Free Stock Video Footage, Royalty Free Videos for Download
Free stock videos; commercial use is OK. These could be used as b roll, transitions, or backgrounds.
Tint and Shade Generator
Provide hex codes for colors and get tints (lighter) and shades (darker) of that color. Useful for staying within a color scheme while still providing some variety
Screenlight Video Review & Approval
A tool for collecting feedback on video, audio, or images. The free plan allows only 1 project, but that lets you try it out. $9/month for the first tier paid plan with unlimited reviewers.
Frame.io | Video Review and Collaboration Software
Tool for reviewing videos with comments. The free plan is limited to 2 projects but might be enough for some uses
VEED Online Video Editor
I haven't tried this tool, but it looks like a decent tool for creating or subtitling a quick video with a free tool. The free version has limits in video length and only exports to 780p, but that might be enough for a quick portfolio sample. As a paid tool, I think most elearning folks would probably be better off paying a little more to get Camtasia instead.
GitHub - bfritscher/carnac: A utility to give some insight into how you use your keyboard
Mark Weingarten used this utility in his advanced Storyline session at LSCon. It shows your keyboard shortcuts on screen so others can better understand what you're doing. Super useful for anyone doing software training or screencasts.
VISIWIG | Visuals for busy designers
Online tool for creating quick patterns, textures, and icons. The images created with Visiwig are free for personal and commercial use.
Interactive Video Generator
Create JSON files for interactive video with questions at cue points. These interactions can be reported with xAPI
LearningDojo | Learning Development Training
Video xAPI trackers and wrappers. Free templates from Jeff Batt at Learning Dojo
6 PowerPoint productivity boosters from BrightSlide | BrightCarbon
The free BrightSlide tool from BrightCarbon offers a number of useful features for working in PowerPoint
AnswerThePublic
Answer the Public describes itself as a "Search listening tool for market, customer & content research." It's a way to see what search terms people enter about a particular topic or brand. If you're wondering what questions people have about a subject, this would give you data about what they search for online. You can only do one search per day for free; otherwise it's $99/month for unlimited searches (which only makes sense if you're doing a LOT of market research).
Avatar Maker - Create Your Own Avatar Online
Free tool for creating avatars. I don't see licensing info, so it appears to be free to use. This only creates head shots, and the choices are limited. The SVG version of the download has editable layers, so you potentially could edit it for other expressions.
Rewordify.com | Understand what you read
Paste difficult to understand text into the yellow text box, and this website will give you a simplified version. While this is intended for people learning English vocabulary (or teachers helping students), it might be helpful as an instructional designer. It doesn't do anything for absurdly long sentences (in fact, sometimes the simplified version is longer), but you could use this to take a first pass edit on complex SME language.
Web Captioner
Free real-time captions in a browser based tool. I haven't tried this yet, but I'd like to see if it's possible to use with Zoom for live training.
Open Broadcaster Software®️ | OBS
Open source tool for live mixing video streaming. You can put a text overlay on top of a video, for example. You can also set up different scenes in advance so you can transition between different combos. This also has an audio mixer so you can adjust the volume between a shared video and your own microphone (or other inputs). It's compatible with other platforms, so you can use it with Zoom or whatever you're currently using for video conferencing or streaming.
Trianglify.io · Low Poly Pattern Generator
Free tool for creating triangle patterns. Vary the colors, size, variability of the triangles, etc. These make good backgrounds; I have used similar patterns for blog posts. Low res downloads are free, but high res downloads must be purchased
TelePrompter
Free teleprompter in your browser. If you're doing a quick video and need a script, this lets you edit right on the page. Position it near your camera to maintain eye contact.
Free Online Video Maker - Create Videos in Minutes | FlexClip
Free browser-based tool for creating quick videos. This would be good for creating short promos for upcoming webinars or training.
Citationsy
Create citations, reference lists, and bibliographies automatically with this free browser extension
Html2Scorm- LearningCart
Free tool for converting any folder of HTML content into a SCORM 1.2 package
Storyline 360 Modern Player Custom Colors eLearning Widget for Articulate Storyline 360 | Stencil by Cluelabs
Free widget using JavaScript to change the colors in the Modern Player in Storyline 360
The PLExD Toolkit | Promethean Learning Experience Design
A collection of free and open source tools for project management, graphic design, collaboration, audio, video, and other utilities.
Vectr - Free Online Vector Graphics Editor
Free tool for creating vector graphics with a desktop and cloud version
Sendtask Features
Free tool to assign tasks via email even if people don't have an account.
The Top 8 Free/Open Source LMSs - Capterra Blog
This is actually 18+ free and/or open source LMSs. Some are truly open source, some are freemium or other business models. If you want a list that goes well beyond Moodle and Canvas, this is a good place to start.
E-learning by Tracy Parish | ZEEF
Large collection of free tools and resources in many categories
Jennifer Valley: Free (or Cheaper) Tool and Resources for eLearning (February 2015)
Inexpensive or free tools and resources for animation, audio, graphics, course development, and more
Microsoft Office Mix review – a potential new player in digital learning? | eLearning Instructional Design Specialists in Articulate Storyline, Lectora and LMS | Learning Tech, Auckland, NZ
Microsoft's entry into the e-learning world is a lightweight but free PowerPoint add-in. You can record presentations and do basic quizzing. They have their own reporting tool, but you can't use it in an LMS.
Gantter - web-based project scheduling made easy
Web-based project management tool. Can import/export to MS Project. Integrated with Google Drive.
Cometdocs
Online tool for converting PDF files to Word, Excel, PPT, etc. It does a good job of making text editable, but converts SmartArt as static graphics. It would work for small text edits in a presentation where you don't have the original PPT file, but if you had a lot of SmartArt to rebuild it wouldn't save much time. It might work better for Excel spreadsheets than the PPT I tested.