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Podcast comparing Articulate Storyline with Articulate Studio, Captivate, and Lectora in multiple categories, explaining the advantages and drawbacks of each.

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ActivePresenter is a screencast/simulation tool with some similar features to Captivate. The free version can do screencasts and export them to WMV, but not simulations in Flash. You can add captions and zoom and pan even with the free version.

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Free options for image editing. I've used Picasa, Paint.net, and GIMP before, but PhotoScape and PixBuilder Studio are new to me.

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Tools for creating bibliographies, organizing research, and planning

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Calculate business expenses, personal expenses, how much of your time you are actually able to bill. Nice to play around with the variables and see how that affects the hourly rate.

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Intro to Twitter chats like #lrnchat, including how it works and tools to make participation easier

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Easy tool for scheduling meetings across time zones. Set it up with the locations you commonly use and bookmark your specific URL.

productivity tools

Type a time and it starts a timer in your browser window. Useful for showing break times in online synchronous training. You can bookmark a specific URL for a time if you regularly use the same length of time.

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Collected tools from a LinkedIn eLearning Guild discussion on must-have tools for freelancing

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Great collection of open source e-learning projects and tools, including multimedia development, screen recording, Android app development, an LMS, and more. (Technically, some of these are Free, not Open Source, but still a valuable list.)

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Better than your average tag cloud--interactive, colorful, shaped like clouds, etc.

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Free tools (or at least tools with free demos) for developing games

e-learning games tools

Tool to analyze forum conversations in an LMS, create network diagrams, and identify behavior patterns.

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Matrix showing how different types of activities can be completed with different tools in Moodle. The focus is on the activity and end result, not on the tool--the guide shows what tools fit the outcome you're looking for.

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Tools to create online communities, all probably benefiting from Ning's decision to move to exclusively paid sites

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Alternatives for free online groups now that Ning is shooting themselves in the foot with a paid model

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Collaborative whiteboard/drawing tool. Basic tools, but easy to share with others and draw in real time. Images can be saved.

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Lots of choices for social networking & collaboration tools. Those looking for replacements for Ning are probably most interested in the private/closed social networks that are free and hosted.

socialnetworking tools

Free tool to strip formatting when copying and pasting text, without having to go through Notepad first

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Directory of tools that do at least some of what Flash can do or that work with Flash--presentation tools, quiz tools, PowerPoint to Flash converters, ActionScript editors, etc. Most have free demos; not many open source options in this area.

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