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1 | CPS Overview | AUP | Google's Help page: https://teachfromhome.google/ | Questions or concerns? mjsidarous@cps.edu | ||||||||||||||||
2 | Product (linked to product page) | Logo | What is it? (linked to help page) | Do I recommend it? | Does it have a mobile app? | OK for use in CPS AUP? | Accessible to Students? | Free for CPS Teachers | Real Time (can you talk back and forth quickly?) | Recording? (Can you record the meeting?) | Teacher Camera/ Audio | Student Camera/ Audio | 2 way text chat | Teacher Screen Share | Student Screen Share | Teachers can mute people? | Teachers can remove people? | Teachers can delete individual chat messages? | Features that we hope will be added | |
3 | Google Meet | Video Conferencing app for lots of people, connected to CPS Google Account | **** Strongly recommended for video communications with students and teachers. As of Friday March 27th, is now available to students! This is the best tool to communicate in real time with any student that has a CPS account. Can also be used to make outgoing phone calls, great for parent contact. See drawback column. | YES | YES | YES (accessible to ANYONE with the link, whether or not they have a Google account) | YES | YES | YES (stored to Google Drive) | YES | YES (although you cannot view more than 4 at once without free Chrome addon linked here called Google Meet Grid View) | YES | YES | YES | YES (although there is no Mute All button. Students must UNMUTE themselves) | YES (but cannot lock meeting. To close Meet, remove all participants then exit) | NO (chat messages cannot be deleted and chat cannot be disabled) | *Mute All button *Ability to turn off chat or make it private (only host can see messages) *Ability to restrict meeting to participants from domain *Ability to delete individual chat messages *Grid view of more than 4 participants *Breakout sessions for video/chat *Option to prevent participants from sharing their screen *Remotely turn off participant camera *Mute participants on Entry option *Ability to close room so participants cannot stay after teacher left *Ability to manipulate remote desktops would be nice | ||
4 | Google Meet Livestream | Allows teachers to "broadcast" video of a Google Meet. Viewers cannot interact, just passively watch | *** Recommended for one way lecture to students, although it is a pain to set up and there's no way built in to the stream for students to communicate with you or each other. Works best when paired with Gmail or Google Classroom for students to communicate while stream is going on | NO | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | NO | NO | YES | NO | NOT NECESSARY (students cannot talk or type at all) | NOT NECESSARY (students cannot talk or type at all) | NOT NECESSARY (students cannot talk or type at all) | *Ability to livestream from inside Meet WITHOUT Google Calendar *Q&A feature similar to Google Slides or some sort of interactivity | ||
5 | Google Chat | Text Chat app similar to Instant Messenger. Can create chat rooms, connected to CPS Google Account | * I do NOT recommend for communicating with students. There are no administrative controls. Rooms cannot be removed, participant chats cannot be deleted, participants cannot be removed or muted. It can quickly devolve into chaos. It may work well in some settings with mature students | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | NO (although you can screenshot or copy and paste) | NO | NO | YES | NO | NO | NO (although you can hide them so they are hidden from you) | NO | NO | *Option to prevent participants from adding others *Ability to delete individual chat messages *Ability to password protect room and close room *Remove participants from room *Ability to turn off chat or make it private (only host can see messages) *Voice Message *Screen Share *"Unthreaded" view - threads can be confusing to students | ||
6 | Google Classroom | Web app for creating, distributing, and grading assignments, can also be used for asynchronous (not real time) communication. connected to CPS Google Account | **** Excellent tool for student communication. It is not real time, but you can refresh to see new student messages. Lots of controls over who can chat with who. Makes it very easy to disseminate materials and links for work. May not be easy for younger students to grasp | YES | YES | YES | YES | NO | NO (although you can screenshot or copy and paste) | NO | NO | YES (but not real time) | NO | NO | YES (you can turn off a student's ability to post or comment) | YES (students can be removed from a class) | YES (and commenting can be turned off entirely) | *Integrated real-time chat *Ability to "close" assignments so assignments will no longer be accepted | ||
7 | Google Sites | Easy drag and drop web page-creation tool offered by Google | **** Strongly recommend taking the time to create a class website. This can be a great way to share information with parents or students. With consent, it can also be a great place to share student work. Easy to use and free! | NO (sites made with Google Sites look great on mobile browsers, but you must edit from a desktop or laptop) | YES | YES | YES | NO | NO | NO | NO | NO | NO | NO | NO | NO | NO | |||
8 | Google Hangouts | Chat + video app connected to CPS Google Account. Going away soon | * Not recommended. Inaccessible for students, and Google Meet/ Chat is much better for faculty chat | YES | YES | NO | YES | YES | NO | NO | NO | YES | NO | NO | NO | NO | NO | |||
