BookWidgets allows teachers to create interactive educational content and assessments for their students. With BookWidgets, teachers can easily create engaging and interactive content, such as quizzes, worksheets, interactive presentations, and more.
BookWidgets is designed for teachers who want to enhance their students’ learning experience by incorporating interactive content into their lessons. The platform is suitable for teachers at all levels, from kindergarten to higher education.
With BookWidgets, teachers can create interactive content that appeals to different learning styles, making it easier for students to understand and retain information. Additionally, BookWidgets can help teachers to save time by automating grading and providing detailed feedback to students.
The platform also offers a wide range of interactive widgets and templates, giving teachers the flexibility to create custom content that meets their specific teaching needs. BookWidgets integrates seamlessly with popular learning management systems such as Google Classroom, Canvas, and Moodle, allowing teachers to easily incorporate their content into their existing course materials.
Website: BookWidgets
BookWidgets includes a user-friendly interface, which makes it easy for teachers to create interactive content without any coding or technical knowledge. The technology helps to solve several learning problems by providing a more engaging and interactive learning experience for students.
Ideas for engaging students with BookWidgets.
- Create interactive assessments and quizzes: Instructors can use BookWidgets to create interactive assessments and quizzes that can be automatically graded. This allows for immediate feedback and provides a more engaging learning experience for students.
Example: Create a quiz on BookWidgets that includes interactive elements such as drag-and-drop matching, fill-in-the-blank, and multiple choice questions.
- Incorporate interactive presentations: Instructors can use BookWidgets to create interactive presentations that include embedded videos, images, and other multimedia elements. This can help to break up the monotony of lectures and keep students engaged in the material.
Example: Create an interactive presentation on BookWidgets that includes videos, images, and interactive elements such as clickable diagrams and maps.
- Create interactive worksheets: Instructors can use BookWidgets to create interactive worksheets that allow students to interact with the material in a more engaging way. This can help to reinforce concepts and provide immediate feedback.
Example: Create an interactive worksheet on BookWidgets that includes activities such as drag-and-drop labeling, sorting, and matching.
- Use polls to gain real-time student engagement: Instructors can use BookWidgets to create polls that allow students to provide feedback in real-time. This can help to engage students in the material and provide opportunities for discussion.
Example: Create a poll on BookWidgets that asks students to provide their opinion on a topic related to the class discussion.
- Provide personalized learning experiences: Instructors can use BookWidgets to provide personalized learning experiences that meet the needs of individual students. This can be achieved by creating custom content that caters to different learning styles.
Example: Create personalized learning paths on BookWidgets that include interactive activities and assessments based on each student’s learning style and performance.
Bookwidgets functions as an effective and practical tool that can benefit both instructors and students by providing interactive content, automating grading, and customizing the learning experience to meet the needs of individual students. Its integration with popular LMSs and accessibility on any device make it a versatile and valuable tool for educators.
- Ability to create interactive content as quizzes, assessments, presentations, and worksheets with ease.
- Provides automated grading, which saves instructors time and provides immediate feedback to students and can help to improve student motivation and engagement in the learning process.
- Allows customization of content so instructors can customize their content to meet the unique needs of their students.
- Integrates with popular learning management systems (LMS), such as Moodle, Canvas, Google Classrooms and Schoology.
- Accessible on any device with an internet connection.
Bookwidgets ranks 3/5 stars for accessibility. To learn more about the accessibility review, contact otl@du.edu.
Accessibility Review: 3 Stars
Partially Supports Text to Speech
Does not support dictation software
Supports Keyboard Navigation
Supports Magnifying
Partial Dedication to Accessibility and Content Creator Experience
This technology is not included with the University of Denver. Faculty, staff, and students may need to purchase a subscription. The technology may offer educational pricing with an “.edu” email address. Free trials or free accounts may also be available through the technology website.
No support is available through the University of Denver. DU does not accept the liability for the use of this tool.
Menon, S. A. (2019). Designing Online Materials for Blended Learning: Optimising on BookWidgets. Online Submission, 2(3), 166-174. chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED595058.pdf
Zaitun, Z., Hadi, M. S., & Lestari, D. R. (2021). Using Bookwidgets to Attract Students’ Interest in Learning English. Journal of Languages and Language Teaching, 9(4), 504-511.
OTL Technology Rating
YELLOW technologies are not widely supported. DU may or may not have a 3rd party vendor security agreement for the use of these tools. However, some uses of this tool may be appropriate for teaching if certain conditions are met.