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For all students who are encouraged to use this app, it is alright, but not brilliant. The user interface isn’t that great, however the feature of interjecting questions within a video is clever.
Absolute Nightmare
This has to be one of the most horribly designed apps on the App Store. It’s mind boggling how much of a buggy mess this app is. It cannot be that hard to design a video-playing app for mobile devices that doesn’t stall for 2 minutes and reset the video every time your device orientation flips. If you accidentally exit the video, unfortunate for you because you will now have to rewatch the last 2-6 minutes of video and constantly click through questions you have already answered. The fact that they don’t have an answer mode that distinguishes between single answer and multiple answers leads to a lot of wrong answers from thinking you had unselected an answer choice (or thinking the app would automatically do it for you when you select a different answer, like anything with good design would have). This feels like an app created by some amateur company run by maybe up to 3 people, yet it’s widely used (at least in my schools) by many teachers. Disgusting.
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Pretty ok
At first, when I started EdPuzzle for E-learning, I was fine with it. The only things that bugged me were the fact that I couldn't skip ahead (Chosen by the teacher) and that it was a little laggy whenever you tilted the direction on your phone. My teacher has started using questions in it and so far it's going good. He usually explains it before the question so that I have a chance to know what it is. I also like the addition of the Rewatch button if you didn't quite catch it (We have to take notes in this class on a sheet that he gives us). Overall, I would rate it a 3.7, because it does help me a bit. There are just a few bugs here and there but it's fine for me.
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some glaring issues
i know its probably not optimized for ipad, but there are some glaring issues i noticed with my brief experience with this app. for me the largest issue is the fact that the split screen function is borderline non-existent, when this is a commonly used feature in many modern educational apps. this means that it is a struggle to view or take notes on the side. i can understand how this can prevent cheating, for me it is too invaluable to give up. another issue is the “scrolling” function, or lack thereof, when answering questions under a video. occasionally you must refer to what the screen says, i.e. a math problem, when the teacher has it projected on the screencast but did not have it typed out. i know that’s a smaller issue, but present nevertheless. one final issue is that there is no edit button for answers. i accidentally double pressed enter while attempting to go to a new line, and this resulted in me submitting an unfinished answer. you should be able to edit it, as long as you have not continued watching the video.
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An actual unbiased review
A lot of students here don’t like the app simply because of how many assignments they receive on it from their teachers. This is a fantastic app to use for online education during quarantine. I don’t like getting assignments while I’m at home either but this is a very simple, effective, and efficient app. The only issue I have with it is that sometimes it bugs out in the middle of a notes video and I have to restart, but that could just be an issue with my internet. In conclusion, great app, bad reviewers
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This is worse then google classroom
Please don’t use this app teachers it’s really annoying to use instead leave us a google doc with a link in classroom
A great app
But sadly...
Crappy
Bad
Ugh...
Look, I completely understand the concept of this app and I like the idea. However, this app came up short by a mile. It’s pretty self evident at this point. I have looked through your reviews for myself and have to agree with what everyone is saying. The fact that you can’t skip in the video if needed is extremely aggravating. I can only hope I will not have to use this app for class work in the future if these annoying mechanics continue to stay implemented. I’d ask you to please please please consider making the videos easier to navigate through. I mean, I have experienced moments where it made me start over an ENTIRE video because I accidentally skipped ahead. The system in which you limit our access to certain parts of your videos is flawed. Please listen to your reviews.
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Very bad
Very bad
