ClassTag
Versus Remind: Which online Communication Tool is Right For You?
Regardless of what your school
district decides in terms of face-to-face instruction or online instruction it
is imperative to have a communication tool at your fingertips. A tool that
allows for interactive and engaging communication beyond email, school newsletters,
automated messages, to name a few. The
ability to have a communication option in one handy dandy tool is a teacher
lifesaver not to mention time saver!
Remind, formerly Remind101 has been
the go-to for many educators but coming on the scene fast and furiously is
ClassTag. Which communication tool best suits your communication needs? Let’s
break it down.
Tag You’re
It!
ClassTag is an all in one solution for your
communication needs. From messaging to announcements, teacher conference
sign-ups, newsletters, supply lists, and more, ClassTag facilitates interaction
and engagement between teachers and students, teachers and parents, teachers
and teachers, students to teachers, parents to teachers...you get the point,
it’s an all directions communication highway!
Remind me
Remind has been around since 2011 when it
was formerly known as Remind101. The
company changed its name to Remind in 2014 and has gained over 20 million users
since its introduction! It’s a tool that was built specifically for educational
use and is great to connect with students, parents, co-workers and
administration.
Let’s compare the two to give you a better idea of which
tool will work for you.
Feature
|
ClassTag
|
Remind
|
Messaging options
|
✔Read
receipts of who read your messages
✔Notifications
when contact details are out of date
✔Schedule announcements
✔Automatic
suggestions to send a note home to hard-to-reach parents
✔ Set Office
Hours
|
✔Read receipts of who read your
messages
✔Real-time messaging a class, group, or individual person.
✔Schedule reminders
✔Send messages on the go
✔Set office hours
|
Calendar Integration
|
✔ External calendar integration makes
it easy to set up reminders, events, and appointments
|
X
|
Weekly Newsletters
|
✔ Set up automatic weekly newsletters
|
X
|
Share documents
|
✔Students get a virtual
backpack where teachers and parents can upload docs, videos, pictures, and
important information
|
✔Students can view photos
and other files as part of a teacher message.
|
Free to Use
|
✔Free to use schoolwide, as a district
or as an individual teacher
|
✔Free for individual teachers up to 10
classes, 150 students per class
**Upgrade option for use district wide or schoolwide
|
No Character Limits
|
✔No character limits in
messages
|
✔140 Characters in a text message
|
Rewards Program
|
✔Teachers earn free supplies just for engaging with parents!
|
X
|
Photo and Video sharing/links
|
✔Library feature where teachers and
students can easily add, view and manage photos, videos, and files uploaded
in your class.
|
✔Teachers can share photos, PDFs,
files, and voice clips with your messages.
|
Works on Any Device
|
✔Available on all devices including
IOS, Android, Laptop, Smartphones, not so smart cell phones, desktops,
Tablets.
|
✔Students and parents
can get Remind messages on any phone that can receive text
messages, including prepaid phones, flip phones, and
government-provided phones.
|
Help Center Support
|
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Language Translation
|
✔Translate into over 60 different languages in real time
|
✔Translate your
messages into more than 85 languages.
|
Parent Teacher Conferences
|
✔Parents
can sign up for conference slots, volunteer opportunities or donations in one
click
|
X
|
App Integrations
|
✔Google Classroom, Drive, YouTube,
Calendar, AND Meets for easier management?
Integrates with google
classroom
|
Access and share
your favorite resources from Google, Microsoft OneDrive, and more—without
leaving Remind.
|
Supply Lists and Donations
|
✔Post
your class list to the community, and get essential supplies for the new year
✔Add
volunteer requests or donation requests to any event
|
X
|
Private and Secu
|
|
Other
features of Remind
●
Easily download message documentation for
home-school or virtual communication.
●
Add a teacher to your account for co-teaching.
Other Benefits of ClassTag
●
Automatically
convert a teacher’s message into either email or text message depending on the
parents preferred method of contact.
●
ClassTag sends automatic follow-ups and reminders for events
and key dates
Regardless of your choice, both ClassTag and Remind
will make communication a breeze between teachers and parents and foster a
classroom community into either email or text message depending on the
parents' preferred method of contact.
●
ClassTag sends automatic follow-ups and reminders for events
and key dates
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