Showbie, a course management tool

Description: Showbie is an educational platform that facilitates communication between teachers and students. It functions as a digital workspace where teachers can assign tasks, share resources, provide feedback, and assess student work, while students can submit assignments, collaborate on projects, and engage with course materials. Showbie offers a free limited version and requires creating an account for use.

Evaluation: Showbie is a handy tool for managing a course, facilitating classroom workflows and allowing better communication. With the same account, it is possible to create and manage an unlimited number of different classes. However, some advanced features are only available for premium plans, such as having a student portfolio or granting parents access.

Cost: Free with registration for the basic version (without student portfolio or access for parents) + paid options available.

Respect for privacy Privacy evaluations indicate how a tool handles personal data collection, storage, and sharing, including GDPR compliance and security measures, among others. The ICT-REV team provides them for informational purposes, reflecting our best understanding at the time of review, but assumes no legal responsibility for the accuracy or completeness of these evaluations and encourages users to conduct their own assessments: Medium/high. Showbie collects various types of personal information such as names, email addresses, contact details, payment information, profile pictures, usernames, and others. This data is used for purposes like providing and maintaining the application and services, notifying users about changes to services, allowing participation in interactive features, customer support, and for analysis to improve services. With the exception of student user data, it may also be used for marketing and advertising. Showbie employs appropriate technical and organisational measures to maintain the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of personal data. In case of EEA users, data is either stored in servers in Sweden or in a safe third country such as Canada. It also acknowledges users’ rights to access, rectify or erase their data. Showbie states compliance with the GDPR. See more here.

Type Of Interaction: Whole class,

Content: You supply,

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