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title: "Recommended Tools"
slug: "recommended-tools"
updated: 2025-01-03T21:29:22Z
published: 2025-01-03T21:29:22Z
canonical: "support.smarteru.com/recommended-tools"
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> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://support.smarteru.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Recommended Tools

## Simple Video Editing

| Tool | URL |
| --- | --- |
| VideoPad | [https://www.nchsoftware.com/videopad/index.html](https://www.nchsoftware.com/videopad/index.html) |

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| **Tool** | **URL** |
| --- | --- |
| [Prism](/v1/docs/optimizing-video-with-prism) | [https://www.nchsoftware.com/prism/index.html](https://www.nchsoftware.com/prism/index.html) |

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| **Tool** | **URL** |
| --- | --- |
| Switch | [https://www.nch.com.au/switch/index.html](https://www.nch.com.au/switch/index.html) |

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| **Tool** | **URL** |
| --- | --- |
| PrtScr | [https://www.fiastarta.com/PrtScr/Download.html](https://www.fiastarta.com/PrtScr/Download.html) |
| TechSmith Camtasia | [https://www.techsmith.com/camtasia.html](https://www.techsmith.com/camtasia.html) |

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| **Tool** | **URL** |
| --- | --- |
| Photopad Image Editor | [https://www.nchsoftware.com/photoeditor/index.html](https://www.nchsoftware.com/photoeditor/index.html) |
| Paint.net (free) | [https://www.getpaint.net/screenshots.html](https://www.getpaint.net/screenshots.html) |

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| **Tool** | **URL** |
| --- | --- |
| Fotosizer | [https://www.fotosizer.com/](https://www.fotosizer.com/) |
| Irfanview | [https://www.irfanview.com/](https://www.irfanview.com/) |

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| **Tool** | **URL** |
| --- | --- |
| iSpring | [https://www.ispringsolutions.com/solutions/powerpoint.html](https://www.ispringsolutions.com/solutions/powerpoint.html) |

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| **Tool** | **URL** |
| --- | --- |
| Thunder | [https://www.screenreader.net/index.php?pageid=11](https://www.screenreader.net/index.php?pageid=11) |

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| **Tool** | **URL** |
| --- | --- |
| Articulate Rise | [https://www.articulate.com/360/rise/](https://www.articulate.com/360/rise/) |
| Articulate Storyline | [https://www.articulate.com/360/storyline/](https://www.articulate.com/360/storyline/) |
| Adobe Captivate | [https://www.adobe.com/ca/products/captivate.html](https://www.adobe.com/ca/products/captivate.html) |
| ScoTube | [https://scorm.com/scorm-solved/scorm-cloud-features/up-and-running-in-minutes/scorm-cloud-scotube/](https://scorm.com/scorm-solved/scorm-cloud-features/up-and-running-in-minutes/scorm-cloud-scotube/) While ScoTube enables you to turn your videos into SCORM-compliant courses, you can also [create an online course](/v1/docs/adding-an-online-course) with a [video task](/v1/docs/videos). Online courses have the benefit of allowing you to [add a quiz](/v1/docs/adding-a-quiz) to the course. |

## Related

- [Courses: Online](/courses-online.md)
- [Courses: SCORM](/courses-scorm.md)
- [SmarterU File Uploads](/smarteru-file-uploads-1.md)