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L&D / LXD Toolkit Black Friday Deals

Black Friday is here, and it may be just the perfect moment to finally commit to those subscriptions you’ve been considering for a while. For just a few days, many premium tools for learning experience design are offering discounts of up to 50% off on annual plans—a rare chance to access powerful resources at a fraction of the cost.

In some cases, starting a subscription now could mean a renew on the same discounted date every year, while some promotions will only apply to new user accounts.

If you’ve been on the fence or are almost ready to take the plunge, these next four days might be the nudge you need. It’s a chance to set yourself up with the tools to bring your ideas to life—all while making the most of the season’s best offers.

Explore the deals while they last, and take the first step toward elevating your work!

Here is a selection of the most interesting deals I’ve found, bear in mind this post may be valid just for a day or weekend! I will try to keep it updated with any new good opportunities I come across.

 

Learning Authoring Tools

iSpring

iSpring Suite is the industry-standard PowerPoint to eLearning tool that enables you to effortlessly create interactive content. Quickly design dozens of interactions, build branching scenarios, develop characters, and publish your courses for SCORM compliance—all directly within PowerPoint.

Discount: 40% Off on the Course Authoring Tool iSpring Suite Max

Offer Validity: Nov 22, 2024 – Dec 1, 2024

Available to new clients

Promo codes is automatically applied at checkout

 

Assessment and Feedback Tools

Kahoot!

Kahoot! is a leading game-based learning platform that simplifies gamifying assessments and creating a variety of interactive challenges and games. It enables educators and organizations to engage participants through quizzes, surveys, and collaborative activities, making learning and training more engaging and effective.

Discount: Up to 50% Off on selected plans

Offer ends November 29

 

Socrative

Socrative is an intuitive student response system designed to simplify formative assessments and enhance classroom engagement. It empowers learning professionals to create real-time quizzes, polls, and exit tickets, fostering interactive learning experiences that provide immediate insights into student understanding and progress.

Discount: 25 % OFF

Promo code: SOCBF2024

Offer ends: Dec 3, 2024

 

Paperform

Paperform is a tool for creating dynamic forms, surveys, and assessments. It features an intuitive drag-and-drop builder, customizable templates, and supports integrations with popular apps like Zapier and Google Sheets. With options for conditional logic and real-time data analysis.

Discount: 50% OFF all annual plans

Offer Validity: Nov 13, 2024 – Dec 2, 2024

 

Experience Design and Presentations

Adobe Creative Cloud

Adobe Creative Cloud is the essential suite for any learning experience designer, offering powerful tools to craft engaging and visually dynamic content. Key apps like Photoshop (image editing), Illustrator (vector graphics), Premiere Pro (video editing), and InDesign (layout design) enable the creation of high-quality visuals, animations, and multimedia assets. With tools like XD for prototyping and Audition for audio editing, it supports immersive learning designs across diverse formats, from interactive eLearning modules to polished training materials.

Discount: 50% OFF for the Creative Cloud All Apps 100GB plan

Offer starts on November 15, 2024 and expires on November 29, 2024.

Offer available for first-time eligible subscribers

 

Genially

Genially is a versatile content creation platform that enables users to design interactive and visually stunning presentations, infographics, quizzes, and more. Ideal for educators, marketers, and creators, it simplifies adding animations, interactivity, and multimedia elements, transforming static content into engaging and dynamic experiences.

Discount: 50% OFF most plans

Promo codes are automatically applied at checkout

 

Visme

Visme is a platform for creating digital presentations, interactive infographics, and dynamic reports. It offers customizable templates, animations, quizzes, and advanced data visualization tools.

Discount: 25% OFF

On Annual Starter and Pro Plans
Promo code: Friday25
Valid for new single-user annual Starter or Pro Plan

 

Storydoc

Storydoc is a presentation tool that transforms traditional slides into interactive storytelling formats. It offers customizable templates, supports multimedia integration such as images and videos, and includes interactive elements like clickable sections and embedded media. Users can easily share presentations and collaborate with others, facilitating effective communication of ideas and information.
Presentation maker

Discount:

62% for annual plans

20% for monthly plans

Offer Validity: Nov 22, 2024 – Dec 2, 2024

 

Portfolio Builders

View examples of learning design portfolios created with some of these tools.

Cloudways Web Hosting (For WordPress and others)

Looking for a reliable, user-friendly, and powerful hosting provider? Cloudways is an excellent choice. Even their basic plan supports multiple websites hosting and offers easy integration of security, domains, and professional emails. Additionally, Cloudways provides 1-minute installations for popular builders like WordPress and a plugin to migrate any WordPress site effortlessly to your account in minutes.

Discount: 40% OFF For 4 Months Offer

Promo Code: BFCM2024

Validity: Nov 5, 2024 – Dec 6, 2024

 

Dorik

Dorik is a user-friendly website builder featuring a variety of customizable templates and an intuitive drag-and-drop editor, making it easy to design responsive sites for diverse digital experiences including blogs and portfolios. It includes built-in SEO tools, seamless integrations with popular apps, and reliable hosting, providing a comprehensive solution for establishing and managing an online presence efficiently.

Discount:

50% OFF for All Annual Plans

30% OFF on Lifetime Access

Promo code for Lifetime Access:  SPECIAL-30

Available for new purchases, plan renewals and plan upgrades

 

Cardd

Carrd is a versatile platform for building responsive one-page websites. It offers a wide selection of customizable templates and an intuitive editor, making it easy to create personal profiles, landing pages, portfolios, and simple web applications.

Discount: 40% off all Pro Plans

Available for new purchases:, plan renewals and plan upgrades

Promo code: BF2024

 

Siter

Siter offers a range of customizable templates and a user-friendly editor, enabling the creation of blogs, portfolios, landing pages, and online stores without any coding required. Siter includes built-in SEO.

Discount: 30% off on any plan

Promo code:  BLACK24

 

Webstudio 

Webstudio Builder offers design flexibility and powerful developer tools. It supports any headless CMS and allows easy imports from Webflow. Export projects as JavaScript apps or one-click static sites on Cloudflare for optimal performance. Features include AI and voice integration, accessibility and localization, and a library of Radix UI components.

Discount: 50% off annual Pro plan

Promo code: WSBF24PRO

 

Ai Tools

Human Generator

Human Generator is an AI-powered tool that creates realistic human avatars and characters. Customize appearances, expressions, and poses to enhance visual appeal and user engagement effortlessly, generating diverse, high-quality visuals.

AI Image Generator

Discount: Flat 20% OFF

Offer Validity: Nov 25, 2024 – Nov 30, 2024

 

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