Eduflow

Avantages

Eduflow is extremely user-friendly, both from a content authoring and learner experience perspective. We have been able to integrate Eduflow with our LMS, which allows for seamless enrollment and completion tracking. Additionally, we have been able to scale our virtual training program thanks to Eduflow by using the peer and instructor review activities paired with group discussions and practice opportunities. Some of our programs view Eduflow as the one-stop-shop for learners, creating multi-week experiences in the platform. Eduflow now functions as our peer-to-peer social learning platform where we create personalized learning experiences for our learners that foster authentic skills application and practice opportunities.

Inconvénients

While there have been things that have come up as bugs or potential feature improvements, the Eduflow support team is always extremely accessible and responsive, and provide ample channels to provide feedback to improve the product. The experience with Eduflow has been fantastic!

Avantages

How intuitive the platform is. Before eduflow we were using a variety of tools such as drive, slack and github to teach our courses and frankly, it was caotic. This has enabled us to centralize it all in one place.

Beyond that, I really appreciate the automated reports to figure out which students are lagging behind as well as the peer-learning features, that have allowed me to empower the students to teach each other instead of always relying on us for corrections. Due to the nature of what we teach, there is never a clear black / white answer and having peer feedback is fundamental to the way we now operate.

Inconvénients

There are some great features that are not easy to find at the first glance but you end up figuring them out by a) constant use or b) the great customer support by the eduflow team. Perhaps having webinars from other educators to showcase how each is using the platform could be a relevant addition.

Alternatives envisagées 

Pourquoi choisir Eduflow 

Logiciel antérieur 

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Avantages

The most recent update to the content creation process resulted in a significantly improved experience while trying to create the course.

Inconvénients

Despite our repeated emphasis on the importance of peer review, the peer - reviewed activity is frequently ignored.
APIs are still very basic, and it is not possible to link via Zapier (but it is possible, that also makes very little sense to our group).
Because filtering actions by type is not allowed in the report page, we had to develop an external dashboard.

Avantages

Eduflow has that rare combination of a platform that is accessible across international settings, easy-to-use, with features that are developed with pedagogy -- not big business -- in mind. The focus on peer group work and feedback is also incredibly useful -- and easy to use. I do not see another product on the market with this combination of features -- and at a price that is reasonable.

Inconvénients

There are still a few features that I would like to see - group feedback, Padlet integration and features that enable student interaction online. It looks, however, like these are under development!

Avantages

It's really intuitive, you can learn how to use the main features in a little time and it has a great support service.

Inconvénients

If you are a course creator and you want your own online academy, I think you may have better options. With no possibility to create a well-done landing page for your site nor courses, it would be difficult to manage the platform for this purpose. Learning-management only.

Alternatives envisagées 

Pourquoi passer à Eduflow

Avantages

For me, the most impactful feature was the feedback and feedback reflection activities. Having students give each other peer feedback in a seamless activity that automatically assigns partners helps the students to conceptualise their learning and allows the teacher to assess their learning. The recent addition of the Quiz feature also allows teachers to monitor their students’ progress and intervene to fill gaps in understanding.

Inconvénients

There are no features that were too difficult to use, and the amazing thing about Eduflow is that there is instantaneous customer support (shoutout to Linde) that is helpful and efficient in answering queries that teachers might have. I once encountered a difficult in figuring out how to use a particular function but through the in-app chat function, Linde was able to provide me with clear instructions on how to work the feature. Extremely helpful and wonderful user support!

Avantages

The software is easy to use and has a lot of activities that can be used to provide the content in a clear and easy-to-access format.
The last update on the content creation created a far better experience while creating the course

Inconvénients

Peer Review activity is simply ignored most of the time, no matter how much we stress the importance of it
APIs are still very rudimental and it's not possible to connect to web hooks (but it's possible to connect via Zapier that makes little sense to our team)
In the report screen, it's not possible to filter activities by type, and that forced us to create an external dashboard just for that

Avantages

I loved its peer review feature. I also liked that it's so userfriendly and fast.

Inconvénients

I'm not sure if Eduflow allows the use of interactive videos. The course I took didn't use any. I'd have liked to see some.

Avantages

Eduflow makes peer feedback and assessment processes extremely easy to apply and in a host of different manners. We use hand-in and feedback of both social and hard skills with Eduflow!

Inconvénients

If we were to use Eduflow as our sole LMS, we would miss more participant admin features.

