Maximize Impact, Minimize Commitment with a Flexible BookWidgets Solution

I work for a non-profit language teaching organization with students of all ages. We have been using BookWidgets as an evaluation tool since mid-2020. Both teachers and students love it! The main benefit of using BookWidgets is the auto-grading feature. I have separated activities into auto-graded and teacher-graded categories to ease the effort of our volunteer teachers. Additionally, grades and evaluation comments can be archived and shared with students. Prior to using BookWidgets, we only used tedious paper-graded assignments and assessments. Now using BookWidgets, the time spent on grading has been drastically reduced.

－ Shashi Basavaraju Director of LMS Development at Kannada Academy- United States

In our school, we have 158 enthusiastic “Widgeteers”. They use BookWidgets both for mini-assessments and for partial exams (listening comprehension, reading, and writing). Their enthusiasm is understandable: with 30+ question types and many practical features, BookWidgets offers numerous advantages over other platforms: question variety, auto-grading features, manually grading of open-ended questions, providing direct feedback, reducing paper use, Safe Exam Browser integration, and the Live option which provides users an overview of students’ activity during a test. These options are a big added value to reducing teacher workload. We have also asked students how they feel about doing tests in BookWidgets and most of them are very positive. Students at our school were surveyed and their responses indicated several key areas:

• Focus (the ability to see one question at a time)
• Overview (the number of questions and the points for each question)
• The ability to edit the answers (students no longer have to worry about correction fluid, according to this students digital editing is easier)
• The visually engaging layout (unlike most copy machines that teachers use, a digital assessment has pictures, videos, colors...)

Their positive experience doesn't really come as a surprise, since digital tools are often used during classroom (and asynchronous) lessons... it therefore, makes sense to do some evaluations digitally as well.

－ Marc Sannen

BookWidgets is the best tool I've ever come across in my many years of teaching. It is a powerful tool that has it all; versatility, practicality, time-saver, and meaningful feedback.

－ Rana Subhiyeh High School teacher, United Arab Emirates

BookWidgets is the answer to the busy, overworked teacher’s dilemma. I am able to create a Widget and utilize the customization options to provide the optimal learner experience in my classroom.

I have also used BookWidgets in professional development with other educators and they are immediately hooked with using the Quizzes, SplitWorksheets, Hot Spots, WebQuests and Whiteboards in both the remote, hybrid and face-to-face environments.

BookWidgets allows teachers and students to work smarter, not harder.

－ Sheryl Place retired educator Miami-Dade County Public Schools