COMM 3316F: Rhetoric, Race, and Memory: Presentation & Tech Tools

These are open source or free presentation or visual tools. Most require you to register and some are available for free for a trial period

• ARIES - An interactive image manipulation system that enables the exploration and organization of fine digital art. Free web based access with free account.
• Artsteps - create and share your personal virtual reality spaces and stories
• Artsy Education
• Canva - make posters, collages, and other designs, includes free images
• FreeMind- mind mapping software

• Glogster - create multimedia "posters"

• Google Books Ngram Viewer - When you enter phrases into the Google Books Ngram Viewer, it displays a graph showing how those phrases have occurred in a corpus of books (e.g., "British English", "English Fiction", "French") over the selected years. 

• Google Drawings - make flow charts, diagrams, callouts - part of Google Drive

• Google Presentation now part of Google Drive - must have Google account

• History Pin - digital time machine that creates a new way for the world to see and share history.
• IKONOSPACE - The easiest way to build and visualize art exhibitions in 3D

• Jing - Screen capture (videos) and screen shot (images) software, free!
• Kapwing - free video editing software
• Lucidpress - Design tool for making flyers, brochures, magazines, and more. Education version also available.
• Omeka - website builder for online exhibitions or other scholars, museums, gallery, or library collections.

• Open office.org Impress

• Pictify
• PinMaps - Map app for pinning tacks

• Pinterest- create pin boards of images that link to sites
• Poster Presentations
• Poster Maker
• Powtoon - Video and presentation maker - free trial

• Prezi- create zooming presentations

• Simply Analytics - Web-based mapping application to create thematic maps and reports.

• SlideTalk - upload slide shows and turn them into video
• Unity - Unity’s real-time 3D development platform empowers you with all you need to create, operate, and monetize.
• Venngage - Infographic Maker - free version available in addition to premium version

• Weebly - make a free website or blog
• WordClouds.com- create word clouds
• Wordpress - create free blog

• High quality, good resolution images -  for enlarging or zooming if neeeded
• Show as large as possible, with captions that have information for image (for artworks artist, title, date, location if applicable, media and size if available)
• Giving attribution or citing an image you didn't make is ethical and helps other people discover the original creator of the image. Cite your own work too! It's the right thing to cite!
• Captions should be near 18 pt
• Clean font that is easy to read, usually a sans serif font if best
• Simple backgrounds such as white, black, or gray so they do not clash with colors of the artwork
• Professional, well proofed and edited slides that appeal to the eye
• Know your audience
• Be "present" at your own presentation!