A list of useful sources for instructors

[MassimilianoAlf]

Hi guys, I thought it could be interesting to have one post with a list of all the usefull sources for instructors, like music, graphics and software.... I started with what I usually use and with what is free. I hope you can add some more sources to the list so it can become very usefull for everyone in the comunity. If you want me to add something write it in an answer to this post and I'll gladly add it to the list.

THE LIST:

Free Pictures and Videos:
- PIXABAY: https://pixabay.com
- PEXELS: https://pexels.com

- FREEPIk: https://www.freepik.com

- FLATICON: https://www.flaticon.com

- UNSPLASH: https://unsplash.com

- NEWOLDSTOCK: https://nos.twnsnd.co

- VIDEEZY: https://www.videezy.com/

- VECTEEZY: https://www.vecteezy.com/ (Vectors)

- THENOUNPROJECT: https://thenounproject.com/ (Icons)

Free Music and Audio Fx:
- INCOMPETECH: https://incompetech.com
- YOUTUBE AUDIOLIBRARY: https://www.youtube.com/audiolibrary/music
- FREESOUND: https://freesound.org/

Free Video Capture and Video Editor Softwares:
- IMOVIE (Mac only): https://www.apple.com/imovie/
- QUICKTIME (Mac only): https://support.apple.com/it_IT/downloads/quicktime
- OBS STUDIO: https://obsproject.com/
- LIGHTWORKS: https://www.lwks.com/
- OPENSHOT: https://www.openshot.org/
- SHOTCUT: https://shotcut.org/
- HITFILM EXPRESS: https://fxhome.com/hitfilm-express
- VSDC (Windows only): http://www.videosoftdev.com/
- DAVINCI RESOLVE: https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/products/davinciresolve/

- SCREENCASTOMATIC: https://screencast-o-matic.com/

Free Photo Manipulation / Editing Softwares:

- GIMP: https://www.gimp.org/

- CANVA: https://www.canva.com/

- INKSCAPE: https://inkscape.org/

Free Power Point Templates:

-SLIDESCARNIVAL: https://www.slidescarnival.com

Udemy Specific Resources:

- Official Udemy courses on how to create Udemy courses: https://www.udemy.com/user/udemymanager

- Instructor revenue share: https://support.udemy.com/hc/en-us/articles/229605008-Instructor-Revenue-Share

- Verification process: https://support.udemy.com/hc/en-us/articles/229234067-Instructor-Identity-Verification-Process

- Educational Announcements guidelines_ https://support.udemy.com/hc/en-us/articles/229605828-Educational-Announcements-Rules-and-Guidelines

- Promotional Emails guidelines: https://support.udemy.com/hc/en-us/articles/229605908-Promotional-Emails-Rules-and-Guidelines

- Bonus Lecture guidelines: https://support.udemy.com/hc/en-us/articles/229232847-Bonus-Lecture-Rules-and-Guidelines

[Laurence-Svekis · Accepted solution]

Awesome share, thanks

[JocelynH · Accepted solution]

GIMP & Canva are great, free photo manipulation / editing softwares.

I've also seen folks use Trello, Asana & Google Doc/Sheets for course management and outlining.

I also want to add these Udemy-specific resources, based on questions we see frequently in the community:

Official Udemy courses on how to create Udemy courses - https://www.udemy.com/user/udemymanager

Instructor revenue share - https://support.udemy.com/hc/en-us/articles/229605008-Instructor-Revenue-Share

Verification process - https://support.udemy.com/hc/en-us/articles/229234067-Instructor-Identity-Verification-Process

Educational Announcements guidelines - https://support.udemy.com/hc/en-us/articles/229605828-Educational-Announcements-Rules-and-Guidelines

Promotional Emails guidelines - https://support.udemy.com/hc/en-us/articles/229605908-Promotional-Emails-Rules-and-Guidelines

Bonus Lecture guidelines - https://support.udemy.com/hc/en-us/articles/229232847-Bonus-Lecture-Rules-and-Guidelines

[David_Tuminski · Accepted solution]

I would add freepik.com for free photos, icons, vector designs, psd's and lots more. Also, flaticon.com for icons and icon packs.

For the photos, I would add unsplash.com and newoldstock https://nos.twnsnd.co/

And on https://www.slidescarnival.com/ you will findlots of great free power point templates.

