Presentation for live recording of NCompass Live on April 13, 2016. http://nlc.nebraska.gov/NCompassLive/

1. Innovation
on a Shoestring:
Free & Cheap Tools
NCompass Live
April 13, 2016
Louise Alcorn, @weez42, West Des Moines, Iowa, Public
Library
Christa Burns, @cjburns, Nebraska Library Commission

3. Photo Manipulation

4. Online photo editing
tools
Fix, adjust, filter
Download, Facebook
app, Chrome app,
Android and iOS

7. O Online image editor.
O Crop, touch up, add
text, all the usual
options.
O Nice, clean interface.
Easy to use and
teach.
O Themes to add
amusing features!

10. My One Minute Graphic

11. Video Creation &
Editing

15. Educators can apply
for a free Animoto
Plus account for use
in the classroom.
O Online video
creation.
O Web-based and
mobile apps.
O Pay accounts.

19. The Nonfiction Section of the Library

25. Social Media
Wrangling

26. http://bblive.cc/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/social-media-logo-collage.jpg

40. Office
Productivity

43. O No software to
download, install or
maintain
O Documents can be
shared, opened,
edited online, by
multiple users
O Save into ZoHo –
access anywhere

47. Polls & Surveys?

48. Online surveys.
Free accounts – up to
100 responses.
$300/year for unlimited.

49. O Create surveys
respondents can
answer on their own
devices, via your own
mobile app, or at any
point of service.
O Exportable data,
including graphical.
O Some free options,
others fee-based
(monthly or annual).
Additional options,
more responses, etc.

50. O Great for scheduling and
simple polls.
O Reasonably good FREE
option, also some
upgrade options for fee.
O Email or link.
O Good free mobile app.

51. What’s the best pet?

55. Take Our Quick Poll!
http://bit.ly/1WfkQcs

56. http://www.flickr.com/photos/nirak/270214202/in/set-72157600211910763/

57. http://delicious.com/cjburns42/LTC2016
http://slideshare.net/lalcorn