Kami is a document annotation tool that enables students stay engaged, and that helps teachers to save time with streamlined instruction and assessment. It includes tools to make PDFs and digital resources more engaging for everyone.
Learn about the best (and worst!) features Kami has to offer, as determined by TrustRadius' reviewers.
Based on 17 ratings of Kami's features
Top Performing Features
8.8-3%
Add Annotations
Enables users to insert comments, highlights, shapes, and other annotations to provide feedback or mark up the document.
Category average: 9.1
8.3+24%
Edit Text and Images
Users can edit and manipulate text and images within the PDF document.
Category average: 6.7
8.3+14%
Text Recognition (OCR)
Supports Optical Character Recognition to convert scanned documents or images into editable text.
Category average: 7.3
Areas for Improvement
8-10%
Form Creation and Editing
Allows users to create interactive forms within the PDF document or fill out existing form fields.
Category average: 8.9
8-17%
Secure PDFs
Offers options to password protect PDFs, apply digital signatures, redact sensitive information, or restrict permissions for viewing, editing, or printing.
Category average: 9.6
8-15%
Undo and Redo Actions
Provides the ability to undo or redo previous actions to correct mistakes or backtrack changes made to the PDF document.
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Verified User
Consultant (201-500 employees employees)
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
I use it to model accessible content and teach teachers how to make learning accessible for learners with variable needs. Kami helps support UDL in an easy and actionable way- Allowing students to show what they know in many different ways on one worksheet. This is also easy to use in a busy classroom.
Pros
Ease of use
Options for math
Voice notes/comments
Accessibility features
Cons
Add more human-like voices
Add free teacher/consultant licenses for Kami Companion
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Teacher at Kershaw County School District (501-1000 employees employees)
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
Our school district uses Kami to help digitize documents for better sharing of records, and annotating documents that we give to our students. Personally, I use Kami as a digital back-up for all worksheets that I give to my classes to help reduce paper usage, and to be better able to track student performance for assignments.
Pros
Kami does a great job at helping you reshape pdfs and share documents from different formats.
I like being able to give all of my students a copy of a document, and having Kami organize each student's work product in real-time.
I like being able to annotate directly on a student's work so that they can receive feedback in real-time.
I like being able to merge, cut, and edit documents quickly.
Cons
When I am multitasking on multiple screens, there are times when I am trying to scroll with my stylus and I end up writing on the document.
When Kami creates folders and organization, there seems to be almost too much redundancy. The same file seems to be in multiple places. I don't know if that is a Kami problem or a me problem, but I'll probably start trying to clean things up a little soon.
I think that the tool restriction for students method could be improved.
Return on Investment
My desk has about 10% of the paperwork sitting on it than it used to have.
I never have any arguments about whether a student turned something in or not.
A student doesn't have to physically see me for me to help them with work. I can write and they can see what I write.
Sharing documents with colleagues is now a breeze.
Usability
Alternatives Considered
Miro, Nearpod, Google Slides and Adobe Acrobat
Other Software Used
Nearpod, Miro, Google Meet, Google Slides, Canvas
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