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AI chatbot who "converses" with students to learn more about their experience in the course.

Pros: Pulls more valuable information than smile sheets; feedback may be more detailed; super cool to use
Cons: Limited in what can be asked of students

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Meet Hubert - The next big step in educational technology

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A free video discussion platform.
Pros:  A tool to help humanize the online environment; provides an alternative to traditional discussion boards; helps promote student-student and student-instructor interaction; videos are automatically captioned.
Cons: Instructors will need to provide some on-boarding support materials to students; students may not love filming a video of themselves; discussions must be targeted and designed well to succeed.

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Flip is a video discussion and sharing app, free from Microsoft.

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Flip (formerly Flipgrid) is a video discussion and video sharing app, free from Microsoft, built for classrooms and beyond. Learn more.

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Audience polling platform like PollEverywhere with a free version
Pros: Free version allows up to 1000 responses to the question (!); easy to respond via slido.com; can customize poll code; visually appealing
Cons: Only 3 questions allowed per event; need to download "Switcher" to integrate with PowerPoint; can't export data in free version

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It's how you include everyone
in your meetings

Slido gives you everything you need to engage your participants, capture their views and make everyone feel connected - whether you're running a team call, training or an all-company meeting.

Intuitive and easy

The attendees can join without any logins or downloads, and the setup for hosts takes only minutes.

5+ polling options

With Slido's 5 types of polls, Q&A, quizzes and surveys, you can engage your participants in a variety of ways.

Get started for free

Start with our forever-free Basic plan, or get more from Slido for only €10 per month.

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Slido is the ultimate Q&A and polling platform for live and virtual meetings and events. It offers interactive Q&A, live polls and insights about your audience.

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Create impactful graphics, web pages and video stories in minutes.
Pros: A tool that can be used to created content for courses; all assets are copyright-friendly; super easy-to-use; part of the Adobe Suite; content can be created on devices and/or computers; easy-to-share
Cons: Users will still need to carefully plan content based upon purpose/use (ID principles will need to be known); free version includes Adobe branded watermarks/notes.

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Collaborate and create amazing graphic design for free.
Pros: Perfect for IDs who aren't graphic designers but need to create graphics; drag and drop interface; free, copyright-friendly assets are available;  can be used to create infographics, presentations, newsletters, individual graphics, posters, cards, etc.; can be shared in multiple formats.
Cons: The better graphics do cost money; there are some limitations with designs

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Canva is a free-to-use online graphic design tool. Use it to create social media posts, presentations, posters, videos, logos and more.

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Podcasting tool
Pros: Free version allows 8 hours per month; super easy to use; paid version includes post-production editing; web-based (!) so no need to install; VoIP recording of guests
Cons: Would need to publish to an LMS or website--can't just share the link; paid version is $20/month; only two guests on free version

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The easiest way to record your voip podcast interviews in studio quality

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Create beautiful infographics, flyers, posters, presentations and reports easily with absolutely no design experience.
Pros:  Great for non-graphic designers to use, especially to create infographics or visually appealing presentations; could be used by students for creating major assignment pieces; drag/drop interface; tons of free assets to use; can be shared in multiple formats.
Cons: You can only download creations as a PNG, not PDF (unless you upgrade to the paid subscription); you also only get "medium" quality (unless you upgrade to the paid subscription).

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Infographic Maker Trusted By 11 Million Users - Piktochart

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With Piktochart AI, you can create stunning infographics, reports, presentations, and more in seconds. No design experience needed. Start for free.

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Free audio editing software
Pros: Free, quick download; simple interface without a ton of features
Cons: Not a ton of guidance; just need to stumble around to figure out the features

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The ocenaudio is a cross-platform audio editor, easy to use, fast and functional.

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Free tool for creating color schemes & combinations
Pros: Simple to use; view color recommendations by triads, adjacents, quads, etc.
Cons: Lots of advertising on the site; challenging to distinguish content from ads

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Make any video your lesson. Pick a video, add your magical touch and track your students' understanding.
Pros: Crop/shorten video to only the relevant section; import from YouTube, Kahn Academy; record voice on top of video, add pauses or quiz questions at different points throughout the video; if you import your class, you can track students progress
Cons: if you use a LMS, this does not integrate in terms of the gradebook or student enrollment; if you upload your own videos, you might have an issue adding closed captioning to the video (you would need to house video in YouTube first!)

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Mapping and flow chart app for tablets
Pros: Free, simple to use, able to make quick changes, export to PDF
Cons: Only 5 charts with free version, logo on export, not a ton of guidance available

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With DrawExpress, you can draw diagrams and flowcharts in a simple and intuitive way. It’s just as easy as using a pen and paper! Whether you work in software design, finance, business, law, or need it for school, DrawExpress is the ultimate solution to your diagramming needs.

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A free, easy-to-use, multi-track audio editor and recorder for Windows, Mac OS X, GNU/Linux and other operating systems.
Pros: Recommended for creating podcasts (since it is an all-in-one tool for recording/editing); helps users remove unwanted sounds from recording; has thorough help materials for getting started.
Cons: Takes awhile to become familiar with, since there are quite a few tools.

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Audacity is a free, easy-to-use, multi-track audio editor and recorder for Windows, Mac OS X, GNU/Linux and other operating systems.

