Distance-Based Technology Tools

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Distance Education And Learning (DEAL)
Useful Distance-Based Technology Tools
Course Management
Systems (CMS) Tools
Brightspace www.brightspace.com 30-day free trial
Canvas https://www.canvaslms.com
/
Free
CourseSites www.coursesites.com/ Free
Drupal https://www.drupal.org/ Free
Jenzabar http://www.jenzabar.com/ Unique pricing for your
institution
Moodle https://moodle.org/ Free - must install on your
own server
Sakai https://sakaiproject.org/ Free
Synchronous Meeting
or Collaboration Tools
Adobe Connect http://www.adobe.com/pro
ducts/adobeconnect.html
Free trial for 25 participants
Starts at $500/year
BlueJeans http://bluejeans.com/ Free trial
Facetime https://itunes.apple.com/us/
app/facetime/id414307850?
mt=12
$0.99 for app
Fring http://www.fring.com/ Free
Google
Hangouts
https://hangouts.google.com Free
GoToMeeting http://www.gotomeeting.co
m/
30-day free trial
Starts at $24.49/month - with
annual commitment
RingCentral https://www.ringcentral.com
/
30-day free trial
Starts at $24.99/mo./user
Skype http://www.skype.com/en/ Free if computer to
computer
Tinychat http://tinychat.com/ Free
WebEx http://www.webex.com/ WebEx Meetings Free plan
(up to 3 people)
Starts at $24/month -
monthly basis ($19/month -
annual basis)
Yugma https://www.yugma.com/ Free version - 1 attendee
Starts at $9.95/month
Zoom https://zoom.us/ Free version
Starts at $14.99/mo./host

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Asynchronous Meeting
or Collaboration Tools
Basecamp https://basecamp.com/ 1st Basecamp is free
$29/month after 1st
Basecamp
GoogleDocs https://www.google.com/docs
/about/
Free
Padlet https://padlet.com/ Free (home) version
Education Version
30-day free trial
Teacher plan $5/mo.
Business Version
30-day free trial
$5/user/mo.
Individual Version: $29/yr
SharePoint https://products.office.com/e
n-us/sharepoint/collaboration
Prices vary for business,
school, and personal use.
$5-8/month
VoiceThread https://voicethread.com/ Free account for up to 5
VoiceThreads.
Price for business:
$20/month - individual
$79/month – team
Wiggio https://wiggio.com Free
Wikispaces https://www.wikispaces.com/ Free for educators
Starts at $5/month
Authoring Tools Active
Presenter
http://atomisystems.com/ac
tivepresenter/
A free version exists
Adobe
Captivate
http://www.adobe.com/pro
ducts/captivate.html
30-day free trial
$29.99/month - with annual
commitment
Adobe
Presenter
http://www.adobe.com/pro
ducts/presenter.html
30-day free trial
$14.99/month - with annual
commitment
Articulate
Storyline 360 or
Storyline 2
https://articulate.com/360/s
toryline
https://articulate.com/p/stor
yline-2
30-day free trial
$300-1299 (full Articulate 360
package)

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Camtasia https://www.techsmith.com/c
amtasia.html
30-day free trial
Pricing varies:
$299 (PC); $99 (MAC)
Government/Non-profit:
$249 (PC)/ $89 (MAC)
Education: $179 (PC)/ $75
(MAC)
Educreations https://www.educreations.c
om/
A free version exists
$8.25/month - annual basis
$11.99/month – mo. basis
GoAnimate https://goanimate.com/ 14-day free trial
Start at $39/month
Powtoon https://www.powtoon.com/ Free version
Start at $19/mo. (billed
annually)
ShowMe http://www.showme.com/ A free version exists
$4.16/month - annual basis
$5.99/month – monthly basis
TouchCast http://www.touchcast.com/ Free
Audio Recording Tools Audacity http://www.audacityteam.or
g/
Free
GarageBand http://www.apple.com/mac/
garageband/
$4.99 for app
Pro Tools | First http://apps.avid.com/ProToo
lsFirst/
Free
Vocaroo http://vocaroo.com/ Free
Video and Screen
Capture Tools
Adobe
Captivate
http://www.adobe.com/prod
ucts/captivate.html
30-day trial
$29.99/month - with annual
commitment
Camtasia https://www.techsmith.com/
camtasia.html
30-day free trial
Pricing varies:
$299 (PC); $99 (MAC)
Government/Non-profit:
$249 (PC)/ $89 (MAC)
Education: $179 (PC)/ $75
(MAC)

