Replacement idea for Flip.com (Sad announcement from Microsoft)

[Cori Frede]

Hey everyone.

Earlier today, Microsoft announced that Flip was being absorbed into Teams and the Flip.com website along with the app are being discontinued. While their original announcement that went out via email to current subscribers didn't provide details about non-Microsoft users, there was a follow-up on Twitter.

So let's start a thread of potential Google friendly options that are still (hopefully) free for schools.

[Brad Lieberman]

My backup to Flip is Padlet's video feature. We do have paid licenses for Padlet in my district as it's not that expensive, but even if you don't pay for it, this feature is still part of the free tier: https://padlet.help/l/en/article/dc2qfseey7-how-do-i-post-an-image-or-video-on-padlet

[Roth, Arlin]

My district pays for Screencastify but I just saw an announcement that Screencastify Submit will be free for all EDU accounts for the upcoming school year. The details can be found in the Screencastify blog.

Submit doesn't have as many features as Flip but it does provide a way for students to securely record and share videos that are moderated by a teacher.

We’re excited to announce that we’ve decided to make our student video assignment product—Submit—free for the 2024-25 school year! Now, all individual education users will now have unlimited free access to Submit through May 2025.

How empowering students to create video with Submit can help:

• 📣 Prioritize student voice by practicing skills and gaining confidence
• ⏳ Save time by replacing in-class assessments with oral assessments in Submit
• 🫶 Check in with students and connect more one-to-one
• 🎥 Build a student portfolio over time

We’ve loved hearing from you about Submit in these last few weeks since Flip announced the sunset of their app. We’re hard at work on improvements and more templates based on your feedback to make Submit more interactive for students and seamless for teachers.

Here are added features you can look forward to next year in Submit:

• Student interactivity: The ability for students to comment on each other’s videos
• Student video editing: Easy tools for student video creation like trim, annotations, and more
• Teacher feedback: record or type personalized feedback beyond the grade
• More templates! We’ll be regularly swapping in new, seasonal assignment templates

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Arlin Roth

Instructional Technology Specialist

Bellefonte Area School District BASD Instructional Technology Webpage

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