Course Design Resource Index (Collaboration)

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This collaborative document is provided in connection with this blog post: Connecting With Students: Consider Their Point Of View. All registered users can "Edit" this doc and add valuable instructional design resource links.

IMPORTANT: this is a collaborative doc, so if someone provides any off base info, let's work together to keep this updated and accurate!

Follow these instructions to share your wisdom:

1. Click "Edit" on the right side of this screen.
2. Determine the appropriate category (below) where your tool/resource should be added.
3. Add a row (if needed) - Click the bottom left row-column > Click "Go" to add a row
4. Add your resource!
   1. Type name of resource > Select Text > Press CMD+K (Mac) Ctrl+K (PC) and paste URL to more info > Press Enter
   2. Make a note of the target users for this resource: K-12 and/or Higher Ed (H-Ed)
   3. Enter the cost of the Resource or leave blank if you are unsure (Free, Freemium, Premium)
   4. Press the "@" key > Type your first name, then underscore > Type your last name > Click your name to add
      1. If someone has a question about a tool, they may ping you for more info 😉
   5. Provide a description how the tool is valuable and can help to engage and connect teachers and learners!
5. Click the "Publish" button at the bottom of this screen.
   
   

Index of Categories:

   Instructional Design Principles and Theory

Name & Link to Resource:	Ideal for? (K-12, H-Ed)	Cost?	@Name of Contributor	Description of Resource:
Quality Matters	Both	Not Free		Quality Assurance metrics for course design. Requires subscription.
Online Teaching Certification (OTC)	H-Ed	Free	@G_Petruzella	In the Canvas Commons: A 5-week course designed to certify faculty to teach fully-online courses. Covers pedagogy, UX, design, media, troubleshooting.
OLC Quality Scorecard	Both	Free	@dejonghed07	Online Learning Consortium rubric for quality online course design. Requires (free) registration to download.
Open SUNY Course Quality Review (OSCQR)	H-Ed	Free	@valentinesking ‌	Open source tool to review quality of online course design.

   Course Media Assets (images, videos, audio resources)

Name & Link to Resource:	Ideal for? (K-12, H-Ed)	Cost?	@Name of Contributor	Description of Resource:
Da Button Factory	Both	Free	Deactivated user	Simple, yet robust tool to create button images to use throughout your course
Rapid eLearning Blog	Both	Free	Deactivated user	Great blog! Lots of actionable content. Free Stock Image Sites for e-Learning. Subscribe!
Wikimedia Commons	Both	Free	@dlyons	A collection of freely usable media files to which anyone can contribute
OpenGameArt	Both	Free	@G_Petruzella	Videogame sprites, backgrounds, sound effects/music, more. Create a 'game' look-and-feel for your course.
Media and HTML Library/Lab	Both	Free	@G_Petruzella	In the Canvas Commons: a collection of code snippets, embeddable media, and style ideas for instructional designers.
H5P.org	Both	Free	@GideonWilliams	"Create, share, and reuse interactive HTML5 content in your browser." Blog post by Gideon
FlatIcons and  Pixabay	Both	Free	@dejonghed07 ‌	If you need some quick icons, I recommend creating them online at FlatIcons. For Copyright free, royalty free, no attribution required images, I recommend Pixabay.
VidGrid	H-Ed	Paid	@ericmlsna ‌	Video capture, screen recording, hosting, analytics, and closed captioning inside one app. Embed a recorder within courses/assignments so students can create videos. Interactive commenting and quizzing coming soon. Easily integrates with Canvas.
Khan Academy	Both	Free	awilliams‌	"...[O]ffers practice exercises, instructional videos, and a personalized learning dashboard that empower learners to study at their own pace in and outside of the classroom."
TedEd	H-Ed	Free	awilliams‌	"Lessons worth sharing."
SnagFilms	Both	Free	awilliams‌	"From award-winning independent films to groundbreaking documentaries, we've got you covered. All our films are hand-curated by our editorial staff..."
MITNewsOffice	H-Ed	Free	awilliams‌	Videos from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology News Office
TeacherTube	Both	Free	awilliams‌	"... TeacherTube officially launched on March 6, 2007. Our goal is to provide an online community for sharing instructional videos. We seek to fill a need for a more educationally focused, safe venue for teachers, schools, and home learners."
Canva	Both	Free	@rsasso ‌	Amazingly simple graphic design tool website.

