https://piktochart.com/
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Create infographics and presentations
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Da Button Factory
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https://dabuttonfactory.com/
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Create web page buttons
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Lucidpress
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https://www.lucidpress.com/pages/
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Templates, graphics for brochures, social media, etc
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Comic Life
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https://plasq.com/
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Create comics from your photos
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Krita
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https://krita.org/en/
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Free and open source painting tool
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Fire Alpaca
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https://firealpaca.com/
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Free Painting tool
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Draw.io
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http://draw.io
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Create diagrams, flow charts, maps, layouts, and tables.
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Adobe Photoshop
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https://www.photoshop.com
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Image editing and graphics creation
(Monthly/Annual Subscription)
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Adobe Photoshop Element
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https://www.adobe.com/products/photoshop-elements.html
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Image editing
(One-time purchase)
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GIMP
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https://www.gimp.org/
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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.
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Adobe Illustrator
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https://www.adobe.com/products/illustrator.html
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Graphics creation
(Monthly/Annual Subscription)
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Inkscape
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https://inkscape.org/
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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.
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Lunapic
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https://www4.lunapic.com/editor/
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Free image editor
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Procreate
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https://procreate.art/
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Draw simple to complex visuals on your iPadPro, great illustration tool
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Color |
w3schools
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https://www.w3schools.com/colors/colors_converter.asp
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Color converter
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color-hex
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https://www.color-hex.com/color-palettes/
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Color Palettes and color schemes
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coolors
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https://coolors.co/
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Generate color palettes
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RGB Color Codes
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https://www.rapidtables.com/web/color/RGB_Color.html
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Color Picker
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Photocopa
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https://www.colourlovers.com/photocopa
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Create a color palette from your photos
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Adobe Color
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https://color.adobe.com
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Color wheel, color palette generator or sourcer
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Pixabay
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https://pixabay.com/
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Free photos, videos, illustrations, and vectors
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Unsplash
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https://unsplash.com/
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Free stock photos
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Microsoft Clipart Library
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http://clipart-library.com/
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Free clip art
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Flaticon
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https://www.flaticon.com/
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Free icons
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Pexels
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https://www.pexels.com/
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Free photos and videos
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Font Awesome
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https://fontawesome.com/
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Icons and Social Logos
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IconPharm
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https://iconpharm.com/web-app/new-icons/all
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Open source icons with download or html code
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Google Fonts
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https://fonts.google.com/
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Library of open source fonts
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All the Free Stock
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https://allthefreestock.com/
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Free photos, videos, sounds
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MorgueFile
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https://morguefile.com/
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free photos
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coverr
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https://coverr.co/
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NA |
YouTube
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https://www.youtube.com/
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(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.
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Vimeo
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https://vimeo.com/
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(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.?
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Death to Stock
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https://deathtothestockphoto.com
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Subscription based authentic stock photos and videos; with unlimited downloads and new work added every month.
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Gratisography
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https://gratisography.com
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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.
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AI Generated Photos
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https://generated.photos
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Enhance your creative works with photos generated completely by AI. Find model images through our sorted and tagged app, or integrate images via API.
