Resources for Faculty Teaching Virtual Courses

* adapted from the NLM site:https://nnlm.gov/nto/guides/teaching-resources-tips-0

Educational Technology 

• Coggle - simple collaborative mind maps 
• FlipGrid - video based discussion board
• Flippity - use Google spreadsheet to create online flashcards, bingo, board games and more
• FreeMind - free concept/mind mapping software written in Java
• HyperDocs - digital worksheets
• H5P - create, share and reuse interactive html5 content in your browser. Open source
• Kahoot - create, play and share fun learning games for any subject, for all ages, for free
• MindMup 2 - free mind mapping tool
• Nearpod - create, share and track interactive lessons. Free and paid versions.
• PollEverywhere - audience response system utilizing mobile phones, Twitter, and the web
• Powtoon -  create animated  videos and presentations
• Quizizz - create free self-paced quizzes 
• Quizlet  - browse or create your own online flashcards and study sets. Login required

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Images

Image Capture/Editor

• GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program) - free, open-source image editor 
• Snagit - screen capture and recording software
• Snip - screen capture, record, annotate, share. An app for Windows 7 and higher.  

Free tools for image editing/social media promotion creation

• Adobe Spark
• Bubb.li
• Canva
• Office Lens
• Picmonkey
• Pixlr 
• Pablo 
• Social Media Image Sizes Cheat Sheet

Stock Photos with Creative Commons Licensing

• Burst 
• CDC Public Health Image Library
• Disabled And Here
• Flaticon 
• Gender Spectrum Collection
• NLM Digital Collections
• NLM History of Medicine Collection on Flickr Commons
• Pexels 
• Pixabay
• Unsplash 
• Stockio 
• 13 Sources For Free Public Domain and CC0-Licensed Images

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Infographics

• Animaker - online animations and video infographics 
• Canva Free Infographic Maker - free infographic making tool
• Easel.ly - similar to Canva, create charts in program
• Piktochart - make charts, maps, and incorporate videos 
• PixCone - option of customizing online size display.
• Venngage - interactive online infographics (embed YouTube videos, polls, and forms)
• Visme - Basics Widget - select specific types of text blocks, statistics and graphics layouts, option to embed online content.

Video

• Camstudio - Free screen recording software
• Jing - add basic visual elements to images and video 
• Legal Music for Videos - a collection of websites sites to find Creative Commons licensed music
• OBS Studio - Free and open source software for video recording and live streaming. 
• Screencastify - simple video screen recorder for Chrome, Chromebooks and Chromeboxes
• Wink - screencasting tool for short captures
• 6 free video editors with zoom feature 
   

Tools for adding interactivity to videos

• CADET: Caption And Description Editing Tool - Produce free, high-quality caption files that are compatible with any media player that supports the display of captions.
• Thinglink  - annotate images and videos. Free version available
• Vizia -  engage viewers by integrating quizzes, polls, and CTAs into videos. Free
• Vialogues - An asynchronous Video discussion tool which can be used for leveraging digital videos for learning by adding group interaction. Free.

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Scanner Apps

• CamScanner
• Genius Scan
• Scannable (iOS)