Audacity is free software, developed by a group of volunteers and distributed under the GNU General Public License (GPL). Programs like Audacity are also called open source software, because their source code is available for anyone to study or use. There are thousands of other free and open source programs, including the Firefox web browser, the LibreOffice or Apache OpenOffice office suites and entire Linux-based operating systems such as Ubuntu

Features

Record live audio

Record computer playback on any Windows Vista or later machine

Convert tapes and records into digital recordings or CDs

Edit WAV, AIFF, FLAC, MP2, MP3 or Ogg Vorbis sound files

AC3, M4A/M4R (AAC), WMA and other formats supported using optional libraries

Cut, copy, splice or mix sounds together

Numerous effects including change the speed or pitch of a recording

And more!

GNU General Public License version 2.0 (GPLv2)

4.6 out of 5 stars

Additional Project Details

Linux, BSD, Mac, Windows

Korean, French, Ukrainian, Dutch, Persian, Polish, Slovene, Macedonian, Czech, Afrikaans, Finnish, Hebrew, Catalan, Bengali, Greek, Vietnamese, English, Portuguese, Slovak, Chinese (Traditional), Belarusian, Bulgarian, Swedish, Turkish, Hindi, Indonesian, Norwegian, Brazilian Portuguese, Chinese (Simplified), Danish, Bosnian, German, Japanese, Spanish, Russian, Arabic, Hungarian, Basque (Euskara), Georgian

End Users/Desktop

X Window System (X11), Win32 (MS Windows), wxWidgets, GTK+, Carbon (Mac OS X)

C++

C++ Audio Editing Software ,C++ Audio Mixers ,C++ Audio Analysis Software ,C++ Audio Recording Software

2000-05-28

Free, open source, cross-platform audio software. Audacity is an easy-to-use, multi-track audio editor and recorder for Windows, macOS, GNU/Linux and other operating systems. Developed by a group of volunteers as open source. Audacity can record live audio through a microphone or mixer, or...

This is the official website of the GNU Image Manipulation Program (GIMP). GIMP is a cross-platform image editor available for GNU/Linux, OS X, Windows and more operating systems. It is free software, you can change its source code and distribute your changes. Whether you are a graphic designer,...

Built on the solid open-source foundation of Audacity®, Audiotonic Pro is an easy-to-use, multi-track audio editor and recorder for the Windows 10 Platform. It provides you with a full set of tools that you can use to edit audio files and add effects through a clear and accessible interface....

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Download Audacity for free. A free multi-track audio editor and recorder. Audacity is a free, easy-to-use, multi-track audio editor and recorder for Windows, Mac OS X, GNU/Linux and other operating systems. Audacity is free software, developed by a group of volunteers and distributed under the GNU General Public License (GPL).

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Series of how-tos for recording videos
Pros: Quick videos (20 mins or less), free templates included
Cons: Geared towards marketing--but we kind of have the same needs??

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Video Academy: Learn How to do Better Marketing With Video | Skeleton

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Watch our quick-fire videos to learn all the insider tips, tricks and advice you need to become a Video Marketing Master.

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Tool for checking color contrast to ensure it passes WCAG standards
Pro: Free and easy to use! There are other tools available here as well!
Cons: None that I can think of--it's a very simple tool

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Normal Text

The five boxing wizards jump quickly.

Large Text

The five boxing wizards jump quickly.

Graphical Objects and User Interface Components

Web accessibility testing can be difficult! The experts at WebAIM can audit your web site and provide a detailed report to help you remediate accessibility and WCAG compliance issues.

Learn more about WebAIM Evaluation Services

Explanation

Enter a foreground and background color in RGB hexadecimal format (e.g., #FD3 or #F7DA39) or choose a color using the color picker. The Lightness slider can be used to adjust the selected color.

WCAG 2.0 level AA requires a contrast ratio of at least 4.5:1 for normal text and 3:1 for large text. WCAG 2.1 requires a contrast ratio of at least 3:1 for graphics and user interface components (such as form input borders). WCAG Level AAA requires a contrast ratio of at least 7:1 for normal text and 4.5:1 for large text.

Large text is defined as 14 point (typically 18.66px) and bold or larger, or 18 point (typically 24px) or larger.

Hint: Colorzilla is an excellent tool for extracting the color value from any page element. Additionally, WAVE can analyze contrast ratios for all page text elements at once.

Use our link contrast checker to evaluate links that are identified using color alone.

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This is not a tool, but it is a resource that I use all of the time.  A website with beautiful palettes you can use in design.
Pros: Beautiful palettes based upon photos sent in by users; includes color codes.
Cons: None that I can think of!  Just a handy website to have saved.

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for all who love color | inspiration & color palettes

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Teacher-built tool for scaffolding, managing, organizing, and assessing student projects in Google Drive.
Pros: Tool walks you through every step; allows you to streamline your course/assessment process; works with another tool for evaluation as well (Goobrics).
Cons: It is user-created, so the support is not as sophisticated as other tools.

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Turn content into interactive simulations or games.
Pros: Hosted on cloud-based service, easy to get started, free version available, organization subscription integrates with LMS
Cons: Need to pay to export data, $30/month for individual license, very pricey for organization package! $1,200/year for 200 students
Sample: https://align.muzzylane.com/sample/web/3cb35b0a-da5c-4840-b856-54439497676d

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Technology company powering game-based learning