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= Week 3: Multimedia Toolbox =

**Jenn St. Amand**
1. **www.voicethread.com** This is a great tool to upload a multimedia slideshow, and allow learners to comment (in various ways, like text, audio recording, visual recording, etc). To learn more about the tool go to: [] Then to get started, click "My Voice" at the top. And then one of the tabs at the top will say, "create." Note: you will have to register to use this program, but it's free! I haven't used this in an e-learning environment yet because I have not developed any facilitator-led modules, but the opportunities are endless. An example I could see using at my work would be to present a scenario (visually or in text) and assign participants to comment in whichever format suited them best (of course with quantity and quality requirements for the comments). Not only does the learner have the opportunity to share in whichever format suits their learning style best, but they will also be able to take in information in various formats that other participants use. The variety of responses is likely to appeal to many learning styles. 2. **www.eyejot.com** This is a tool to send video messages. I think this is an element that can be very helpful in the e-learning world. Now, instead of having to read (through typical email), a learner has the opportunity to see the speaker and listen! And for the person delivering the mail, they have the opportunity to speak, rather than writing. It really opens up options for communication in a distance learning world! Again, I haven't used this in my instruction development (I'm very new to ID), but I could see using it in our "working in virtual teams" training. We could assign a case study in which they need to respond using the eyejot tool. Not only would it add appeal to different communication styles, but it would also allow them to add a tool to their toolbox for the topic at hand. 3. **Google maps** - You can actually build your own maps and add visuals, including descriptive text or video. Here is an example I learned about from 605: []. You can build your own if you have a Google account. From Google Maps, click "My places." And then choose "create map." Here's a tutorial: []. Then once you have a map, you can choose collaborate so it's shared with others. I had discussed using this tool at my old job (but never got to implement it before I left). I think creating a map is a wonderful way to share the history of the company that you work for. You can add images, stories, videos, etc to each of the milestone locations. You could also use it for on-boarding staff to a new location... and share a google map that highlights all the favorite restaurants, stores, etc in the area. Again, endless opportunity.


 * Amy Rossetti -**

[|www.voki.com] – create an animated speaking character that you can link to. [|www.wpclipart.com] – free clipart [|http://commons.wikimedia.org] – reusable media [|timetoast.com] - create interactive time lines, for each date in the time line you put in text and you can also add a picture or graphic. The user clicks on the point in the time line and a box opens up with the text and picture that you supplied. There are also a lot of time lines that people have created and shared. You can link to your timeline. Free Trials – take advantage of the 30 day free trials offered for many software packages [] - tool for making interactive posters, like the posters made on poster board for a school report but online and interactive.


 * Erin McCool-**

[]--create presentations online instead of using powerpoint. and then share them either by inviting friends to collaborate with your or via a link. I haven't used it yet, but may for my project. A student some of you may know Kristen Smith used it last semester and the presentation was very creative and fresher than a powerpoint! It is supposed to be easier than powerpoint to use too. The basic account is free and they have a mid level account and a pro account. I just found out the midlevel account is also free to students!

[]-- I love this website! A friend turned me on to it to learn HTML and Web Development stuff, so not an instructional design site per se, but the coding skills could be useful for ID. It's fun. You collect badges as you learn things and the badges are displayed on your personal page to be shared with friends or employers. Student memberships are 9 bucks per month.

[]--examples of e-learning projects by William Horton, author of e-learning by design. There are some pretty cool ideas here, if you are ever in need of inspirations.

I also second Jenn's link to voicethread.com. We used it this semester in Linda Beith's class for our introductions. It was easy to use and more fun to do than I thought it would be. Can also be use to collaborate with others in real time via voice rather than text messages/email (although there is a type your message option).

[] I forgot to add the best website I've found on Universal Design for Learning by the father of UDL, David Rose. There are great resources here like build your own udl lessons and book templates and many other resources.

**Racha** You can create a panorama, Merge shots with Photo Fuse, Slide show adventures ||  ||   || And watch How educators are using Animoto in the class room. || Go to http://voicethread.com/ then watch simply speaking || http://voicethread.com/ || [|__http://voicethread.com/?#q.b297623.i1567564__]
 * Category || Tool || Description || link || Demos or tutorials ||
 * Create Slide show || Photo Peach || online tool you can use to import photos, write captions and add music. || http://photopeach.com/education/premium || http://photopeach.com/album/demo ||
 * || Photo story || Help you organize and edit your photos, then share them online.
 * || Animito || Tool for creating videos and presentations. || http://animoto.com/education/ || Go to http://animoto.com/education/
 * || fotobabble || Talking photos and slideshow || http://www.fotobabble.com/ ||  ||
 * Create Digital Book || Mixbook || Personalize printed photo book || http://www.mixbook.com/edu || http://www.mixbook.com/photo-books/all/famous-americans-2703889 ||
 * Advanced Discussion forum || Voice Thread || A VoiceThread is a collaborative, multimedia slide show that holds images, documents, and videos and allows people to navigate slides and leave comments in 5 ways - using voice (with a mic or telephone), text, audio file, or video (via a webcam).

