FDU LibGuides: Foundational Writing: Multimodal Resources Guide: Tools

Tools

Figma
Figma is a collaborative online environment to map, brainstorm, and elaborate on ideas and projects.
Hypothes.is
Annotate websites, eBooks, eJournal articles for a private or public collection.
Jamboard
Anonymous space for in-class discussions. Jamboard can also be used to brainstorm or organize notes.
MindMup
Capture ideas at the speed of thought – using a mind map maker designed to help you focus on your ideas and remove all the distractions while mindmapping. Create unlimited mind maps for free, and store them in the cloud.
Miro
Miro is a collaborative workspace and is free for individual use with limited capabilities. It can also be used to brainstorm and organize notes.
Notion
Notion can be used to write syllabi, organize group projects, and develop an online portfolio.
Padlet
Padlet acts similarly to Pinterest, where you can organize information into subject specific boards, but can be used for complex discussions and organization.
Trello
Trello is the flexible work management tool where teams can ideate plans, collaborate on projects, organize workflows, and track progress in a visual, productive, and rewarding way. From brainstorm to planning to execution, Trello manages the big milestones and the day-to-day tasks of working together and getting things done.

Storyboard That
Create storyboards, graphic organizers, comics, and powerful visual assets for use in an education, business, or personal setting.
Storyboarder
Storyboarder makes it easy to visualize a story as fast you can draw stick figures.

Canva
Sign up for a free account with Canva and utilize their infographics templates to visualize data and make it interactive.
StoryMaps
StoryMaps makes everyone a storyteller. Share your most important ideas and experiences as compelling interactive content featuring maps, media, and more.
Visme
All-in-one platform to create presentations and more.
Weebly
Easily build a free website with this powerful free website builder.
Wix
Cloud-based web development services that allows users to create HTML5 websites and mobile sites through the use of online drag and drop tools.

Animoto
A cloud-based video creation service that produces video from photos, video clips, and music into video slideshows.
CapCut
This free, with premium features, software allows users to edit video and audio to create short films, as well as podcasts.
Clipchamp
A web-based free video editing platform specifically with templates and user-friendly interface.
Pixlr
Free Photoshop alternative web-based photo editor that allows you to make basic adjustments such as vignettes, color correction, saturation, contrast, and frames.
Podcastle
Studio-quality recording, AI-powered editing, and seamless exporting – all in a single web-based platform.
Screencastify
Chrome's most trusted video-creation tool. Create, edit, and share videos in seconds.

Bubblr
Bubblr is a community where people can create comic-strips (photonovels) using photos from flickr, just taking a sequence of pictures where you can add bubbles and create a story.
MakeBeliefsComix
At MakeBeliefsComix you can create your own comic strip with an easy and fun way. Choose a character and emotion, add talk or thought balloons, and start your character communicating.
Pixton
This is a tool that lets users create stories out of cartoons and provided characters. It is so much fun and students will definitely love it. Pixton Comic Builder is an integrated feature which students can use to create various types of comics.

Bensound
Provides royalty-free music and sound effects for use in various projects.

Openverse
An extensive library of free stock photos, images, and audio, available for free use.
Pixabay
A free stock photography and royalty-free stock media website. It is used for sharing photos, illustrations, vector graphics, film footage, and music, exclusively under the custom Pixabay license, which generally allows the free use of the material with some restrictions.
Unsplash
Beautiful, free images and photos that you can download and use for any project.

Data Wrapper
Enrich your stories with charts, maps, and tables.
Flourish
Beautiful and easy data visualization and storytelling.
Piktochart
Beautiful templates and dynamic visualization: import your own data to begin crafting infographics. While only a handful of templates are free, the extensive customization can make it easy to create a unique visualization and story for your data.
RawGraphs
RAWGraphs is an open source data visualization framework built with the goal of making the visual representation of complex data easy for everyone.
Voyant
With this tool you can input text and it will output an analysis of the words utilized in the text.