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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
