Free Resources to Help with Remote Learning in 2022
BetterLesson and Adobe have compiled teaching strategies from a group of Adobe "master teachers," to help students develop their creativity and tool skills. Applying them requires the use of Adobe Creative Cloud. https://betterlesson.com/browse/learning-domain/24/adobe-learning-domain?from=instructional_strategies_browse
Blackboard offers the File Transformer, a free resource enabling students to convert digital course content into alternative formats, to meet their unique learning needs and preferences. An outgrowth of the company's accessibility checker, Blackboard Ally, the new resource lets students personalize their learning experience and choose from several format types (PDF, DOC, DOCX, PPT, PPTX and HTML) to work better with mobile devices, assistive technologies and study tools. https://ally.ac/covid19/
Blackmagic Design makes a free version of DaVinci Resolve software available. The company calls this "Hollywood's most popular solution" for video editing, visual effects, motion graphics, color correction and audio post production. It runs on Mac, Windows and Linux! The paid version includes more video and audio tools. https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/products/davinciresolve/
BombBomb is offering free accounts for its video messaging tool to teachers, professors, counselors and administrators in the United States and Canada. The program allows educators to communicate with students and families face-to-face (virtually, of course) and provide feedback with the help of a screen recording. Registration required. https://bombbomb.com/education/
Canva for Education is offering teachers forever-free access to the pro edition of its online design platform. The program, which is optimized for Chromebook, includes drag-and-drop tools to simplify visual communication. Students can create and co-create presentations, infographics, websites, reports, worksheets, posters, flyers and signage. The program includes access to a multitude of templates, images, icons, illustrations and fonts. Once teachers fill out the form, the company will verify the application. Registration required. https://www.canva.com/education/
Cisco Webex is offering free accounts for education. Those meetings can have up to 100 participants, high-definition viewing, screen sharing and personal rooms; however, they're limited to 50 minutes. The company has also developed a collection of resources to help instructors and students use the online virtual conference program. Registration required. https://www.webex.com/webexremoteedu.html
Code with Google provides free lessons, to help students pick up computer science skills. https://edu.google.com/code-with-google/
CodeGym has made its gamified Java course with more than 1,400 practical tasks free for high school and college students. Company contact required. https://codegym.cc/edu
Cornerstone, a workforce management company, has developed a series of "playlists" to help people — including teachers — adjust to pandemic stresses. Topics, including making the transition to online instruction and learning, stress management and working from home, are covered in "bite-sized" videos and downloadable guides. Access is free. Registration is required. https://hr.cornerstoneondemand.com/cornerstonecares