9 | Gmail | Web Based email app for CPS | **** Good old Gmail still works great. Not ideal for real time communciation, but is easy to grasp and has an incredible amount of features. Most students receive their account between 1st and 3rd grade. | YES | YES | YES | YES | NO | YES (all emails can be saved permanently) | NO | NO | YES (but not real time) | NO | NO | YES (mostly - Techco can disable account or teacher can change password - drastic action) | NO (mostly - cannot prevent student from sending email to group) | NO (cannot remotely delete email from student account) | |||
10 | Google Slides | Is a platform where students can all collaborate at the same time on creating content on a page, including drawing boxes, lines, text and images. Assign a single slide to a group of students for this purpose. | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES (Questions are saved) | NO | NO | YES | NO | NO | NO | Yes | Yes | ||||
11 | Google Slides Q&A | Allows students to visit a URL to ask questions of the presenter during a Google Slides presentation and vote on other student questions | ** Interesting concept, but not perfect. Could work well paired with a Meet Livestream. All students can see anything that anyone types. Questions can be submitted anonymously and cannot be deleted. Worth a try. Voting feature is cool | NO - question askers should visit in browser, presenters present from computer browser | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES (Questions are saved) | NO | NO | NO (students can post questions) | NO | NO | NO | NO | NO | |||
12 | Aspen | CPS Gradebook app | * You CAN send an email through Aspen, but I don't recommend it. Just use Google Classroom or Gmail | NO | YES | YES | YES | NO | NO (no way to see your emails from ASPEN) | NO | NO | NO (but can be used to send email from teacher to student) | NO | NO | NO | NO | NO | |||
13 | Zoom | web-based video conferencing tool similar to Google Meet, NOT connected to CPS. | Great app, but is not approved by CPS AUP. Comparable to Google Meet, but does not connect to CPS accounts. More features than Google Meet. GET PARENTAL PERMISSION BEFORE USING | YES | NO | YES but NOT CONNECTED TO CPS ACCOUNTS | YES (Normally limited to 40 minutes for free accounts, but time limit temporarily suspended during crisis) | YES | YES (stored to local computer) | YES | YES (and can view more participants onscreen - up to 25 or 49 depending on platform) | YES | YES | YES | YES (also has helpful Mute All feature) | YES (can also lock meeting to prevent people from joining, and can shut down meeting after it's done) | NO (but you can disable chat function or make it private - chat only with host/teacher) | |||
14 | Microsoft Teams | Web-based video conferencing tool with chat similar to Google Meet, also has "assignment" features. KINDA connected to CPS. | Very powerful app, but is not approved by CPS AUP. You can sign in to Teams using your CPS account, but nobody else is using it 😂 GET PARENTAL PERMISSION BEFORE USING | YES | NO | YES but NOT CONNECTED TO CPS ACCOUNTS | YES | YES | YES | YES | NOT CONNECTED TO CPS ACCOUNTS | YES | YES | NO | ??? | ??? | ??? | |||
15 | Seesaw | Platform for engaging with students through simple online communication. Geared towards early grades, kinda like Google Classroom for littles. | **** Really great app. Perfect for K-2 teacher student communication, and now officially approved by CPS! Think of it like Google Classroom for K-2 | YES | YES (approved April 16th, 2020) | YES but NOT CONNECTED TO CPS ACCOUNTS | YES (limited time trial, some features unavailable without paying) | NO | YES (Seesaw maintains a copy of interactions on the site) | YES (recorded video & audio only) | YES (recorded video & audio only) | YES (but not real time) | NO (but you can post video screencaps) | NO | YES | YES | YES | |||
16 | ClassDojo | Online positive behavior management system with ‘Dojo Points’. Can be used for parent contact. Not connected to student Google accts | Good app for parental contact and behavior management. Pending review by CPS Legal as per https://cps.edu/AcceptableUsePolicy/Pages/platformGuidelines.aspx GET PARENTAL PERMISSION BEFORE USING | YES | NO | YES but NOT CONNECTED TO CPS ACCOUNTS | YES (limited time trial, some features unavailable without paying) | NO | NO | NO | NO | YES (but not real time) | NO | NO | ||||||
17 | Pear Deck | interactive presentation tool used to actively engage students in individual and social learning | *** Seems to be pretty cool. Integrates into Google Slides or Microsoft PowerPoint. Students can answer questions during live presentation and you can display them live during presentation. Can happen "live" where all students are in slideshow at once (probably in conjunction with Google Meet) or individually on students own time. Student responses can be captured in Google sheet. Can be difficult for students to switch between two open tabs (Google Meet and Pear Deck) | NO | ??? | YES | YES (some features unavailable without paying) | YES | NO | NO - if you're lecturing live through Pear Deck, needs to happen in conjunction with Google Meet | NO | NO | NO (meant solely for sharing presentation) | NO | NO | NO | NO (unless you pay - hiding student responses is a "premium" feature) | |||
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