Monday, July 07, 2025

Bookwidgets vs Formative vs Wayground for showing all students' free responses at a glance

When all students have finished a classroom task, the teacher may want to show an overview of what students have done for free-response questions (eg, Drawing; Free Text; Upload a photo)

Goodnotes Classroom might be the best tool for that purpose. However, it seems that Goodnotes Classroom is good for students to handwrite their answers to a worksheet (on iPads). It doesn't have interactive activities. (I may be wrong.)

Bookwidgets

- has a REVIEW function 

- shows figures only; does not show students' actual free responses


Formative

- the best in showing an overview of the class's free responses

- monthly subscription price: HKD101.4 for the extended question types

- Free plan: Draw your answer; Free response


Wayground

- gives an overview of students' free responses as a list, can scroll through the list

- not an overview, though

- while scrolling through the list, can click on one answer to expand for showing to whole class. 

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BOTTOM LINE: Formative is the best for showing Ss' free answers an a whole-class overview. Followed by Wayground

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