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Free tools to improve e-learning courses with

When using the right platform, you will find course creation very easy and hardly need additional tools or systems. Yet sometimes, you might want to add content in a different format or style. It helps you make training more interactive, diverse and appealing to the user. Here is our choice of additional tools.

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Audio recording and editing

Listening can be beneficial for recital and acceptance of learning content. Think of spoken explanations or voice-over for a PowerPoint presentation. You can add sound to trainings with very easy tools.

- Most smartphones have built-in microphones delivering fine quality audio files. Use those files to enrich your courses with.
- Audacity: Free tool for recording and editing audio files: http://www.audacityteam.org/

Graphics and images

In case you have no picture editing program installed on your PC, just use one of the following browser-based tools or image databases.

Creating and editing image:

- Canva: Create your own images with or without text per drag&drop: https://www.canva.com
- PIXLR: Picture editing resembling Photoshop: https://pixlr.com/
- Sketch: Make fast drafts, e.g. in a webinar: https://sketch.io/

Free image databases:
Pixabay: Extensive database for free commercial use (CC0): https://pixabay.com
Unsplash: Find large images: https://unsplash.com/
Creative Commons Search: Use CC Search in your search engine for finding files for free commercial use: http://search.creativecommons.org/

Video editing and hosting

Film clips are an essential part of modern learning. Think of product videos, screencasts and trailers for course introduction.

- Vzaar: Video hosting including analytics: https://vzaar.com/
- YouTube: If you want your content to be publically visible and shareable, simply upload it on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/
- Vimeo: Here you can choose whether video content should be public or private: https://vimeo.com/

Alternatively, you can host your video content directly in your Learning Management System. Coursepath offers this service to you, making sure that all learning content is stored safely in one central place.

Interactive learning content

Build more appealing training with interactive elements included in formal elements like texts and pictures.

- LearningApps: Build small interactive modules for public use. You can also create games, for instance: http://learningapps.org/
- Prezi: Create an interesting presentation and embed it in your course: https://prezi.com/
- Slideshare: Use example slides or create your own presentations: http://www.slideshare.net/

Alternatively, you can create interactive elements directly in your LMS. Hotspot question, where participants click on areas in an image, is just one example.

In case we are missing an important tool, contact us via info@coursepath.com.

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