Flipgrid, a powerful video discussion platformthat enhances active, social learning in classroom, organization, andenterprise settings, today launched version 4.0 of its education offering. Theplatform upgrade provides educators with greater customization capabilities andstudents with the opportunity to engage in deeper dialogue around meaningfultopics.
Since its initial launch in 2012 by Universityof Minnesota professor Dr. Charlie Miller, Flipgrid has been used by more than20,000 classrooms and organizations, generating more than seven million videointeractions across 115 countries. Originally developed by Miller to meet hisown students’ needs at the time, Flipgrid’s primary mission is to ignite andamplify the power of student voice.
“With Flipgrid, we are committed to helpingeducators fuel active learning with video to ensure all students have an equalvoice,” said Miller. “Our goal for the upgraded design is to continue to fosterwhat our users love most about Flipgrid—its simplicity—while adding newfeatures to drive discussion and empower students to participate in the active-learningprocess.”
The new version of Flipgrid was designed incollaboration with K-12, university, and corporate educators across a diversecommunity of instructional domains. “We love working with teachers and studentsfrom around the world,” said Nate Edwards, VP of mobile at Flipgrid. “We listento their creative ideas, discuss their pedagogical goals, and generate newcapabilities aligned with their classroom needs. This is what drives our teamat Flipgrid.”
The newly added capabilities in Flipgrid 4.0 include:
- Deeper discussion: In earlier versions of Flipgrid, students responded to topics and questions posed by their grid organizer. Students can now respond to each other’s videos and create peer-led discussions within these topics, elevating the relevance and personal commitment to respectful dialogue and learning.
- Customizable grids: The new Flipgrid empowers teachers to customize the look and feel of their grids to align the student experience with the course context. Educators can create a visual design to reflect any learning environment, from a middle school STEM class to a PhD engineering course.
- Engagement insights: Flipgrid 4.0 allows teachers to explore the effectiveness of various topics, and to measure the engagement level of students, as both creators and consumers of others’ contributions. Through simple data visualization, teachers can quickly test, compare, and adjust their approaches with students to ensure maximum participation across the class.
- Expanded admin capabilities: Educators now have more powerful grid-management options at their disposal. They can develop, manage, and share their grids more effectively and control the privacy and security of content across their topics.
- Higher-resolution video: The latest version of Flipgrid has doubled the video quality across all supported platforms (desktop, iOS, Android, and tablet) and maintains the speed educators require in their classrooms.
“We strive to provide learners an equalopportunity to voice their thoughts and learn from each other,” said JimLeslie, CEO and co-founder of Flipgrid. “Accessibility and approachability weredriving forces behind the update. Our goal is to provide educators with thebest tool possible to engage their students in active, social learning.”
The all-new Flipgrid is now available ondesktop, iOS, and Android at info.flipgrid.com/.
