List of tools and applications

Presentations

• Google Slides (free), web + app
• Apache OpenOffice Impress (FOSS), app
• LibreOffice Impress (FOSS), app
• Canva (freemium), web
• Prezi (free trial) web
• Markdown presentation tools: https://gist.github.com/johnloy/27dd124ad40e210e91c70dd1c24ac8c8

Examples:

• • Web-based: https://codimd.globenet.org/
  • Apps: https://marp.app/
• Other formats (html, html5, JavaScript)
  • Example: Slides.com (freemium)

Presentation templates

• SlidesCarnival (CC BY) https://www.slidescarnival.com/ 
• Vecteezy (freemium) https://www.vecteezy.com/
• SlidesGo (freemium) https://slidesgo.com/
• Canva (freemium) https://www.canva.com/

 

Video

• Canva (freemium) combine animated slides and videos and export to MP4 - easy
• OBS Studio https://obsproject.com/ FOSS application (Linux, Mac, Windows)
• Avidemux (FOSS application) https://avidemux.sourceforge.net/download.html

Image sources

Pexels	https://www.pexels.com/	https://www.pexels.com/license/
Unsplash	https://unsplash.com/	https://unsplash.com/license
Wikimedia Commons	https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page	mostly CC BY-SA, but also public domain
Openverse	https://wordpress.org/openverse/?referrer=creativecommons.org	CC (all)
Pixnio	https://pixnio.com/	CC0 (https://pixnio.com/terms)
Pixabay	https://pixabay.com	https://pixabay.com/service/license/
Flickr	https://www.flickr.com	All licences
Public domain vectors	https://publicdomainvectors.org/	CC0 (https://publicdomainvectors.org/en/public-domain/)
Vecteezy	https://www.vecteezy.com/	Attribution required + limitations

Image editing

• GNU Image Manipulation Program (GIMP) (FOSS) https://www.gimp.org/ 
• Inkscape (FOSS) vector images https://inkscape.org/

Image management:

• Irfan View (freeware, non-commercial), app

 

Interactive diagrams

• D3.js https://d3js.org/ (FOSS), some coding required
• Observable https://observablehq.com/  (freemium) limitation: public only, presets that can be forked,  less coding 

Inforgraphics

Mostly freemium, editable templates, limited export options, limited number, or must be public

• Freepik: https://www.freepik.com/free-photos-vectors/infographic 
• Canva (freemium)
• Infogram (freemium) https://infogram.com/ 
• Genially (freemium), in Spanish https://app.genial.ly/ (Games!)

Tip: Slides Carnival presentations have elements that can be combined to create infographics.
 

Timelines

• TimelineJS (FOSS) https://timeline.knightlab.com/ 
• TimeGraphics (freemium) https://time.graphics/ 

Maps

• UMap http://umap.openstreetmap.fr/en/
• Leaflet: https://leafletjs.com/

 

Make a website

• Wordpress (FOSS) https://wordpress.com/create/; download: https://wordpress.org/download/  
• Joomla (FOSS) https://launch.joomla.org/, download: https://downloads.joomla.org/
• Mediawiki (FOSS)
  • Hosting: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_wiki_hosting_services 
    Download: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Download

Free hosting suitable for small websites (ad-free): https://biz.ht/ (good for practice)

File format conversion

• Zamzar https://www.zamzar.com/
• File converter online https://file-converter-online.com/