Equatio - limited exposure review
April 17, 2024
Equatio - limited exposure review
Score 5 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Overall Satisfaction with Equatio
I am an itinerant teacher who teaches teachers how to embed assistive technology into their lessons. Our board has purchased a district license. The goal is for teachers and students to use this tool to access curriculum that might be inaccessible for some without it - and for all students to be able to use the tool to enhance their learning
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- teachers appreciate the form creator (though it has limitations)
- interactive manipulatives are great
- assigning assignments is so simple and easy
- in the forms creator sometimes regardless of the level the questions are difficult or not exactly what was asked for
- using the tool is not very easy for students - it is difficult for them to show their thinking without following many steps - students who require this tool are often struggling academically and it would be great if it could be simpler
- The coordinate plane shape can only do up to 13 ticks before the labels make it unreadable (and stroke width 1 doesn’t work when selected)
- online manipulatives
- teacher creating of content
- voice to text features for students with writing difficulties
- text to speech features for students who have difficulty reading what is asked of them in the questions on the assigned work
- not many teachers are using it as far as I have seen - there are other tools available to them that do the same things
- teachers who do use it enjoy the slide format of activities and how they can assign easily to students
- teachers would prefer to have the results and progress of the work assigned appear in the Google classroom instead of having a separate dashboard
some students regularly use it to insert the math for assignments - when fine motor is difficult their work is easily read by the teacher and often lined up properly (some stacking of math problems don't line up properly - addition, subtraction and multiplying of 2-3 digit numbers)
Do you think Equatio delivers good value for the price?
Not sure
Are you happy with Equatio's feature set?
Yes
Did Equatio live up to sales and marketing promises?
I wasn't involved with the selection/purchase process
Did implementation of Equatio go as expected?
I wasn't involved with the implementation phase
Would you buy Equatio again?
No