Real Time Board (now Miro)
Ease of Use Very easy to sign in as I used my
google account, not exactly sure what
the software is for – very different
interface and use than the other two.
The signup process was a little
confusing, as I signed up expecting to
be asked if I were a teacher or
student, instead I was asked about my
company. The Dashboard was not
easy to find either.
7/10
Social I am sure with practice, the Realtime
board would become familiar to me.
But it is not a familiar platform. There
is a clearly marked option to share
and invite other persons.
There seems to be no reward system
in place. It seems that the software is
not aimed towards student use,
rather towards business use.
8/10
Creation Users can easily create and share
boards with team members.
Collaboration capabilities include
video, chat, presentation and sharing.
Edmodo Google Classroom
Very easy sign up for teacher. Can use a
google account and it logs you straight in.
Also, very easy to sign up as a student (no
email needed, only code).
10/10
Edmodo follows a simple interface that
mimics the popular social media site
Facebook therefore it feels familiar.
Students are invited by signing up with a
code generated by the class. Students and
teachers can easily post comments.
Edmodo also features a badge reward
system, with the ability to create your own
badges as rewards.
Students
10/10
All assignments, quizzes etc. are saved in
the library (known as backpack for
students). As Edmodo integrates seamlessly
with Google or Microsoft, users can easily
Google classroom comes free with a
Google account. UWI and my work
email both come with Google
Classroom.
Google Classroom is very easy to
navigate as features seem to be
limited.
9/10
Google classroom is the simplest of the
three. There are four main tabs at the
top of the page.
Teachers may invite students/ users to
join a class using a code.
There is no reward system used with
Google Classroom, only a gradebook.
8/10
Google Classroom is part of Google
Apps for Education, therefore Google
Docs, Sheets, Slides, Sites etc. are all
shareable with other users and can be

8/10
Media Media can be embedded in boards
using a widget which allows for
adding thumbnails of website content
including prototypes, maps, audio and
video files, links etc.
Images, tables and spreadsheets, text
documents and presentations can be
embedded.
7/10
Storage Users are given 5GB storage, but only
with an upgrade. Depending on the
number of files the user intends to
produce and share, this amount may
be inadequate.
External cloud storage options are
available for integration.
6/10
use files that are in cloud storage and post edited in real time. Changes to files are
them to the students’ wall. Users can create saved instantly and are available via the
files within their Google or Microsoft One
Drive, share them and collaborate in real
time.
10/10
Edmodo currently is unable to support .gif
file types but can support any other file
type.
Users can upload YouTube links,
documents, pictures and sound files direct
to their classrooms for students to access.
9/10
Edmodo storage is unlimited. However,
users are only allowed to upload a file size
of 100MB.
Adequate for both educational and media
use. Any files over 100MB can be stored in
Google Drive or Microsoft One Drive.
10/10
Google Drive.
10/10
Users are able to upload and post all
media types including images, links to
website, YouTube videos and
screencasts. Students are able to
submit assignments as a variety of
media types, as well as comments to
posts on the stream page.
10/10
Storage is dependent on the account
type. Subscribers to Google Apps for
Education have unlimited storage as
classroom directly links to traditional
Google Cloud storage.
10/10
Help Friendly and extensive Help Centre
available along with option to contact
company.
9/10
Cost Must upgrade to get more than two
boards.
$40 for Team Account – 5 persons
$320 for Business – 20 persons
Custom Pricing for Enterprise
$12/mo for Consultant – 1 person.
4/10
Speed Downloadable platform allows for
faster access.
Pages load quite quickly but are
dependent on internet speed.
9/10
An extensive Help Centre is available for
users. A number of how-to YouTube videos
are also available.
9/10
Free!
Premium rates available starting at
$2500/yearly and includes instructional
tools for coursework monitoring, priority
customer support and professional
development for users.
9/10
Pages load quite quickly but are dependent
on internet speed.
9/10
There is an extensive Help Centre
available for users. Many books have
also been written on how to use Google
Classroom. Google Classroom also has a
Classroom Help Community available
for users.
9/10
Free with a Google account (works best
with Google Apps for Education).
10/10
Pages load quite quickly but are
dependent on internet speed.
9/10