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Showbie app for iPhone and iPad


4.4 ( 3904 ratings )
Utilities Education
Developer: Showbie Inc.
Free
Current version: 7.5.7, last update: 6 months ago
First release : 07 Aug 2012
App size: 139.89 Mb

Used by over 3 million teachers and students worldwide, Showbie is the fastest, easiest, and most effective app for assignments and feedback in your iPad classroom.

Find out how easy it is to assign, collect and review student work from thousands of compatible iPad apps, or have your students complete assignments with Showbie’s built in tools. Provide rich feedback using digital ink, text and voice annotations right on images and PDFs, and then add your students’ best work to personalized digital portfolios that can be securely shared with parents.

WHAT EDUCATORS ARE SAYING
“Showbie is my number one cant live without app! It makes the iPad workflow process a breeze! I especially love how it works seamlessly with so many other apps.”
— Kristen Paino, Lead Technology Integrator at Avenues: The World School

“I dont need to convince my colleagues that they need to use this app — it sells itself. I like that it gives me the flexibility in how I choose to grade my students work, especially with the voice notes feature. There is no single third party app that I would rather champion.”
— Suzanne Lustenhouwer, Teacher and iPad Coordinator, Apple Distinguished Educator

“I love that Showbie is so versatile that the youngest of students can use it independently, yet it is appropriate for older grades as well. The ease of use makes it a great workflow solution for classes with iPads.”
— Kristi Meeuwse, Kindergarten Teacher, Apple Distinguished Educator

KEY FEATURES FOR TEACHERS & STUDENTS
• Share work from thousands of compatible iPad apps in a few taps
• Use the pen tool and pin text notes directly on any PDF or image
• Quickly distribute instructions and materials to your whole class
• Chat privately with individual students to provide timely feedback
• Record voice notes for verbal feedback or language exercises
• Quickly review and assess batches of student work and provide rich, valuable feedback
• Add student work to individual digital portfolios, or enable students to curate their own portfolios
• Invite parents to view their student’s work and keep them informed of classroom activity
• Can be used with any classroom subject
• Available in 18 languages

ENHANCED SHOWBIE PRO FEATURES
• Record and track grades as numeric scores or letter grades, along with qualitative feedback
• Provide richer feedback with more pen colours and line thicknesses, by typing on the page, or by pinning voice notes directly to student work
• Record longer voice notes and videos and upload larger files
• Lock assignments to control student access to documents and feedback
• Give parents complete access to assignments in the classes you choose

Pros and cons of Showbie app for iPhone and iPad

Showbie app good for

Great application that provides teachers with several ways to engage students in all subjects! Easy to use and getting more and more popular at my school! Saves paper and time for the teachers while giving students the chance to creatively engage in and outside the classroom! Keep it going!
This really helped because now my class has this is app and really helpful thanks really helpful -Hannah10265
Love this for taking notes, it keeps up with all the stuff youve worked on.
Im a high school science teacher, and Ive found this app is a wonderful one stop place for my students to find their assignments, turn in assignments, and find their grades after Ive graded right in the app. Its everything you need, and nothing you dont. One desire that Ive heard from students and parents: if they could optionally see their assignments in a calendar view somehow, it would be magic.
Its very simple and easy to use. This is great for teachers you simply download copies on it.each student gets it.Teachers can grade the papers and mark the students mistake. Its simply paperless you can mark on the documents it will also tell you when its due and the teacher can leave you notes on what to do. Truly great for someone who wants to be a teacher.
This app has definitely helped me, especially with my bad organizational skills. I have not had to worry about losing my worksheets for school and not getting a grade. Its wonderful, but 4 stars because it needs to work on the calibration with the Apple Pencil.

Some bad moments

I can not open my app it says that: no message body, errorcod:0.
I thought this was going to be good because my school required us to download it. I was wrong. It is complete trash that needs to be fixed. Dont get unless you absolutely need to.
Every assignment I have turned in, all on time, say theyre late
Our class uses Showbie for work and I used to be able to answer stuff until the new update because you removed pens. Now we have to pay $179 to use pens. Why??? Now I have to screen shot our work and do with another app. I wouldve rated this a five star if you didnt do this.
Dear Potential Buyers, Dont. Before I had the game for even 5 minutes, Showbie demanded me for my credit card. I had no choice but to turn it over. At that point, things went awry quickly. Showbie began to multiply - multiple versions of the app downloaded simultaneously on my mobile device, and began replacing other applications. Soon they demanded for my garage passcode, threatening to take over my phone and messages applications, but I held firm. So they texted me under the name "Mom," asking what the garage passcode was. I took the bait. Soon I heard a sharp knock on the door. I was forced to flee the country, never to return. Now I may or may not be telling the truth, but do you really want to take that chance? Why not buy some free apps that you know will never let you down, like Electric Razor! Best, Kanye
This app is so terrible I saw what this review would do to the rating so Ima make sure people dont buy this crappy app when they look how many stars yall have