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Learning Tools – Do these really belong?

eLearning 24-7

Google Docs and Microsoft Word. Audacity – It is a free, open-source audio tool. While I see Amazon Kindle on here, for ebooks I assume, there are plenty of folks who buy books (hardcover and softcover), so why isn’t Amazon itself on this list? Heck, where are the textbook sites?

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10 Social Media Tools For Learning

The eLearning Coach

Podcasts are fairly easy for anyone to make and with the free downloadable software, Audacity , it becomes an inexpensive option. Users can record and edit audio with Audacity and it runs on most operating systems, including Mac OS X and Windows. Dimdim has an open source version so developers can integrate it with other software.

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A Look Back at E-Learning in 2012

eLearning 24-7

All the Open source systems – again you must add TinCan API on your own. Latitude Learning – only if you have the open source solution and you must add TinCan API on your own. Audio editing – still no match to Audacity, a free program. Litmos – but only assessments. Authoring Tools.

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So what is software worth?

Clive on Learning

Then along came open source and a host of freebie applications, supported by advertising. At the moment I'm either using or considering using all of the following: Moodle , the open source virtual learning environment. DimDim , open source web conferencing. Audacity , the free audio editor.

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23 Free eLearning Resources Loved by L&D Teams

gomo learning

Continuing on the theme of saving eLearning designers time and money , the Gomo team has been sifting through the internet’s many libraries of free and open-source images, videos, sound files, fonts, templates, and software. Free and Open-Source Software For Learning Course Design. Audacity (Audio editing).

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Podcasting Equipment Setup and Software I use on the 10-Minute Teacher

TalentLMS

Audacity is a free, handy open source audio editing tool. Then, I export it and do some pre-editing in Audacity , which is free. Kip and I have a shared folder in Dropbox and I export with two tracks out of Audacity into Dropbox. All of the prerolls and post-rolls I record into Audacity and export.

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Google Slides: The ULTIMATE guide

BrightCarbon

Google Slides is free to use (along with other G Suite offerings such as Docs, Drive, Sheets and more) as long as you have a Google account – which is also free. Once open, you can rename your new Slides doc any time by clicking the Untitled Presentation box in the top left. Is Google Slides free? pptx) or Plain Text (.txt)

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