Multimedia Tools

 

Find Images, Graphics, and Photos

 

• Behold (free images)  
• 6 Ways to Find Reusable Media 
• Slidebay Image Search 
• Make your PowerPoint Slideshow File Smaller
  • How to Optimize, Shrink, or Compress Powerpoint Presentations 
  • Video - Compress Powerpoint Slideshow File 

 

Visualisation and collaborative spaces

 

• ConceptShare (http://www.conceptshare.com/) - supports the creation and management of interactive workspaces to present visual designs to others to gather feedback from team members, managers and customers
• Thinkature (http://www.thinkature.com) - combines an instant messaging system with shared, visual workspace. Use it as a collaboration environment, a meeting room, a personal web-based whiteboard, or something entirely new
• Gliffy (http://www.gliffy.com/) - draw and share diagrams on the Web'
• mxgraph (http://www.mxgraph.com) - for drawing diagrams in a browser
• Yugma (https://www.yugma.com) - free web conferencing
• MyQuire (http://www.myquire.com/) - make organization, brainstorming, and task handling on the web easier
• Scrapblog (http://scrapblog.com) - build a multimedia portfolio that you can share

 

Video Sharing

 

• YouTube (http://www.youtube.com)
• Google Videos (http://video.google.com)
• Blup.tv (http://blip.tv)
• TeacherTube (http://teachertube.com/) 

 

Storage and Filesharing

 

• Ifolder (http://www.ifolder.com/) - Filesharing for groups
• Slideshare (http://www.slideshare.net/) - online sharing of presentations

 

Images Sharing and Editing

 

• Flickr (http://www.flickr.com) - photo sharing tools and community
• For editing images before uploading to Flickr http://www.preloadr.com/
• Photobucket (http://photobucket.com/) - image and video sharing
• Zoomr (http://beta.zooomr.com/home)
• Pixenate (http://pixenate.com/) - Photoshop in a browser
• Picnik (http://www.picnik.com/) - Photoshop in a browser
• Fauxto (http://www.fauxto.com/) - image adjustment toolkit
• Flickr and Creative Common license photos and editing at http://flickrcc.bluemountains.net/
• How to: Upload PNG, GIF, or BMP to Picasa Web Albums   
• MOSH 

 

3D Design

 

• Gogofrog (http://www.gogofrog.com/) - make your very own "3D space" online using a simple select, drag and drop process
• Google Sketchup (http://www.sketchup.com/) - web-based 3D design software

 

Drawing

 

• Imagination Cubed (http://www.imaginationcubed.com) - draw with friends
• Google Docs and Spreadsheets (http://docs.google.com/) - word processor and spreadsheet tools that are ideal for individual or collaborative work
• Think free (http://www.thinkfree.com)
• Zoho (http://www.zoho.com/) - a suite of Office applications
• Basecamp (http://www.basecamphq.com/) - project management
• Tada (http://www.tada.com) - To do list (great for individuals or assigning tasks in group work)
• Delicious (http://del.icio.us) - social/sharable web bookmarks

 

Slideshows with Narration

 

• VoiceThreads for Educatorshttp://voicethread.com/

• Camtasia Studio by TechSmith: http://www.techsmith.com/
• Wink: http://www.debugmode.com/wink/
• Windows Media Encoder: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/forpros/encoder/default.mspx
• CamStudio: http://www.camstudio.org/
• Adobe Captivate: http://www.adobe.com/products/captivate/
• A Periodic Table of Visualization Methods: http://www.visual-literacy.org/periodic_table/periodic_table.html

 

Tools

 

• Zamzar - free file conversion
• PowerPoint to Flash Converter
• SlideShare - Powerpoint slideshow webpage hosting
• Wink - free screen capture software
• Spoken Text - free text to audio converter

 

Usability and Access Issues

 

• 11 Link Usability Tips 

 

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