Free Tools To Create Media for elearning
Nov 17, 2011
I sat in on a web session the other day by Rapid intake and they provided 16 free tools to create media in elearning. I wanted to pass them on to everyone.
Video production
jaycut free online video editor
Videospine free desktop video editor
Video conversion
Any Video converter free desktop video converter
Audio Production
Audacity free desktop audio editor
Aviary myna free online audio editor
aviary roc free online audio creator
Image editor
Gimp free desktop image editor
Aviary phoenix free online image editor
Image cpture
jing free desktop image /video capture
aviary screen capture free online image capture
Flash Animation
Vectorian free flash animation
3d creation suite
Blender
Vector images
inkscape free desktop vecor image editor
aviary raven free online vector image editor
Kuler
Free color theme picker
Please continue to add free software to this list.
6 Replies
Great list. Thanks, Eric!
Great list. I'd add this one to the video editors:
Lightworks
This tool has been used by some high end folks (Martin Scorsese's Hugo, The King's Speech, Hanna), so it's got horsepower. It may be a bit outside of the ease of use curve, YMMV. I haven't tested it yet, but likely will for AVCHD import and editing. Excited to see a capable NLE at this price point.
great information i will refer to it as i need it thank you
Home Insulation Phoenix
Attic Insulation Phoenix
Tom put together a great blog post on this:
http://www.articulate.com/rapid-elearning/over-75-free-rapid-e-learning-resources/
My personal new favorite find has been Levelator (http://www.conversationsnetwork.org/levelator).
You drag and drop your audio files and it just makes everything the same level.
I recently worked on a video project where the client-provided video I needed to edit was just all over the place for audio. I cut the video segments together, exported the entire audio track, ran it through Levelator, then imported the new audio track and it was perfect. Great find!
Dale Hargis
I've got a few more!
Melissa Venable did a great blog post for us collecting tools for IDs (both free/opensource and commercial):
https://www.opensesame.com/blog/tools-freelance-instructional-designers-updated
Also, Jane Hart just released her list of the Top 100 Learning Tools for 2011:
http://c4lpt.co.uk/top-100-tools-for-learning-2011/
Great tools on both lists!
Eric,
Thanks for posting this list! I also attended and took notes, but found that I missed a few of the items. Although I requested a copy of the slides, and was told they would provide them, I never received this ... so it's great that someone was able to capture them.
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