Symbaloo, a visual bookmarking tool for websites
BookmarkingIndividual workWhole classTeacherStudentYou Supply
Description: Symbaloo is a bookmarking tool that organises web links into customisable tiles on a dashboard. Users then organise, save, and access bookmarks visually through a grid-based interface, having their preferred or most visited websites always a click away. Symbaloo is completely free to use and was founded by Tim Has, Koen Dantuma, and Robert Broeders.
Evaluation: Symbaloo is a useful tool to customise browser interfaces, organising and saving relevant websites to keep information at hand in a layout that is intuitive and easy to navigate. For teachers, a great way to use Symbaloo would be to create a personalised dashboard with websites that students should use for a specific task and then share it with them.
Cost: Free.
Type Of Interaction:
Individual work,
Individual work,
Content:
You supply,
Usability and tech notes ▼
Time efficiency 
Time needed to learn how to use a tool and its time-saving potential: Medium.
Interface language(s) The number of languages in which the tool is currently available/adaptable to: English, Spanish and Dutch.
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. Symbaloo collects personal information, including names, email addresses, countries, and language for the operation, support, and improvement of their products and services, together with user customisation and communication. It also gathers cookies for different purposes, among which marketing, and shares some information with third parties for reasonable purposes. Symbaloo also features advertisements. It has put into place diverse security safeguards, including encryption and access controls. Users can manage cookies to a certain extent and can manage their data through their account settings, with the possibility of requesting data or objecting to data processing. Symbaloo states compliance with the GDPR. See more here and here.
Saving work for future use Can work be saved for future use?: Yes, with an account.
Any other relevant information:
- Installation required?: No; it is a browser-based tool.
- Compatibility/ Operating System: Any browser.