Online Tools

Multimedia Creation

WeVideo: collaborative video editing application, web-based, multi-platform (Mac & PC)
Audacity: audio recording & editing software
Powtoons: animated video creation application
YouTube: video dissemination, broadcast, archiving platform
Vimeo: video dissemination, broadcast, archiving platform
Flickr: Web-based photo archiving platform
SoundCloud: audio-based publication platform; save tracks, follow artists and build playlists for music, podcasts

Canva: design application for presentations, social media, banner, digital signage
Piktochart: Infographic design and creation application
Photoshop: graphic design and picture manipulation software

Medium: e-publishing platform for narratives, e-magazine
Flipsnack: digital flipbook maker for magazine, brochures, catalogs, and more

Zoom: video conferencing tool for online meetings
VoiceThread: Online communication platform with video, voice, and text commenting.
Flipgrid: video discussion platform for collaborative responses

TurningPoint Clickers: clickers are small handheld devices used in the classroom to collect student responses to interactive tests and quizzes.
Poll Everywhere: similar to Clickers, can be used for live audience participation using mobile devices
Kahoot: educational gaming application used for easy to create, share and play learning games or trivia quizzes
Piazza: free web-based platform for Q & A

Word: Microsoft’s word processing software
Google Docs: Google’s (collaborative) word processing application
Padlet: digital canvas, like a piece of paper to create projects to share and collaborate
Excel: Microsoft’s spreadsheet creation software, includes various data charts
Google Sheets: Google’s spreadsheet application
Acrobat: software to convert, edit, and sign PDFs

Medium: e-publishing platform for narratives, e-magazine
Flipsnack: digital flipbook maker for magazine, brochures, catalogs, and more

Audacity: audio recording and editing software
SoundCloud: audio-based publication platform for music, podcasts
Anchor: all-in-one application for podcast creation, web-based and for mobile devices

Camtasia: software to record your screen, add video effects, transitions and more, software available on Windows and Mac
Screencast: create shareable links for your videos/media created in Camtasia

My Maps (Google): create custom maps for personal use or sharing, users can add points, lines, and shapes on top of Google Maps
Google Earth: computer program that renders a 3D representation of Earth based on satellite imagery, program can also be downloaded to mobile devices and users may use the program to add their own data
Zeemaps: create maps from location list, crowd source, or spreadsheets then publish and share interactive maps
StoryMaps (Esri): ability to combine maps with narrative text, images, and multimedia content
StoryMap (JS): application developed out of Northwestern University’s Knightlab to help tell stories on the web that highlight the locations of a series of events
Timeline (JS): open-source tool that enables anyone to build visually rich, interactive timelines using Google spreadsheets

Diigo: research tool and knowledge-sharing with annotation capabilities, highlighter, sticky notes, archiving, bookmarking
Hypothes.is: annotation plugin to hold discussions, read socially, organize research, and take personal notes
Wikipedia: free online encyclopedia, created and edited by volunteers around the world and hosted by the Wikimedia Foundation
Genius: world’s biggest collection of song lyrics and musical knowledge added by artists, scholars, fans, verified by editors (similar to Wikipedia) can add to collaborative annotation assignments
VideoAnt: web-based video annotation tool for mobile and desktop devices
Distant Viewing Lab: software that uses and develops computational techniques to analyze visual culture with video clips
Citation Builder: Research Organizer:

Zotero: easy-to-use tool to help collect, organize, cite, and share research
Easybib: website that helps create citations and bibliography formatting for MLA, APA and Chicago/Turabian citation styles