Tutorial http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1--CdU4pljg ||
 * Digital Library || New York Public Library || NYPL Digital Gallery provides free and open access to over 700,000 images digitized from the New York Public Library's vast collections, including illuminated manuscripts, historical maps, vintage posters, rare prints, photographs and more. || http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/index.cfm ||  ||

Joe Ryan
[|Google Forms] I believe that it is very imortant to get feedback from student on each session. It allows you to hone and refine your work so that each semester the course in improved. Google forms allows you to create simple surveys. You deploy the survey via email, your subjects fill them out online and sens them back. Google compliles a report and with spreadsheets and graphs.

[|Twitter] At our institution there are no synchronous capabilities. I would like to try using a twitter hash tag for mobile interaction.

[|Jing] I use Jing to take my screen shots when I have to give complex instructions. I usually build a web page with screen shots and annotations to illustrate and highlight steps.

Wikispaces I like to have students collaborate writing exercises, much like we are doing right now. Wikis are very easy to edit and add images, links and widgets. [|Google Docs] are also a good choice for the same reasons.

Paula Dinneen

 * This is a tough one because I see so many of the great free resources that I already use and the Udltechtoolkit.wikispaces.com the Russ shared was so extensive that I am not sure I will be able to share anything new.**


 * This is for AMY:**[[image:Screen_Shot_2012-02-19_at_7.37.14_PM.png link="@http://issuu.com/shelf"]] @http://issuu.com/shelf - **This is the book making link I just found!**

-@http://www.freetech4teachers.com/ **This is an awesome tool collection for teachers. Granted it is directed to K12 teachers but there are many pearls of wisdom to be found on this well maintained blog.**


 * The following links are all open source royalty free repositories for images and music:**

@http://www.morguefile.com/

@http://incompetech.com/m/c/royalty-free/collections.html

@http://openclipart.org/

@http://www.jamendo.com/en/albums

http://www.showme.com/ **This is for the ipad and used to create multimedia that you can embed in a wiki, blog or LMS!**
 * Maybe soon we'll be sharing all the cool free apps out there to use like:**


 * And the best Free help guide I know and love, created by UMB and students from the ID program:**

@http://howto.wikispaces.umb.edu/

= Week 5: Visual Image Collections =

**Jenn St. Amand**
[] Chances are that you've all used Microsoft Office Images, but there are a couple features that I recently learned about. Of course, when you type in a word, a bunch of images will be shown. But here are some other things to check out. - ** Shared Keywords ** - To the left of the image results, there is a toolbar. At the bottom, there is a section called "shared keywords." This can be helpful if you are having a hard time figuring out exactly what words to search. - ** See Similar Images ** - Now, once you've click on an image you like, you'll be brought to a page with that image enlarged To the left there will be some other options that you might want to click on. But the thing I want to point out is the the box under keywords... it says "See similar images Explore now." This will show you images with a similar "feel" to the image you've chosen. This is helpful to get a cohesive look within your training. [|MS Office Images.pptx] See attached screen shots.
 * 1. Microsoft Images - I posted this at the beginning of the semester (in the Images tab), but I think it's most applicable for this week's assignment.**

**2.** **Wikipedia: Public domain image resources** []

Erin McCool (posted this on week 3 but it got lost so reposting 3/8)

[]-- new users can download three images free
Amy Rossetti I posted these in the tools section but they are collections of images:

[|www.wpclipart.com] – free clipart

[|http://commons.wikimedia.org] – reusable media (part of the resource Jenn mentions above) I also have used trial subscriptions to graphics web sites like depositphotos.com.

= Paula Dinneen = I already placed many of the repositories I use in the previous week but here are a few other websites I like to use:

UMB LibraryAt the library web site click on databases and indexes, Find Artstor and sign in this is a great visual media collection.

Another good site when making decisions about color is Lighthouse International Webaim.org and Web Accessibility for All: Descriptive text tutorialAlternative Text tutorial = = = Racha = You can use Flickr creative commons area: [] and as Jenn mentioned the public domain image resources for Wikipedia. For clip art: []

= Week 6---Audio =

=**Erin McCool** =

here are some audio resources I found through my research. []--- free audio recording software

[]---I used to be a member of this site. i was thinking I'd do some voice work. It's a great place to find voiceover talent for a project.

[]---a source the automatically adjusts the audio levels of your recordings

=Paula Dinneen=

Erin already named the best one! Audacity, I use it all the time. Audacity

I also like VOXOPOP this is a great tool for e based learning.

**Amy Rossetti**
I have used WavePad to edit music. The free trial version has limited features. It is very similar to the audio editor that is in Articulate.

There are sounds in the Microsoft Images Collection. [] I have not used them just noticed them.

The following entries I am not entering towards a grade but I wanted to share them. Other people added them to the wiki for INSDSG 619 last semester.

Great site for top 100 speeches - []

National Jukebox - Historical recordings by the Library of Congress - []

=**Jenn St Amand** =

Like Erin and Paula indicated, I have always used Audacity.com for editing. I am planning to use it to record my narration for my project because I don't have access to Articulate from home... and I can't record audio via remote access.

I have also recorded directly in Articulate before. It's pretty easy to use.

I know the assignment was to include tools for creating audio, but this is a link to open source audio clips which I thought was worth sharing: []

If anyone was ever doing a class and wanted to play portions of a piece of literature, this website is great. It has a lot of great classics! []

= **Racha** = I am also like most of you, like to use Audacity. Podcasting is a great way to record in-class lectures. It is the substitute of recording the instructors' lectures using a tape recorder like a lot of us used to do in the past or to keep writing and writing and missing the instructor explanation. []