I wanted to share my thoughts on app I found out about via twitter. It is called Scrawlar. Scrawlar brings together a collaborative doc, drawing, and backchat into one easy to use app that you can use on your tablet, phone, or laptop.
What is Scrawler?
- Scrawlar is a web 2.0 tool that combines an interactive whiteboard, collaborative document, and chat feature into one user friendly classroom tool.
How to set up Scrawlar:
- To create a Scrawlar account please go to http://www.scrawlar.com/signup.php
- Complete the requested information
- Check the box to agree
- Click submit
- Once your account is set up login to the account by going to: http://www.scrawlar.com/login.php
- Select teacher
- Login to the account
Manage students in Scrawlar
- To create student accounts for your class select manage students
- Complete the information required for each student
- When an account is created a password will be identified for each student
- Students can login to Scrawler and find docs that have created and that have been shared with them
Sharing docs or sketches in Scrawlar
- Create a document you would like to share
- When document is complete click the share button (on your workspace, it is a green button on the right hand side)
- Select which users you would like to share your document with
- Can select if the user can view or edit the doc
- Click update
- To view docs or sketches that have been shared with you select Shared with me
- You will find all docs or sketches shared with you here
- You will also see the permissions a user has set for you (view, edit)
Class feed
- The class feed feature is like a back chat
- Users can type whats on their mind here
- Responses will be displayed (most recent first)
How to use Scrawlar in your classroom:
- Collaboration between students
- Write and revise drafts of work
- Group work
- Use as alternative to Google docs
- Annotation on a drawing between several students
- Back chat