Avantages

Easy to develop new courses, as for candidates and current employees jump in

Inconvénients

Could get all the data for each student on a final rate

Avantages

While an educator for over 20 years, I'd never taught online prior to the COVID-19 emergency in March 2020. When it became clear that my Fall 2020 first-year composition course would be fully online, I searched for ways to conduct effective peer reviews. This was something my students enjoyed and learned from in our in-person classes, but how could I replicate the honest feedback and exchange of ideas in an online format? I didn't feel like a shared document would do the trick.

Thankfully, I discovered Eduflow, just in time. Its ease of use meant that I could create a peer review flow right away. The first one worked so well, I did it again, this time learning from my mistakes and created more complex feedback opportunities. Soon my students did not want to write any paper that didn't involve a peer review flow.

On my recent course reflection, students overwhelmingly chose Eduflow as their favorite activity in my course. They highlighted the anonymous aspect which allowed them to freely offer feedback without worrying about giving offense. They liked that I (the instructor) could give prompts and questions that helped focus their feedback. The asynchronous nature was also a benefit, allowing everyone to participate in peer review on different schedules.

Although it was separate from our LMS, students didn't seem to have any difficulty in navigating or using the platform.

Inconvénients

Any issues I had were promptly addressed by the support team.

Avantages

The interface of Eduflow makes it very easy to use. There is a lot of customer support for using the platform.

Inconvénients

I have not used it long enough to comment.

Avantages

I like that the reviewers and reviewees are anonymous to the students. In addition, there are many formats, including from Google Drive, that can be submitted.

Inconvénients

The grading summary report is difficult to distinguish which grade goes with which assignment. The titles are abbreviated in such a way that you cannot read the whole thing.

Avantages

The way that is it user friendly. It guides a user threw the steps and it is so obvious that users almost all of them manage to do the courses.

Maybe there could be a small indication in the invitation mail that the user gets, that they have to click on a course when finished the login for Eduflow. Sinsce some of the users thought that it would just start after logging in.

Inconvénients

Designing is pretty limited.
Also in the highest package, there is not that much to do for our UX designer to make the whole course in our own style.

Only limited writing styles. html to use in our course would be great, but unfortunately it is not possible.

Avantages

I am using the free version as I only use this for students to give peer feedback. With students in the classroom and from home so that they can have multiple views on their work despite the way they are accessing the teaching and learning.

Inconvénients

As the teacher, I wanted to make the process as simple for the students as possible. I had to edit the class flow a few times to ensure it made sense for the students using it.

Avantages

It is very easy to set up flows for peer review of research papers, and also to combine a peer review flow with instructor review. The "smart allocation" feature for the peer review process works smoothly and it is also easy to adjust individual student deadlines, if necessary.

Inconvénients

It would be useful to be able to let students see rubrics before the submission period opens.

Avantages

There really isn't a category for Junior High English but I use this program as a Peer Review writing platform. It is amazing. It is a bit a pricey but I have not found any cleaner, fluid, or responsive platform.

The Tech Support is also Ah-Mazing!! Thank you Linde for all the help last week!!

Inconvénients

Just cost. As a single teacher in a small district I have to pay for this out of pocket. It is $20 a month which is a pinch for me for sure. I also cannot include another teacher or it is an additional $20.

Avantages

It enables students to give each other useful feedback in real time.

Inconvénients

I wish the summary feature could be filtered by assignments. At the end of the year, when multiple assignments have been posted, it is difficult to read the data. I have to keep scrolling to find the information.

Avantages

This is intuitive and easy to use. I am highly impressed by Eduflow - it is down to earth and fun to explore.

Inconvénients

I wish each section would show a progress bar or how much time it would take to complete that section. It would be helpful in planning my daily progress.

Avantages

We needed a solution that would help stagger the content, monitor and track student submissions and allow online peer-to-peer interaction. Eduflow met all these prerequisites.

Inconvénients

It was a bit tricky when it came down to creating tests and quizzes.

Avantages

Very capable inexpensive (Free!) tier makes it a compelling product for basic training needs.

Inconvénients

None in particular. The product is well designed.

Avantages

Easy to build the curriculum and share with students.

Inconvénients

Could have more reporting tools and features.

Avantages

Being able to get all my students looking at each other's work and having accountability for what they are doing has helped their thinking skills and social interactions.

Inconvénients

It took some trial and error for me to figure out some of the best features so I needed to do small-scale roll outs at first so that I didn't make more work for myself later.

Avantages

It is clearly laid out step by step how to create your course, invite your participants and see each step of their journey.

Inconvénients

Anyone can use it. There are no cons to this platform.

Avantages

It is intuitive. The ability to set up logic flows is useful in training.

Inconvénients

I do not have any suggestions for changes.