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ToonTastic

Principal function(s): Story creatorsIndividual workSpeakingTeacherYou Supply

Toontastic is an app for creating animated cartoons. Users can choose and customise ready-made characters, backgrounds, and music to design their animations. They can then animate characters by moving them around on the screen and recording their voices to create dialogues, together with adding pictures of their faces. Toontastic is available as a free app for Android devices. It was developed by Launchpad Toys, which was later acquired by Google. Evaluation: ToonTastic is a useful tool for creating animated videos and storytelling. By using ToonTastic in their target language, users can practice their spoken interaction while having fun in a creative way.

Cost: Free without registration.

Website: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.toontastic

  

Categories

Type Of Interaction

  • Individual work

Skills

  • Speaking

Content

  • You supply

Usability

Interface User-friendliness/complexity of the tool´s interface

Intuitive.

Time efficiency Time needed for mastering the „how-to“ of the tool and a production of a task

Medium.

Interface language(s) The number of languages in which the tool is currently available/adaptable to

Several languages.

Respect for privacy Does the tool require registration? Who can see my data? Can I remain anonymous?

Medium. Toontastic was developed by Google, which is well known for using user data for advertising and marketing purposes. However, it does offer a high degree of data security. Despite being designed mainly for children, there is no specific privacy policy for Toontastic, so users should refer to Google’s general one. It abides by the GDPR and acknowledges users’ right to be forgotten. See more here (Google's privacy policy).

Saving work for future use Possiblity to save your or others´ work for reuse/reproduction

Yes, users can edit and save their creations for later use on ToonTastic.

Tailorability (If so, how?) Possibility of the tool to be used for a range of different activities (e.g. to what extent you can organize a project assignment with a central activity based on this tool)

Interactivity

Engagement

Collaboration

Communication

Technical requirements

Installation required?

Yes, it is a device app.

Compatibility/ Operating System

Android.

Other technical requirements