[MassimilianoAlf · Accepted solution]

Hi @JoyceWSolomon, it always depends on the site, sometimes you'll have to give credit to the author and sometimes you just can use it without credits. For the music, for example, if you use the music from Incompetech.com you'll have to give credit to the author, you'll find what to write right in the info of the song. About the photos, if you'll use the pictures from Pixabay.com, most of the time you will be free to use the photos also for commercial purposes without any credit, you will find about the license of the photo on the right of your screen.

[AngelaLynn · Accepted solution]

Csnva can also be used for making PowerPoint slides too. There is so much that you can do with Canva. It's more than  just a photo editor. 

[AlessandroP · Accepted solution]

Thankyou so much!

Good resources.

I hope to use it in the best way.

[Anthonye6644 · Accepted solution]

This is very helpful. Thank you for sharing it. I'm very new here, creating my first class. I see these links will be helpful.

Enjoy your day.

Anthony

[Yazdani Chowdhury]

If i use the music from the site that you mentioned above , will i have to give the credit to the website? or its free to use without giving credit. If need to give credit how can i mention it. I want to use it as my background music of my promo vide. Please help me out. How to do this. Thanks.

[Mobile_Faculty]

With the possible exception of 100% Royalty free music, credit and recognition of authorship of the music or the website  providing it should always be properly recognized and attributed. To do so is considered plagiarism in academia and simply theft of intellectual property anywhere else.
 

Properly giving credit where it is due helps everyone and does not diminish your work product. If anything it enhances it by demonstrating your respect for the work of others...the same as you would want for yourself. 

To do less is to invite potential litigation that could result in a 'cease and desist order' and running the risk of compromising your professional integrity. Once that happens, good luck finding work with legitimate businesses, or people.
After all, how can you trust a thief?

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EM

[MassimilianoAlf]

Just put a write at the end of your video where you used the music, something that says: "Music by www.thewebsitewhereyoutookthemusic..."

[Priyadarshi]

Awesome, great contribution @MassimilianoAlf !! Thank you very much

[MarcoAdda75]

@MassimilianoAlf generous sharing, thanks!

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[JenKnox727]

Thank you!!

[SamuelGithi645]

Thank you for the information

[RenuThakur122]

awesome  you seem to have worked so thoroughly and taken care of so many aspects .thanks for sharing.I intend going through them soon 

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@MassimilianoAlf wrote:

Hi guys, I thought it could be interesting to have one post with a list of all the usefull sources for instructors, like music, graphics and software.... I started with what I usually use and with what is free. I hope you can add some more sources to the list so it can become very usefull for everyone in the comunity. If you want me to add something write it in an answer to this post and I'll gladly add it to the list.

THE LIST:

Free Pictures and Videos:
- PIXABAY: https://pixabay.com
- PEXELS: https://pexels.com

- FREEPIk: https://www.freepik.com

- FLATICON: https://www.flaticon.com

- UNSPLASH: https://unsplash.com

- NEWOLDSTOCK: https://nos.twnsnd.co

- VIDEEZY: https://www.videezy.com/

- VECTEEZY: https://www.vecteezy.com/ (Vectors)

- THENOUNPROJECT: https://thenounproject.com/ (Icons)

Free Music and Audio Fx:
- INCOMPETECH: https://incompetech.com
- YOUTUBE AUDIOLIBRARY: https://www.youtube.com/audiolibrary/music
- FREESOUND: https://freesound.org/

Free Video Capture and Video Editor Softwares:
- IMOVIE (Mac only): https://www.apple.com/imovie/
- QUICKTIME (Mac only): https://support.apple.com/it_IT/downloads/quicktime
- OBS STUDIO: https://obsproject.com/
- LIGHTWORKS: https://www.lwks.com/
- OPENSHOT: https://www.openshot.org/
- SHOTCUT: https://shotcut.org/
- HITFILM EXPRESS: https://fxhome.com/hitfilm-express
- VSDC (Windows only): http://www.videosoftdev.com/
- DAVINCI RESOLVE: https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/products/davinciresolve/

- SCREENCASTOMATIC: https://screencast-o-matic.com/

Free Photo Manipulation / Editing Softwares:

- GIMP: https://www.gimp.org/

- CANVA: https://www.canva.com/

- INKSCAPE: https://inkscape.org/

Free Power Point Templates:

-SLIDESCARNIVAL: https://www.slidescarnival.com

Udemy Specific Resources:

- Official Udemy courses on how to create Udemy courses: https://www.udemy.com/user/udemymanager

- Instructor revenue share: https://support.udemy.com/hc/en-us/articles/229605008-Instructor-Revenue-Share

