is a free, stable tool to help you tell stories on the web that highlight the locations of a series of events. Northwestern University's Knight Lab created and hosts StoryMapJS in their development environment. StoryMap JS can pull in media from a variety of sources. Twitter, Flickr, YouTube, Vimeo, Vine, Dailymotion, Google Maps, Wikipedia, SoundCloud, Document Cloud and more.
Timelines
is an open-source tool that enables anyone to build visually rich, interactive timelines. Beginners can create a timeline using nothing more than a Google spreadsheet. Experts can use their JSON skills to create custom installations, while keeping TimelineJS's core functionality. Created by Northwestern University's Knight Lab.
is a free tool that helps storytellers compare two pieces of similar media, including photos, and GIFs. It’s ideal for highlighting then/now stories that explain slow changes over time (growth of a city skyline, regrowth of a forest, etc.) or before/after stories that show the impact of single dramatic events (natural disasters, protests, wars, etc.). Created by Northwestern University's Knight Lab.
Audio
is a free tool that can add emotion or context to a story by embedding inline audio to your story. The audio is not isolated; it plays right under the text you choose. Created by Northwestern University's Knight Lab.
is a toolset that includes multitrack, waveform, and spectral display for creating, mixing, editing, and restoring audio content.
If you are a student, faculty member, or staff of the University of Kentucky, you can download Adobe Audition for free. Go to UK Software Downloads and login with your linkblue credentials.
is a free tool you can use to create podcasts. Anchor boasts unlimited storage, 100% free, and connection to several sharing and distributing tools.
is a free, open source, cross-platform audio software. It is a multi-track audio editor and recorder.
is a video discussion platform and reflection tool. You can post topics and questions and invite replies. You can also record, upload, view, react, and respond to each other's short videos. Flip can be embedded in a Learning Management System (LMS) or website.
is a set of applications and services that gives subscribers access to a collection of software used for graphic design, video editing, web development, photography, along with a set of mobile applications and also some optional cloud services.
If you are a student, faculty member, or staff of the University of Kentucky, you can download Adobe Creative Cloud for free. Go to UK Software Downloads and login with your linkblue credentials.
is an open-source tool for telling interactive, nonlinear stories. You don't need to write any code to create a simple story with Twine, but you can extend your stories with variables, conditional logic, images, CSS, and JavaScript when you're ready. Twine publishes directly to HTML, so you can post your work nearly anywhere. Anything you create with it is completely free to use any way you like, including for commercial purposes.