Genial.ly is an online tool that can be used to create still, animated, or interactive visuals, such as posters, infographics, quizzes, and presentations. To create visuals, you can use pre-made templates or start from scratch. If you are a premium member, you can import your PowerPoint slides and have them be transformed into “Genially creations.” Genial.ly can increase engagement in learning and allow students to express their knowledge and develop their communication skills.
Price | Basic account: Free; Student: $1.25/mo.; Edu Pro: $4.99/mo.; Master: $20.82/mo.; Note: All paid plans are billed yearly. |
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Learning | Constructionism, Social Learning |
Ease of Use | ★★★✩✩ |
Privacy | ★✩✩✩✩ |
Accessibility | ★✩✩✩✩ |
Class Size | Unlimited – Each student could setup their own individual account or work in groups on a shared account |
Login | Yes |
ISTE*S | Empowered Learner, Knowledge Constructor, Creative Communicator |
COPPA/ FERPA | No COPPA/FERPA policy found. Check with your school IT administrator. |
There is a multitude of different plans aimed at either education or professional use, all of which vary in both price, and choice of billing period. Below are the educational options.
Free | Student | Edu Pro | Master | |
Price | $0 | $1.25/mo. billed yearly | $4.99/mo. billed yearly | $20.82/mo. billed yearly |
Unlimited Projects | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Unlimited Views | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Templates and Resources | Free only | 10 Premium/year | Unlimited | Unlimited |
Viewing Offline | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
Download project as PDF or JPG | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
Create Folders | ✔ | ✔ | ||
Transfer Projects | ✔ | ✔ | ||
Brand Personalisation | ✔ | |||
Monitoring | ✔ | |||
Advanced Collaboration | ✔ | |||
Management of Corporate Resources | ✔ |
*Table adapted from Genial.ly Pricing Page.
Note: There are a lot of premium templates, but you are able to filter them so you are only shown the free templates.
Dr. Ruben Puentedura’s SAMR model offers a lens for examining how technology is adopted in a classroom. As you strive to incorporate online tools into your classroom, we encourage you to use this model as an analytic tool.
Here is an example of how Genial.ly might fit within the SAMR model using the topic ‘Global Warming’:
Far too often, technology is used as a direct substitute for other low-tech tools (e.g., pencil and paper). While substitution has some benefits (e.g., students develop their technology skills and knowledge), we encourage you to think about how you might use Genial.ly to modify or redefine learning.
Students can create an infographic of the information in a novel to highlight the different parts of the plot.
Students can create an interactive math quiz and take the quiz of another group with different problems.
Students can create interactive images* to display the different plants, animals, and natural resources in a habitat. *Interactive images can have embedded multimedia as well as pop-up boxes that can show more information, images, videos, or links to external resources.
Students can choose from one of the “personal branding” visuals to show snapshots of information on presidential candidates. These specific visuals are a type of infographic that is specifically formatted to give an overview of information on a person.
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Kaźmierczak, P. (2020). Is the Genial. ly app really phenomenal? About potential of online tool during lessons of Polish as a foreign language. Acta Universitatis Lodziensis. Kształcenie Polonistyczne Cudzoziemców, 27(1), 559-570.
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