- Verification process: https://support.udemy.com/hc/en-us/articles/229234067-Instructor-Identity-Verification-Process

- Educational Announcements guidelines_ https://support.udemy.com/hc/en-us/articles/229605828-Educational-Announcements-Rules-and-Guidelines

- Promotional Emails guidelines: https://support.udemy.com/hc/en-us/articles/229605908-Promotional-Emails-Rules-and-Guidelines

- Bonus Lecture guidelines: https://support.udemy.com/hc/en-us/articles/229232847-Bonus-Lecture-Rules-and-Guidelines

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[aipython]

YOu are amazing. YOu have made my Day thank you so much .

[Dory_Learn2Love]

This is super! Thank's so much for sharing.

[MachhindraK356]

Awesome info

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@MassimilianoAlf wrote:

Hi guys, I thought it could be interesting to have one post with a list of all the usefull sources for instructors, like music, graphics and software.... I started with what I usually use and with what is free. I hope you can add some more sources to the list so it can become very usefull for everyone in the comunity. If you want me to add something write it in an answer to this post and I'll gladly add it to the list.

THE LIST:

Free Pictures and Videos:
- PIXABAY: https://pixabay.com
- PEXELS: https://pexels.com

- FREEPIk: https://www.freepik.com

- FLATICON: https://www.flaticon.com

- UNSPLASH: https://unsplash.com

- NEWOLDSTOCK: https://nos.twnsnd.co

- VIDEEZY: https://www.videezy.com/

- VECTEEZY: https://www.vecteezy.com/ (Vectors)

- THENOUNPROJECT: https://thenounproject.com/ (Icons)

Free Music and Audio Fx:
- INCOMPETECH: https://incompetech.com
- YOUTUBE AUDIOLIBRARY: https://www.youtube.com/audiolibrary/music
- FREESOUND: https://freesound.org/

Free Video Capture and Video Editor Softwares:
- IMOVIE (Mac only): https://www.apple.com/imovie/
- QUICKTIME (Mac only): https://support.apple.com/it_IT/downloads/quicktime
- OBS STUDIO: https://obsproject.com/
- LIGHTWORKS: https://www.lwks.com/
- OPENSHOT: https://www.openshot.org/
- SHOTCUT: https://shotcut.org/
- HITFILM EXPRESS: https://fxhome.com/hitfilm-express
- VSDC (Windows only): http://www.videosoftdev.com/
- DAVINCI RESOLVE: https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/products/davinciresolve/

- SCREENCASTOMATIC: https://screencast-o-matic.com/

Free Photo Manipulation / Editing Softwares:

- GIMP: https://www.gimp.org/

- CANVA: https://www.canva.com/

- INKSCAPE: https://inkscape.org/

Free Power Point Templates:

-SLIDESCARNIVAL: https://www.slidescarnival.com

Udemy Specific Resources:

- Official Udemy courses on how to create Udemy courses: https://www.udemy.com/user/udemymanager

- Instructor revenue share: https://support.udemy.com/hc/en-us/articles/229605008-Instructor-Revenue-Share

- Verification process: https://support.udemy.com/hc/en-us/articles/229234067-Instructor-Identity-Verification-Process

- Educational Announcements guidelines_ https://support.udemy.com/hc/en-us/articles/229605828-Educational-Announcements-Rules-and-Guidelines

- Promotional Emails guidelines: https://support.udemy.com/hc/en-us/articles/229605908-Promotional-Emails-Rules-and-Guidelines

- Bonus Lecture guidelines: https://support.udemy.com/hc/en-us/articles/229232847-Bonus-Lecture-Rules-and-Guidelines

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[Deepanker]

Extremly helpful sources ..thanks a lot

[EstelleB]

Very helpful!

[BillHuffhine]

This is gold. Thank you!

[mohitkr05]

Thank you for the resource list.

[AbdullahMeer]

It is very useful thanks. There are thousands of skilled people here on Udemy. We can also make free assets for public and instructors. Udemy may involve in this initiative.

[Mike_Hern]

Thank you for sharing this.

Some I already have experience with but will be looking to find what works best

[Michael Mickey]

Thank you for this it helped me a lot as a new instructor

[VittorioLiu92]

Thank you Massimo !  

[MdBaseer7]

audacity: very handy to use for audio cuts and voice over common activities, like audio correction, normalisation, noise reduction

[LynnTagu]

Awesome, thanks