One goal of digital storytelling is to use multimedia elements to create a more engaging and immersive experience for the audience, and to convey a message or story in a way that is impactful and memorable. Digital storytelling can take many forms, from short social media posts to longer-form videos, podcasts, and blogs. It often involves a combination of different media types, such as images, videos, and text, and can incorporate interactive elements like polls, quizzes, and surveys to engage the audience. Tools in this category should be directly useful to digital storytellers.
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SlidebeanUse artificial intelligence to automatically generate slide designs depending on the images and text chosen by the user. | FreemiumBrowser | ![]() |
Digital Storytelling, Presentations |
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Scrite Write screenplays in a digital environment. |
Free, One-time cost, Open SourceLinux, Mac, Windows | ![]() |
Digital Art, Digital Storytelling, Storyboarding |
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KIT Scenarist Develop screenplays |
Free, Open SourceLinux, Mac, Windows | ![]() |
Digital Storytelling, Storyboarding |
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Flourish Turn data into charts, maps, and interactive stories |
FreemiumBrowser | ![]() |
Digital Storytelling, Publishing |
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AnimakerCreate your own animated and live action videos with this cloud-based, AI-powered software that features customizable template characters, objects and backgrounds. | Freemium, SubscriptionBrowser | ![]() |
Digital Art, Digital Storytelling |
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Primary AccessCombine text, audio and images to create short online digital stories using primary sources. | FreeBrowser | ![]() |
Storyboarding, Digital Storytelling |
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QMediaCreate multimedia presentations that you can navigate in a nonlinear fashion. | Free, Open SourceBrowser | ![]() |
Digital Storytelling, Presentations |
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SutoriCollaborate on the creation and presentation of interactive timelines with features including text, images, audio, video. Includes discussion forums and multiple choice question functions. | SubscriptionBrowser | ![]() |
Timelines, Survey/Quiz, Digital Storytelling |
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EducreationsCollaborate in a browser-based interactive whiteboard drawing and recording tool where educators and students can design presentations and share multimedia lessons. | FreemiumiOS | ![]() |
Digital Storytelling, Online Collaboration |
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TwineCreate interactive, nonlinear stories and games. | Open SourceBrowser, Linux, Mac, Windows | ![]() |
Digital Storytelling, Gaming |
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PreziBuild browser-based, interactive presentations. | FreemiumBrowser | ![]() |
Digital Storytelling, Presentations |
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VisualEyesCombine images, maps, charts, video and data into dynamic and interactive environment, with a focus on research and education. | FreeBrowser | ![]() |
Digital Storytelling, Mapping |
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PixtonCreate custom comics and storyboards with posable figures, speech bubbles and virtual props. | SubscriptionBrowser | ![]() |
Storyboarding, Digital Storytelling |
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StoryboarderCreate, animate and export illustrated storyboards. | Open SourceLinux, Mac, Windows | ![]() |
Storyboarding, Digital Storytelling |
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MiradorBuild the display and comparison of IIIF images into your digital scholarship system. | Open SourceBrowser | ![]() |
Digital Storytelling |
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ThinglinkCreate and manage collaborative presentation and learning environments. | SubscriptionBrowser | ![]() |
Online Collaboration, Presentations, Digital Storytelling |
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ArcGIS StoryMaps Create interactive stories with a spatial element and publish them on other platforms using ArcGIS. |
Academic Licensing, SubscriptionBrowser, Windows | ![]() |
Digital Storytelling, Mapping |
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TimelineJSTell stories on the web that highlight the locations of a series of event and publish them on other platforms. | Free, Open SourceBrowser | ![]() |
Digital Storytelling, Mapping, Timelines, Visualizations |
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StoryMapJSBuild an interactive, multimedia timeline of chronological events using sources such as Google Sheets and publish them in other platforms. | Free, Open SourceBrowser | ![]() |
Digital Storytelling, Timelines, Visualizations |
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Scene VRCreate 360 degree narratives using your panoramic or VR ready images, and publish them in other platforms. | Free, Open SourceBrowser | ![]() |
Digital Storytelling, Virtual Reality (VR) and 3D |
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Juxtapose JSCompare two images side by side, and publish your comparison in other platforms. | Free, Open SourceBrowser | ![]() |
Digital Storytelling |
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OpenToonzProduce animations, edit images, and add visual effects using this free and open source 2D animation program. | Open SourceMac, Windows | ![]() |
Digital Art, Digital Storytelling |
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ArtstepsCreate, share and explore 3-D and VR enabled virtual exhibition environments with customized digital artifacts and streaming video in your browser. | FreemiumBrowser | ![]() |
Digital Art, Digital Storytelling, Repository, Virtual Reality (VR) and 3D |
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SoundciteEmbed inline audio into text narratives and publish them on other platforms. | Free, Open SourceBrowser | ![]() |
Audio Editing, Digital Storytelling |
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ShivaAdd graphical and data-driven visualizations to websites. Users can create elements such as data, charts, maps, images, timelines and video. | FreeBrowser | ![]() |
Digital Storytelling, Mapping, Timelines, Visualizations |