Educational Technology Tools for Teaching and Training
Video Conferencing / Screen Sharing
- Zoom
- Google Meet
- Adobe Connect
- Microsoft Teams
- BlueJeans
- Cisco Webex
- join.me
- Jitsi
- Screenleap (screen sharing only)
Create Interactive Videos (such as in-video quizzes/polls)
Screencasting / Record Presentations / Video Editing
- Camtasia
- Snagit
- WeVideo (free online video editor)
- Kdenlive (free and open source video editor)
- ScreenFlow (Mac only)
- iMovie (Mac only)
- Screencast-O-Matic
- Open Broadcaster Software
- Ezvid
- Screencastify (only records Chrome browser)
- Camstudio (Windows only)
- Quicktime Player (Mac only)
Record / Share Audio
- Vocaroo
- Voxopop
- Voicethread
- Audacity
- GarageBand (Mac only)
E-Learning / Interactive Media Authoring Tools
- Articulate 360, Storyline, or Studio (Studio is an add-in for Powerpoint)
- Lectora Online, Inspire, or Publisher
- Adobe Captivate
- Adobe Presenter (add-in for Powerpoint)
- iSpring Suite (add-in for Powerpoint plus quizzes/interaction)
- ActivePresenter (free version available for personal/non-commercial use)
- SoftChalk
- CourseArc
- ZebraZapps
- Panopto
- Adapt (website-based rather than slide-based learning)
In-Class Polling / Quizzing / Wall Posting
Flashcards / Quizzes / Exercises
Forms
- Typeform
- Google Forms
- Flubaroo (grade Google Form submissions)
Mindmaps / Flowcharts / Graphic Organizers
Create / Edit Images, Screenshots, and Infographics
- Canva
- PicMonkey
- Adobe Creative Cloud Express
- Da Button Factory
- Awesome Screenshot (also Chrome extension and image annotation tool)
- Piktochart
- Clipping Magic (remove image background)
- removebg (remove image background)
Creative Commons / Royalty-Free Icons, Photos, and Videos
- Flat Icon
- freepik
- The Noun Project
- Icon Finder
- Icons8
- Graphic River
- Stick PNG (free images with transparent backgrounds)
- Powerpoint add-ins (for example: Pickit Free Images, Pixton Comic Characters, Emoji Keyboard)
- Wikimedia Commons
- Pixabay
- Unsplash
- Morguefile
- Pexels
- StockSnap.io (stock photos with no copyright restrictions)
- Stokpic (stock photos for commercial use)
- Openphoto.net
- PikWizard
- Pics4Learning.com
- Compfight.com
- videvo (stock footage and motion graphics)
- Vecteezy (vector art)
- The Internet Archive
- The Public Domain Review
- Storyblocks (stock video, images, and audio)
Creative Commons / Royalty-Free Audio
Create / Upload Presentations
- Sway
- Prezi
- emaze
- Slideshare
- Haiku Deck
- Slides Carnival (free templates)
Create Animated Videos
- Moovly (free education account available)
- Vyond (formerly GoAnimate)
- Powtoon (free account available)
- Explee
- rawshorts (free account available)
- Biteable (free account available)
- Animaker (free account available)
- Wideo
- VideoScribe
- Make Web Video (price per video rather than monthly subscription)
- Voki (talking avatars)
- Lumen5 (automated video creation with A.I.)
Upload Videos
Learning / Course Management Systems
- Edmodo
- Moodle
- Blackboard
- Canvas
- D2L Brightspace
- Litmos
- Digital Chalk
- ProProfs (includes e-learning software)
- CreativeLMS
- Piazza (Q&A platform that integrates with any LMS)
- Top Hat
ePortfolio / Website Builders
Open Educational Resources (OER)
MOOC Providers
Hire Freelancers (Graphic Artists, Voiceover Artists, etc.)
Other Tools
- iBooks Author (Mac/iPad only)
- EasyPrompter
- Online Stopwatch
- Doodle (schedule meetings)