Instructional Design Resources

Detailed descriptions of standards for online courses. Originally devloped for students in ASTE 7090: Instructional Design for Distance Education, a graduate-level course taught at Utah State University by Amy Spielmaker.

Create documents, notes, wikis with advanced design options, robust search, document tracking and more.

Not free, but low cost for education (less than $10).

Build engaging online worksheets.

Free and paid versions.

Powtoon gives you everything you need to easily make professional videos and presentations.

Does an image need to be described? That depends... walk through this interactive "decision tree" to learn about when and how best to make an image accessible.

360Cities is a source of 360° panorama / VR media for education, publishing, advertising, film, and mobile apps.

Travel the world virtually with interactive group and private, live and prerecorded experiences

Grab the helm and take a voyage in Google Earth.

Harness the power of maps to tell stories that matter. ArcGIS StoryMaps has everything you need to create remarkable stories that give your maps meaning.

Use Delphinium to motivate and engage students in your Canvas courses. Integrated with Canvas.

Free and easy to use. Highlight, annotate, organize, cite.

From your hobby to your career, your class notes to your final exam, your mood board to your runway show, padlets help you organize your life. Free and paid versions.

Save, organize and share content from across the web. Save articles, videos, images, and more.

Video Candy provides you with a video editor and an impressive number of other online video editing tools: merge videos, compress, trim, etc. Free of charge.

Engage your online audience through live polling and Q&A. Free and paid versions.

Pick from 10,000+ professional templates made for businesses. Free and paid versions.

Start up a board in seconds, automate tasks, and collaborate anywhere. Free and paid versions.

Free and paid versions.