Fire Alpaca features

Fire Alpaca and Shot Cut

The first two tools in our repository help UDL students be producers of their own expressive and engaging educational content that represents them as learners. Fire Alpaca is a paint tool and Shotcut is an open source video editor
Both tools are cross platform and free to download.

BBC's Civilisations AR screenshot

Image courtesy of www.BBC.co.uk/mediacentre ©2018

Sid Meier's Civilization V and BBC's Civilisations AR

Don't confuse these two digital learning tools! One is a commercially successful desktop based game and the other brings augmented reality to your mobile device for free! These tools get students thinking critically, while creating multiple forms of engagment and representation in very different ways.

YouTube audio libraryArches Photo

YouTube Royalty Free Music and Pixabay

You have tools to create graphics and edit video but where can you find free, royalty free music and images? YouTube audio library has hundreds of tracks to assist with your podcast or video. For images, check out Pixabay. This large online community has stunning royalty free images to help out any video, PowerPoint, website, or other student or teacher learning activity. Learn more about how these educational tools can support your UDL curriculum.

Mobile Video Recorder and Audacity

Mobile Video Recorder and

Need to create educational content? Did you know your smart phone or tablet is one of the most powerful media recording devices? No need to rent expensive cameras or send students out to buy equipment because your smart phone's video features are rich. Looking to create a podcast, edit a lecture or class project? Audacity is a powerful, free, cross platform app that can do it all.

Educreations and Canvas

Educreations and Canvas LMS

Educreations is the last of our educational creation tools. This mobile application is a sort of open sandbox designed for ease of use. Using your stylus and screen capture, Educreations can allow anyone to teach anything they can call up on their mobile device from any location.
Canvas is one of the most powerful learning management systems on the market today with features to support course creation from the ground and up. Canvas also integrates is with a variety of other learning tools like it's own learning commons open resource as well as Office 360, google docs, mymathlab, turnitin, and many others.

These tools are designed to increase cirriculum variability, and help educators transition the UDL principles from theory into practice.