Tools for Creating Content for Health Communication

In this section of the #HealthComm Toolbox, you will find free and free-to-try tools that you can use when creating content for your health communication efforts:

• ​Animation Tools – Animaker, Pencil2D Animation, Powtoon, Toontastic
• Audio Editing Tools – Garageband, Audacity
• Book Makers – BookCreator
• Data Visualization Tools – Google Looker Studio, Smartsheet, Tableau, Microsoft Power BI, Timeline Storyteller, Charticulator
• Digital Storytelling Platforms – ArcGIS StoryMaps, Articulate, ShortHand, StoryMapJS
• Email Marketing Tools – MailChimp, Constant Contact
• Graphic Design Platforms – Adobe Express, Canva, Piktochart
• HTML Converters – Word To HTML, Mailchimp HTML to Text Email Converter
• Music - Bensound, Free Music Archive

• Photo Editing Tools - Adobe Photoshop Express, GIMP
• Podcasting Platforms – Anchor, Internet Archive
• Social Media Mining - CrowdTangle
• Stock Imagery Sites –  CDC Public Health Image Library, CDC Public Health Media Library, NCI Visuals Online, Pexels, Pixabay, Unsplash, Disabled And Here, VICE: The Gender Spectrum Collection, Canva: Natural Women Collection
• Storyboarding Tools – Canva Comic Strip Maker, Pixton, Storyboard That

• Vector Icon Sites – Flat Icon, Noun Project 
• Video Editing Tools – Lightworks, Animoto, iMovie, TextingStory
• ​Website Builders – WordPress, Wix, Squarespace, Weebly, GoDaddy, Shopify

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