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Jing https://www.techsmith.com/j
ing.html
Free
QuickTime Pro http://www.apple.com/quickt
ime/extending/
$29.99
Screen-Cast-O-
Matic
http://screencast-o-
matic.com/home
Free version
Pro version ($15/year)
Screenflow http://www.telestream.net/s
creenflow/overview.htm
Free trial (watermarked
exported movies)
$99
SnagIt https://www.techsmith.com/
snagit.html
15-day free trial
Pricing varies:
$49.95
Govt/Non-profit: $42.95
Education: $29.95
Image and Video
Sharing Tools
Flickr https://www.flickr.com/ Free version exists
$5.99/month ($49.99/year)
- Ad free
$499/year - Doublr
Instagram https://www.instagram.com/?
hl=en
Free
Picasa https://picasa.google.com/ Free
QuickTime http://www.apple.com/quickti
me/
Free
Screencast.com http://www.screencast.com/ Free account - 2GB storage
$9.95/month - Pro monthly
account
$99.95/year - Pro yearly
account
SmugMug https://www.smugmug.com/ $5-$35/month - billed
monthly
$3.34-$25/month - billed
annually
Vimeo www.vimeo.com Free - Vimeo Basic
$59.95/year - Vimeo Plus
$199/year - Vimeo PRO
YouTube www.youtube.com Free

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Presentation Tools PowerPoint ---
Camtasia https://www.techsmith.com/ca
mtasia.html
30-day free trial
Pricing varies:
$299 (PC); $99 (MAC)
Government/Non-profit:
$249 (PC)/ $89 (MAC)
Education: $179 (PC)/ $75
(MAC)
GoAnimate https://goanimate.com/ 14-day free trial
Start at $39/month
Haiku Deck https://www.haikudeck.com/ $10/month - with annual
commitment
$20/month - billed monthly
Keynote http://www.apple.com/mac/k
eynote/
$19.99
Powtoon https://www.powtoon.com/ Free version
Start at $19/mo. (billed
annually)
Prezi https://prezi.com/ 14-day free trial
Free public account
Pricing varies:
$4.92-$13.25/month
Slideshare http://www.slideshare.net/ Free
Blogging (Journaling)
Tools
Blogger https://www.blogger.com/ho
me
Free - 100 blogs/account
with picture upload
Tumblr https://www.tumblr.com/ Free
Additional optional services
that are paid
Weebly https://www.weebly.com/ Free basic plan
Paid plans start at
$8/month (when paid
annually)
Wix http://www.wix.com/ Free
Premium plans start at
$5/month

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WordPress https://wordpress.com/ Free
Whiteboard Tools Pixiclip http://www.pixiclip.com/beta
/
Free
Scribblar https://scribblar.com/ $14/month – 5 rooms and
5 users per room
$24/month – 10 rooms and
10 users per room
$39/month – 25 rooms and
25 users per room
Trello https://trello.com/ Free version exists
$8.33/month - with annual
commitment
Personal Response
Systems/Polling Tools
Doodle http://doodle.com/ Free
30-day free trial
Paid accounts start at $39
or $69/year
i>clicker / REEF
Polling
https://www1.iclicker.com/ Free to download app
Subscription prices:
$9.99 - 1 semester
$15.99 - 1 year
$21.99 - 2 years
$31.99 - 4 years
Poll
Everywhere
https://www.polleverywhere.c
om/
Free with limited
functionality
Paid accounts start at
$19/month
Socrative http://www.socrative.com/ Free
Survey Tools eSurveysPro http://www.esurveyspro.com/ Free account with limited
functionality
Paid account starts at
$100/year
Google Forms https://www.google.com/form
s/about/
Free
Qualtrics http://www.qualtrics.com/ Free account exists (100
responses)
$299 - Q Lite (300

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responses)
Request quote - Q
Enterprise (300+
responses)
SurveyGizmo https://www.surveygizmo.com
/
Free account with limited
functionality
Paid account starts at
$22/month
SurveyMonkey https://www.surveymonkey.co
m/
Free account with limited
functionality
Paid account starts at
$19/month (billed
annually) and $26/month
(billed monthly)
Visualization Tools Motion Chart http://www.gapminder.org/up
load-data/motion-chart/
Free
Newsmap.jp http://newsmap.jp/ Free
Tableau Public https://public.tableau.com/s/ Free
Tiki-Toki http://www.tiki-toki.com/ Free
Paid accounts start at
$7.50/month
Wordle http://www.wordle.net/ Free
NOTE: Costs may change with time – these are the documented prices as of 12/19/2016.
Please keep in mind that this is not an exhaustive list. There are other helpful tools for distance-based
teaching, but we tried to outline some of the commonly used ones here. In addition, there are various
ways to categorize these tools, so please explore each one when deciding which is best for your training.
Do not forget about the tried-and-true use of search engines and text-based communication tools such
as:
• Email
• Listservs
• Discussion Boards