Functionality: ★★★
- Scale:★★★
- Works Well. Works Well; The tool can be scaled to accommodate any size class with the flexibility to create smaller sub-groups or communities of practice.
- Ease of Use:★★★
- Works Well. Works Well; The tool has a user-friendly interface that is easy to navigate and personalize for both instructor and learner. Use is intuitive for both instructor and learner.
- Tech Support/Help Availability (for Instructors):★★☆
- Minor Concerns. Minor Concerns; No campus-wide technical support is available.
- Tech Support/Help Availability (for Students):★★☆
- Minor Concerns. Minor Concerns; No campus-wide technical support is available.
- Hypermediality :★★★
- Works Well. Works Well; The tool allows users to communicate through different channels (audio, visual, textual) and allows for non-sequential, flexible/adaptive engagement with the material.
Accessibility: ★★★
- Accessibility Standards:★★★
- Works Well. Works Well; The tool meets accessibility guidelines (i.e. W3C WCAG 2.0 standards)
- User-focused participation:★★★
- Works Well. Works Well; The tool is designed to address the needs of diverse users, their various literacies, and capabilities, thereby widening opportunities for participation in learning.
- Required Equipment:★★★
- Works Well. Works Well; Proper use of the tool does not require equipment other than a computer and access to the internet.
Technical: ★★★
- Integration/Embedding within a Learning Management System (LMS) :★☆☆
- Serious Concerns. Serious Concerns; This tool can only be accessed in an LMS through a hyperlink or static representations of the tool (e.g. file export); it cannot be integrated into any LMS for the tool's functionality.
- Operating Systems:★★★
- Works Well. Works Well; Users can effectively utilize the tool with any standard, up-to-date operating system.
- Web Browser:★★★
- Works Well. Works Well; Users can effectively utilize the tool with any standard, up-to-date web browser.
- Additional Technical Requirements:★★★
- Works Well. Works Well; Users do not need to download additional software or browser extensions. Additional accounts or software is not required.
Mobile Design: ★☆☆
- Access:★☆☆
- Serious Concerns. Serious Concerns; This tool is not available for mobile devices.
- Functionality:★☆☆
- Serious Concerns. Serious Concerns; You can read the stories on Mobile and tablets. However, to post a story computer is required.
- Offline Access:★☆☆
- Serious Concerns. Serious Concerns; This tool cannot be used in offline mode.
Usage and Account Set Up: ★★★
- Sign Up/Sign In:★★☆
- Minor Concerns. Minor Concerns; An instructor needs an account to create or write the stories but learners do not need any account to read the stories.
- Cost of Use:★★★
- Works Well. Works Well; All basic features are free of cost. Few fancier features need a subscription.
- Archiving, Saving, and Exporting Data :★★★
- Works Well. Works Well; Users can archive, save, or import and export content or activity data in a variety of formats (some of which are open standards)
- Data Privacy and Ownership:★★★
- Works Well. Works Well; Users maintain ownership and copyright of their intellectual property/data; the user can keep data private and decide if / how data is to be shared.
Social Presence: ★★★
- Collaboration :★★★
- Works Well. Works Well; The tool has the capacity to support a community of learning through both asynchronous and synchronous opportunities for communication, interactivity, and transfer of meaning between users.
- User Accountability:
- Not Applicable. Not Applicable;
- Diffusion:★★★
- Works Well. Works Well; The tool is widely known and popular, it’s likely that most learners are familiar with the tool and have basic technical competence with it.
Teaching Presence: ★★★
- Facilitation:★★★
- Works Well. Works Well; The tool has easy-to-use features that would significantly improve an instructor’s ability to be present with learners via active management, monitoring, and engagement.
- Customization:★★★
- Works Well. Works Well; Tool is adaptable to its environment: easily customized to suit the classroom context and targeted learning outcomes.
- Learning Analytics:
- Not Applicable. Not Applicable;
Cognitive Presence: ★★☆
- Enhancement of Cognitive Task(s):★★☆
- Minor Concerns. Minor Concerns; This tool enables functional improvement to engagement in the targeted cognitive task(s)
- Higher Order Thinking:★★☆
- Minor Concerns. Minor Concerns; The tool may engage learners in higher-order thinking skills.
- Feedback on Learning:
- Not Applicable. Not Applicable;