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Research Toolkit: Digital Resources and Tools

Resources and guides for researching and referencing

Study Tools

Study With Me Playlist
Stay focused on the task at hand with the companionship of 'study with me' creators, who create a calming space to get work done
Pomodoro Technique
Check out this guide that explains the pomodoro technique and how it can help you stay focused on your study
Forest (App)
Forest is an app that helps you stay focused. Whenever you want to stay focused, plant a tree and it will grow as you work! 
LeechBlock
LeechBlock NG is a simple productivity tool: a web browser extension designed to block those time-wasting sites that can suck the life out of your working day. All you need to do is specify which sites to block and when to block them.
Habitica
Habitica is a video game to help you improve real life habits. It "gamifies" your life by turning all your tasks (Habits, Dailies, and To Do's) into little monsters you have to conquer. The better you are at this, the more you progress in the game. 
 

Video Resources

ClickView

Search our digital video library anytime and from anywhere. The collection is curated by ATC library staff and teachers. It is organised into subject and topic folders to make finding relevant video resources easy.

Australian Screen

Australian Screen is operated by the National Film and Sound Archive (NFSA). It contains information about and excerpts from a wide selection of Australian feature films, documentaries, television programs, newsreels, short films, animations, and home-movies produced over the last 100 years.

Animoto

Create professional videos

Videoscribe

A user-friendly animation tool.

Canva

Drag-and-drop videos from your device, record yourself, or use Canva's library of clips, audio, and animations to create an engaging video.

Audio and Music Tools

LibriVox

Librivox makes all books in the public domain available as audiobooks for free.

Incredibox

Incredibox is a music app that lets you create your own music with the help of a merry crew of beatboxers.Choose your musical style among 9 impressive atmospheres and start to lay down, record and share your mix.

Zapsplat

Search through an extensive catalogue of free sound effects categories to find your perfect sounds.

Incompetech

Royalty Free music

Audacity

Free, open source, cross-platform audio software. Record live audio, or mix sounds together.

Free Sound

A collaborative database of Creative Commons Licensed sounds. Browse, download and share sounds.

Purple Planet

Royalty free music

Jamendo

Royalty Free music

Voicethread

Add your voice to any image

Tools For Creating Presentations

Prezi

A web-based zooming presentation tool

Flipsnack

Create an online book or magazine

Popplet

A tool for creating online mind maps

Storyboard That

Plan out a presentation in storyboards, no artistic talent needed.

Voki

Create your own talking avatar

Sway

Alternative tool to Powerpoint

Powtoon

Create an animated presentation

E-Maze

Presentation creation tool

WordClouds

Free online word cloud generator. Paste text, upload a document or open a URL to automatically generate a word cloud.

Tagxedo

Create an image word cloud

QR Code Creator

 Use a code to connect to your presentation

Kahoot

create an inter-active game

ThingLink

Make your image come alive by adding text, video, images, music

Sutori

Create and share visual stories

 

Poster Tools

Canva

Canva is a free-to-use online graphic design tool. Use it to create social media posts, presentations, posters, videos, logos and more.

Poster My Wall

Create professional graphics and videos.

Piktochart

Create infographics, reports and videos.

Block Poster

Create home made posters from your own images

Rasterbator

Wall art from any image

Infogram

Tool for creating info graphics

VisMe

Tool for creating info posters

Posterini

Online flyer and poster design tool

Easel.ly

Visually convey your idea, business and data

General Resources

ABC Education

A fabulous range of educational resources for all subject areas to Year 10

Scootle

database with access to more than 20,000 quality-assured digital learning resources aligned to the Australian Curriculum.

Turnitin

plagiarism checking tool

OneNote Tips

become an expert in OneNote

Microsoft Teams Training

Video instructions to help you use Teams

Digital Technologies Hub

A resource to help students learn about digital technologies

Education Perfect

a learning platform for STEM & Humanities - watch some useful tutorials here and find help here

 

AI Tools

SciSpace

An AI Tool built to help users understand research papers by explaining academic texts in simple terms.

Quizizz

An AI learning platform to make teaching fun, engaging and interactive. You can create gamified quizzes and lessons, and host live activities on a range of topics.

Chat GPT

A chatbot developed by OpenAI. Based on large language models, it enables users to refine and steer a conversation towards a desired length, format, style, level of detail, and language

QuillBot

AI powered paraphrasing tool able to construct and reconstruct, paraphrase and summarise writing