Scalar: open-source, media-rich scholarly publishing platform ideal for creating non-linear narratives. Requiring minimal technical expertise, this platform offers its authors a robust database system for to catalogue their work, which can be experienced by the public through different pathways, and from different access points. It supports collaborative authoring, reader comments, and offers a wide range of annotating tools. FREE.
Category: All Tools
TimelineJS
TimelineJS: import a Google Spreadsheet as your data source, add photos, tweets, videos, audio maps and website links to your timeline, and embed into your website. FREE; no signup required.
TimeMapper
TimeMapper: ideal for integrating timelines to a map. Uses Google Spreadsheets as your data and links source. Easy to publish and share in multiple platforms, but is not embeddable in a Web Publishing site. See an example of TimeMapper, as used by Gallatin’s Lauren Walsh. FREE; no signup required.
Life
Life: an alternative, more static, browser-based platform for creating timelines. Follow instructions on how to build in the README.md. Requires a free Github Pages account. FREE
iMovie
iMovie: streamlined video editing software designed for optimal usability. Available for iOS devices, and in OS desktops. Available on most NYU Macs. See NYU IT Software for more information.
EkoStudio by Interlude
EkoStudio by Interlude: (Formally Treehouse by Interlude.) A free platform for creating interactive videos. Users can upload video clips and arrange them with a visual editor. Create menus for viewers to choose their path through the videos. Unlimited storage and projects. FREE/Premium.
Wideo
Wideo: a drag-and-drop video editing platform similar to iMovie. Cloud storage contingent on subscription plan. Option for paid educational account offering cross-platform access to shared media and collaborative video projects. FREE/Premium.
VLC
VLC: open source cross-platform multimedia player and framework that plays virtually any multimedia files as well as DVDs, Audio CDs, VCDs, and various streaming protocols. Can do media conversion and streaming. See how to use VLC as a screencast tool. FREE.
Skype
Skype: stable group video and/or audio calls with the maximum capacity of 25 individuals. FREE software installation and registration required. Mobile app available.
Polycom system
Polycom system: a hardware-software combo that provides multiple forms of long-distance interactions for learning and conferencing. PAID.
NowComment
NowComment: Free web app for digitally annotating online documents in a “social context,” that is, allowing other students to read and add to each other’s annotations. Inline annotations on NowComment appear on a 2-pane interface, alongside the respectively annotated parts of the text, enabling contextualized reading and analysis. NowComment annotates html and Microsoft Word documents, but PDF upload …
GarageBand
GarageBand: a digital music creation studio featuring a sound library that includes software instruments, digital amps and stompboxes, and sound effects. Useful for creating, recording, mixing, and sharing audio files. Available on Mac and iOS, integrated with iCloud. PAID (built-in most Mac computers).
Audacity
Audacity: Downloadable open-source software for recording, conversion, editing, and exporting audio files through a simple and user-friendly interface. FREE.
Spotify
Spotify: download the free software to create, save and share playlists using music available on Spotify’s extensive collection, or do it all directly from your browser. FREE/Premium.
audioBoom
audioBoom: create, edit, and share audio files online via a mobile app or your browser. Deeming itself as “radio reimagined,” audioBoom functions very much like YouTube, but with a focus on audio. Premium features include the ability to record and share audio tracks that are longer than 10 minutes, as well as create a “broadcasting” …
Blippar
Blippar: A simple drag and drop editing environment for creating augmented reality experiences. Pay for views upfront, or publish an experience right away for up to 100 free views. Free/Paid
Google Cardboard
Google Cardboard: Simple Virtual Reality headsets to be attached to a mobile phone for experiencing VR media. Simply attach the cardboard to your phone and play the media while using the viewer. Paid. (Build your own Cardboard viewer for free by following these instructions.)
ARIS
ARIS: an open-source platform for developing (and playing) mobile games, tours, data collection activities, and interactive stories by way of GPS and QR Codes. Using a mobile device, players are able to “experience a hybrid world of virtual interactive characters, items, and media placed in physical space,” as well as engage in social interaction around …
EndNote
EndNote: citation manager and personal reference library with capacity for PDF import and attachment. Offers CWYW (Cite while You Write) extensions for Microsoft Word and Pages. Licensed to NYU-ITS; FREE for the NYU community.
Mendeley
Mendeley: reference manager and PDF organizer. CWYW (Cite while You Write) plug-in available for Microsoft Word, LibreOffice, and BibTex. Web-based and downloadable software. FREE.