"Flip: A System Exploring Its Functionality for Educators and Learners" or "Exploring the Functionality of Flip for both Teachers and Pupils"
Flip, formerly known as Flipgrid, is a versatile video platform designed for education, now accessible through web browsers or apps on various devices such as laptops, tablets, smartphones, Chromebooks, and desktop computers.
This innovative tool offers over 25,000 lessons and activities, and more than 35,000 Topics for quick and easy creation or use. One of its unique features is Flip Shorts, videos limited to three minutes in length for succinct communication, equipped with additional features for creativity.
Flip Shorts allows users to create and edit videos, adding clips, cutting, segmenting, and enhancing with emojis, stickers, and text. To share these creations, users can generate a custom Flip Code, making group access simple and convenient.
For teachers seeking inspiration, Flip recently introduced Topic Copilot, an AI-powered tool for finding ideal topic suggestions. Additionally, the platform offers a feature that helps teachers find ideas for topics by suggesting prompts and themes within the platform, supporting idea generation for class activities.
A "Grid" in Flip refers to a group of learners, such as a class or a small group. Teachers can post "Topics" that are essentially videos with accompanying text, which students can respond to using their own videos. Responses can be commented on by other students, and teacher permissions can be set and controlled.
Flip encourages students to be creative and expressive by allowing them to add emoji, text, stickers, drawings, or custom stickers to their responses. For total privacy control and sectionalizing, Flip allows teachers to organise videos based on subjects.
Integration with popular educational platforms like Google Classroom, Microsoft Teams, and Remind makes Flip a seamless addition to any digital classroom. To access Flip, students use a myjoincode and login credentials provided by the teacher.
For teachers new to Flip, resources such as the New Teacher Starter Kit and Best Tools for Teachers are available. The Flip Lesson Plan tool is designed to help implement the tool into instruction.
Flip also provides a Video Moderation mode for controlling the content submitted by students. To network and discover new ideas, #FlipgridWeeklyHits offers the top 50 topic templates in the Disco Library.
In 2024, Flip added a feature that allows teachers to use stop-motion to build a collection of images and create stop-motion videos. With Flip, education has never been more engaging, interactive, and fun!