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Free stock photos for websites and commercial use |
Freepik
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www.freepik.com
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Has free and paid option, lots of vectors, templates, mockups, icons and other visual elements |
humaaans
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https://www.humaaans.com/
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Mix-&-match illustrations of people with a design library. Creative Commons LicenseFree for commercial or personal use by Pablo Stanley. |
Sounds
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BBC Sound Effects
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http://bbcsfx.acropolis.org.uk/
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Audio samples that are free for personal & educational use
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Synthtopia
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http://www.synthtopia.com/content/2010/02/05/10000-free-audio-samples/
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Free audio samples
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Sample Focus
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https://samplefocus.com/
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Audio Samples
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Free Sound
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https://freesound.org/
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Creative Commons Licensed sounds
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YouTube Audio Library
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CCMixter
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http://dig.ccmixter.org/
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Great variety of music - instrumental and voice, and some FX
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Audionautix
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https://audionautix.com/
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Royalty free music in various genres (mostly instrumental)
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Sound Tools
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Audacity
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https://www.audacityteam.org/
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Audio editing software
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Adobe Audition
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https://www.adobe.com/products/audition.html
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Audio recording & editing software. (Monthly/Annual subscription)
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Garage Band
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https://www.apple.com/mac/garageband/
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Audio creation for Mac and iOS
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Watson Text to Speech
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https://www.ibm.com/watson/services/text-to-speech/
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Convert written text into audio (like a voiceover)
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Team Collaboration and Project Management
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Basecamp
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https://basecamp.com/
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Collaboration tool: Store files, make to-do lists, have conversations, assign deadlines
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Figma
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https://www.figma.com/
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Online design, prototyping, and collaboration, including templates
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Trello
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https://trello.com/
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Project management tool
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Slack
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https://slack.com/
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Collaboration tool for teams with file sharing, messaging, and video calls
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Airtable
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https://airtable.com
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Asana
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www.asana.com
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Project management tool, has free and paid version
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Miro
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https://miro.com/app/
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Online whiteboard that can be used for planning, mind mapping/brainstorming and prototyping. Great for groups/teams to work synchronously.
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Surveys and Polling
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Survey Monkey
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https://www.surveymonkey.com/
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Create online surveys
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Google Surveys
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https://surveys.withgoogle.com/
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Survey tool
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Zoho Survey
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https://www.zoho.com/survey/
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Survey tool
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Survey Planet
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https://surveyplanet.com/
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Survey tool
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Poll Everywhere
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https://www.polleverywhere.com/
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Embed poll questions into presentations. Poll Everywhere: Host interactive online meetings
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Qualtrics
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QuestionPro
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https://www.questionpro.com/
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Free, individual, and institutional licenses .
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AnswerGarden
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answergarden.ch
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Wordcloud survey tool
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Sli.do
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https://www.sli.do/
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Live Pools
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Brainstorming & Mind Mapping Tools
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Padlet
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https://padlet.com/
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Collaborative virtual bulletin board
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Mind Meister
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https://www.mindmeister.com/
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Mind mapping
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Spider Scribe
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https://www.spiderscribe.net/
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Mind mapping with files, images, calendar items, brainstorming
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Webspiration
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http://www.webspirationpro.com/
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Brainstorm and plan projects
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Bubbl.us
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http://bubbl.us
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Mind mapping
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Stormboard
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https://stormboard.com/
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Collaborative whiteboard and meeting notes
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MURAL
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https://mural.co/
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Graphic collaboration and brainstorming
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Collaborative Annotation Tools
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Now Comment
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https://nowcomment.com/
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Annotate and have group conversation on a document, video, or image
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Hypothes.is
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https://hypothes.is
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Collaborative web annotation tool
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Writing
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Grammarly
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https://www.grammarly.com/
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Grammar check
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Hemmingway
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http://www.hemingwayapp.com/
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Checks writing for readability
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Webfx Readability
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https://www.webfx.com/tools/read-able/
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Test the reading level of your text or webpage
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WordRake
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Video Conference
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Zoom
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https://zoom.us/
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Video
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Skype
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https://www.skype.com/en/
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Video calls
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Big Blue Button
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https://bigbluebutton.org/
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Web Conferencing for online learning
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BlueJeans
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https://www.bluejeans.com
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Video conferencing
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GoToMeeting/GoToTraining
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https://www.gotomeeting.com
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Web Conferencing - Webinar tool
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Adobe Connect
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https://www.adobe.com/products/adobeconnect.html
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Web Conferencing - Webinar tool
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Whereby
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https://whereby.com/
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Browser based web conferencing tool, small free version (1 room, up to 4 participants) available. No downloads needed
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Content Resouces
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MERLOT
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https://www.merlot.org/
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OER resources
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Smithsonian Learning Lab
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https://learninglab.si.edu/
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Digital resources from museums
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phET
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https://phet.colorado.edu/
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STEM simulations
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