Overleaf for student reports
August 26, 2022
Overleaf for student reports
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Overall Satisfaction with Overleaf
As students working in groups, we like to use Overleaf to write our project reports. The fact that you can work with several people on the same document at the same time just works really well for us. Together with the fact that you can see the changes right away is just really useful for our group work.
Pros
- Teamwork
- Organizing
- Reliable
Cons
- New user friendliness
- More concise error messages
- Layout
- Live updating document
- Being able to have several people writing at once in the same document
- Being in full control of the layout of the document
- Easier teamwork
- Better looking reports
- Better overview over document
Alongside Overleaf, we have tried using Microsoft Word and Google Docs to write reports. While they all let you write in the same document at once, Overleaf just works better for us. Microsoft Word locks the paragraph someone else is working on to avoid others messing with it before the original writer is done. However, it is often slow to open those paragraphs up for others to edit. Google Docs is the hardest one of them to make a good layout on, though with the app, it can be good for proofreading on the go.
Do you think Overleaf delivers good value for the price?
Yes
Are you happy with Overleaf's feature set?
Yes
Did Overleaf live up to sales and marketing promises?
I wasn't involved with the selection/purchase process
Did implementation of Overleaf go as expected?
I wasn't involved with the implementation phase
Would you buy Overleaf again?
Yes
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