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Instructional Design Tools

Tools to Help with Online Instructional Design

Learning Object Creation Tools

• GLO Maker 2 is an authoring tool for creating media rich learning objects. Learning designs are expressed explicitly in the tool and provide the framework for creating new learning objects. The learning objects can be accessed from the Web or the desktop. http://learning.londonmet.ac.uk/RLO-CETL/glomaker/index.html
• See also screencasting tools at:  http://www.library.illinois.edu/diglit/faculty/teaching/tools/screencast.html

Web Authoring Tools

• eXe: Open source content authoring tool for publishing multi-media, and web content designed for learning without the need for users to become proficient in (X)HTML. http://www.exelearning.org/
• Front Page (Microsoft):  a great way for anyone comfortable with Microsoft Office software to create web pages and manage web sites. Now must be purchased separately. http://www.cites.uiuc.edu/edtech/teaching_software/utilities/frontpage/index.html 
• DreamWeaver: A web page editor and tool for managing web sites. This means that you can create and edit web pages and structure groups of files into a whole web site without knowing HTML. Dreamweaver has become standard equipment for most webmasters just as Microsoft Word is standard equipment in most offices. Most web professionals would say they couldn't live without it, and it will make even a web novice's life so much easier that it is worth the purchase price. It also offers useful templates and "snippets" of pre-written HTML to make creating web pages faster and easier.  http://www.cites.uiuc.edu/edtech/teaching_software/utilities/dreamweaver/index.html
  
• Nvu (Mac): An open-source web editing program that can be downloaded for free. The basis of Nvu used to be Composer, a component of the old Netscape Navigator web browser, but it is now a stand-alone program. http://www.nvu.com/
• Sea Monkey: Open source html editor using WYSIWYG editor with dynamic image and table resizing, quick insert and delete of table cells, improved CSS support, and support for positioned layers.  http://www.seamonkey-project.org/

Course Management Integration Development Programs

• Lectora: An authoring software that integrates with content. The professional suite has image editor, audio editor, video editor, screen capture, screen recorder. http://www.trivantis.com/products/lectora.html?gclid=CIPZ09StzJYCFRg6awodqmM9xw
  
• Quia:   An easy, centralized classroom management system including a master student list, archive of student results, and the tools to conduct schoolwide proficiency testing. http://www.quia.com/web/
• SoftChalk Lesson Builder: a web lesson editor that lets you easily create engaging, interactive web lessons. With LessonBuilder, you can create professional-looking, interactive content without knowing any HTML, or programming. http://www.softchalk.com/

Files Storage/Transfer

• WinZip:  is a program that takes a collection of computer files and bundles them into a single package generically known as a "zip archive." Microsoft includes a form of "zip" utility with its OS (operating system), but you may wish to download the WinZip brand archive software from CITES (if you are affiliated with UIUC) http://www.cites.uiuc.edu/edtech/teaching_software/utilities/winzip/index.html.  Generally zipping a collection of files makes the total smaller than the sum of its parts. Also, if you use Illinois Compass you can only upload one file at a time; if you have lots of files to upload, as well as nested folders, you can use WinZip to zip together as many files as you like, and then upload that one zip file and "expand" the archive, which is a much faster option. http://www.winzip.com/index.htm or a free download version at:  http://free-gets.com/zip/index.php

• Other Free Download File Storage Options:  http://lists.econsultant.com/top-10-online-file-storage-transfer-services-file-size.html and http://nedwolf.com/Free-Online-File-Storage.htm

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Last modified by: Lori Mestre on 9/8/09