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Instructional Design Principles and Theory |
Name & Link to Resource: | Ideal for? (K-12, H-Ed) | Cost? | @Name of Contributor | Description of Resource: |
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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: |
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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: |
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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: |
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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: |
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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. |
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Jordan has had various roles in the ed tech software (SAAS) industry for the past 9 years. (almost 5 years with Instructure). In his previous company he was a Client Services Manager for two years (responsible for account management, implementation, project management, and training, for each of his customers). After a year and a half he was commissioned to build a training department, all policies and procedures, and deliver training for all customers. Over the past eight years he has been in charge of conceiving, producing and deploying eLearning initiatives and strategies. He has trained over 3,000 adult learners with a wide range of technical aptitude, including K-12 Teachers, Principals, Administrators, Superintendents, Higher Ed Professors, Doctors, CTO’s, and Corporate Business Professionals and Executives. Jordan is an instructional designer and Community Manager for Instructure with a focus on connecting Canvas users with tools and resources that will help them get excited about and become proficient in utilizing the Canvas Learning Platform.
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