Functionality: ★★☆
- Scale:
- Not Applicable.
- Ease of Use:★★★
- Works Well.
- Tech Support/Help Availability (for Instructors):★★☆
- Minor Concerns. Technical support and help documentation is available but limited.
- Tech Support/Help Availability (for Students):★★☆
- Minor Concerns. Technical support and help documentation is available but limited.
- Hypermediality :★★☆
- Minor Concerns. The tool allows users to communicate through different channels (audio, visual, textual) but is limited in its ability to provide non-sequential, flexible/adaptive engagement with material.
Accessibility: ★★☆
- Accessibility Standards:★☆☆
- Serious Concerns. The tool fails to meet accessibility guidelines (i.e. W3C WCAG 2.0 standards) or no information of compliance has been made available for the tool.
- User-focused participation:
- Not Applicable.
- Required Equipment:★★★
- Works Well.
Technical: ★★☆
- Integration/Embedding within a Learning Management System (LMS) :
- Not Applicable.
- Operating Systems:★★☆
- Minor Concerns. Users may encounter limited or altered functionality depending on the up-to-date operating system being used.
- Web Browser:★★★
- Works Well.
- Additional Technical Requirements:★★☆
- Minor Concerns. The tool uses a browser extension or software that requires a download and / or user permission to run. An additional account or common software may be required.
Mobile Design: ★☆☆
- Access:★☆☆
- Serious Concerns. Access to the tool is absent on a mobile device.
- Functionality:
- Not Applicable.
- Offline Access:
- Not Applicable.
Usage and Account Set Up: ★★☆
- Sign Up/Sign In:★☆☆
- Serious Concerns. All users (instructors and learners) must create an external account or additional login, and/or personal information might be collected and shared.
- Cost of Use:★★☆
- Minor Concerns. Limited aspects of the tool can be used for free with other elements requiring payment of a fee, membership, or subscription.
- Archiving, Saving, and Exporting Data :★★★
- Works Well.
- Data Privacy and Ownership:★★☆
- Minor Concerns. Writefull does not share data with third parties, except where necessary for legitimate business reasons, such as to our own service providers.
Social Presence: ★★☆
- Collaboration :
- Not Applicable.
- User Accountability:★☆☆
- Serious Concerns. Instructors cannot control learner anonymity
- Diffusion:★★☆
- Minor Concerns. Learners’ familiarity with the tool is likely mixed, some will lack basic technical competence with its functions.
Teaching Presence: ★☆☆
- Facilitation:
- Not Applicable.
- Customization:★☆☆
- Serious Concerns. The tool cannot be customized.
- Learning Analytics:★☆☆
- Serious Concerns. The tool does not support the collection of learning analytics.
Cognitive Presence:
- Enhancement of Cognitive Task(s):
- Not Applicable.
- Higher Order Thinking:
- Not Applicable.
- Feedback on Learning:
- Not Applicable.