   Websites, WebApps, WebTools, WebServices

Name & Link to Resource:	Ideal for? (K-12, H-Ed)	Cost?	@Name of Contributor	Description of Resource:
Kahoot.it	Both	Free	Deactivated user
Poll Everywhere	Both	Freemium	Deactivated user	This is a great, interactive way to use polls in the classroom. Students can participate via mobile/laptop
Padlet	K-12	Freemium	Deactivated user	Create collaborative, digital learning boards.
Socrative	Both	Free	@dhulsey	Device Agnostic polling solution
Haiku Deck	Both	Freemium	@dhulsey	PowerPoint alternative that prevents users from the worst slide mistakes by keeping things simple.
Quizlet	Both	Freemium	@dhulsey	Flashcard maker and study tools.
PowToon	Both	Freemium	@dhulsey	Animated video maker
Office Mix	Both	Free	@dhulsey	PowerPoint add in for creating interactive lessons; integrates with Canvas through LTI
SoftChalk CLOUD	Both	Paid	@dhulsey	Interactive lesson creator; integrates with Canvas through LTI
Screencast-O-Matic	Both	Freemium	@dhulsey	Screen recorder with audio and webcam options; premium accounts are very economical
ThingLink	Both	Freemium	@dhulsey	Make images interactive with dynamic cutouts.
BigHugeLabs	Both	Free	@dhulsey	Fun and quick image editing
Genial.ly	Both	Free	@dufay_k	Create infographic, interactive images, posters, presentations, all in one
Pixlr	Both	Free	@dlyons	Free browser based image and photo editor
Jing / Screencast.com	Both	Free	@dlyons	Make free short screencasts with Jing, then host in Canvas (or for free on Screencast.com)
Aww App	Both	Freemium	awilliams	A browser based whiteboard tool. Supports collaborative editing.
Geogebra	Both	Freemium	awilliams	A geometry package providing for both graphical and algebraic input.
EdPuzzle	Both	Free	awilliams	Allows users to select a video and customize it by editing, cropping, recording audio, and adding questions to make an engaging presentation or lesson.
Quizizz	Both	Free	@james_sanzin ‌	A gamified quizzing platform,that is kind of like Kahoot. The major differences here are that Quizizz is student paced, can be assigned for homework, and you can easily pull questions from multiple quizzes created by other users into your own quiz.
Adobe Spark	Both	Free	@dejonghed07 ‌	Create videos and graphics directly online. Recently our faculty have been using it to create welcome videos, but also easy for students. Contains backgrounds, images, and text.

   Smartphone Apps (iOS & Android)

Name & Link to Resource:	Ideal for? (K-12, H-Ed)	Cost?	@Name of Contributor	Description of Resource:
Doceri Interactive Whiteboard	Both	Freemium		Use an interactive whiteboard from your mobile device to project to the classroom. (More apps like this)

   Other

Name & Link to Resource:	Ideal for? (K-12, H-Ed)	Cost?	@Name of Contributor	Description of Resource:
Teaching in Higher Ed Podcast	H-Ed	Free	@jcottin	Excellent Podcast that provides a wealth of resources about teaching in higher education and personal knowledge management.  With a variety of guest, tips, technology tools and topics it is worth listening from the beginning! Available in iTunes, Android, RSS, and website.
Cult of Pedagogy Podcast	K-12, H-Ed	Free	@jonesn16 ‌	Great combination of guests, podcasts, and supporting articles. Topics include OER, teacher rights, ed tech, and more.
CanvasCasters Podcast	K-12, H-Ed	Free	@valentinesking ‌	Unofficial Canvas LMS Podcast; A podcast built by Canvas LMS users, for Canvas LMS users.
Teaching Online Podcast	H-Ed	Free	@valentinesking ‌	A monthly podcast for online and blended learning professionals.Hosted by University of Central Florida staff.